Global Payments Data Science Director

ITSMF; Riverwoods (IL); On-site; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One in Riverwoods, IL seeks a Director of Data Science for the Global Payment Network to lead a team of data scientists and engineers. You will oversee the development of scalable ML models and translate analytics into strategic business decisions across the payments ecosystem.

The role emphasizes leadership, innovation, and technical excellence with open-source tools and cloud platforms, and offers opportunities to influence multi-location teams and large-scale data initiatives.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a quantitative field or equivalent experience.
• Experience with large-scale data analytics using open-source languages.
• Proficient in ML methods and relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver data products.
• Build ML models across design, training, evaluation, and deployment.
• Translate complex data insights into actionable business goals.
• Lead and develop a data science team to achieve strategic objectives.

Skills

Python

R

Scala

SQL

Machine Learning

Relational Databases

Education

Bachelor's Degree in quantitative field

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

PhD in quantitative field

Tools

AWS

H2O

Spark

Conda

Job description

Capital One in Riverwoods, IL seeks a Director of Data Science for the Global Payment Network to lead a team of data scientists and engineers. You will oversee the development of scalable ML models and translate analytics into strategic business decisions across the payments ecosystem.

The role emphasizes leadership, innovation, and technical excellence with open-source tools and cloud platforms, and offers opportunities to influence multi-location teams and large-scale data initiatives.