Director, Global Payment Data Science

Military Friendly Company; New York (NY); On-site; USD 251,000 - 287,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One in McLean, VA, seeks a Director of Data Scientist for Global Payment Network to lead advanced analytics across billions of records, partnering with engineers, product managers and data scientists to deliver scalable ML solutions.

The role emphasizes open-source tools (Python, Conda, AWS, Spark, H2O), end-to-end model development, and translating technical results into measurable business impact while guiding a high-performing team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field plus 9 years of data analytics experience
• Master's degree in a quantitative field or MBA with quantitative concentration plus 7 years of data analytics experience
• PhD in a quantitative field plus 4 years of data analytics experience
• At least 4 years of experience leveraging open source languages for large-scale data analysis
• At least 4 years of experience with machine learning and relational databases

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver a product customers love
• Leverage technologies—Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark—to extract insights from large data
• Build machine learning models through all development phases
• Translate complex work into tangible business goals

Skills

Python

Conda

AWS

H2O

Spark

machine learning

relational databases

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Master's degree in a quantitative field or MBA with quantitative concentration

PhD in a quantitative field

Tools

SQL

Job description

Capital One in McLean, VA, seeks a Director of Data Scientist for Global Payment Network to lead advanced analytics across billions of records, partnering with engineers, product managers and data scientists to deliver scalable ML solutions.

The role emphasizes open-source tools (Python, Conda, AWS, Spark, H2O), end-to-end model development, and translating technical results into measurable business impact while guiding a high-performing team.