Director of Data Science: AI, ML & Data Strategy

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

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Director of Data Science to lead enterprise AI initiatives across engineering and business lines. You will design and guide AI strategies, run experiments, and ensure the translation of data insights into tangible business value across billions of records.

You will partner with cross-functional teams, build scalable ML models, and shape the data strategy at enterprise scale while mentoring a growing team of data scientists and engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field plus 9 years of experience performing data analytics.
• Master's degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, OR Analytics) or MBA with a quantitative concentration plus 7 years of experience performing data analytics.
• PhD in a quantitative field plus 4 years of experience performing data analytics.
• At least 4 years of experience leveraging open source programming languages for large scale data analysis.
• At least 4 years of experience building/deploying AI/ML models in production.
• At least 4 years of experience designing and analyzing A/B tests.

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 the insights hidden within huge volumes of numeric and textual data.
• Build machine learning models through all phases of development, from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation.
• Flex your interpersonal skills to translate the complexity of your work into tangible business goals.

Skills

Open source languages

AI/ML model deployment

A/B testing design

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field

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

PhD in a quantitative field

Tools

Spark

AWS

Python

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Director of Data Science to lead enterprise AI initiatives across engineering and business lines. You will design and guide AI strategies, run experiments, and ensure the translation of data insights into tangible business value across billions of records.

You will partner with cross-functional teams, build scalable ML models, and shape the data strategy at enterprise scale while mentoring a growing team of data scientists and engineers.