Director, Data Science & AI Innovation

ITSMF; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 269,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One in McLean, VA seeks a Director of Data Science to lead enterprise AI/ML initiatives across billions of records, designing experiments, building production models, and guiding data strategy for executive decision-making.

You will partner with data scientists, AI/ML engineers, and product managers to deliver scalable analytics products that drive business value, requiring strong leadership and cloud experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field with 9+ years of data analytics experience.
• Master's degree or MBA with quantitative focus plus 7+ years analytics.
• PhD in a quantitative field plus 4+ years analytics.
• 4+ years of experience using open-source languages for large-scale data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, AI & ML engineers, and product managers to deliver enterprise products customers love.
• Leverage a broad stack of technologies — Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark, and more — to reveal insights from large data sets.
• Build machine learning models through all phases of development: design, training, evaluation, validation, and implementation.
• Translate complex work into tangible business goals with strong interpersonal communication.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative field

Master's degree or MBA with quantitative focus

PhD in quantitative field

Tools

Python

Scala

R

AWS

H2O

Spark

Conda

Job description

Capital One in McLean, VA seeks a Director of Data Science to lead enterprise AI/ML initiatives across billions of records, designing experiments, building production models, and guiding data strategy for executive decision-making.

You will partner with data scientists, AI/ML engineers, and product managers to deliver scalable analytics products that drive business value, requiring strong leadership and cloud experience.