Lead Data Analyst: Data Governance & Insights

capitalone; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Data Analyst to join the Analytics & Transformation team in McLean, VA. You will partner with data managers, product managers, engineers, and executives to define, standardize, and deliver metrics that measure data health, risk, and governance while turning data into actionable insights.

The role emphasizes building dashboards, applying scripting in Python/R/Spark/SQL, leveraging AWS, and driving data quality and governance initiatives across lines of business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field with 5+ years of data analytics experience, or a Master’s with 3+ years.
• 3+ years scripting experience in at least one language.
• 3+ years experience with a BI visualization tool.
• Experience using AWS services.

Responsibilities

• Define, standardize, and publish enterprise data risk metrics.
• Build dashboards and data products for data management and governance.
• Monitor metrics and generate actionable insights for leaders.
• Translate data policies into measurable metrics and monitoring.
• Leverage AI to automate data risk metrics.

Skills

Python

R

Spark

SQL

Data Analytics

AWS

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in quantitative field

Master’s Degree in STEM

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

AWS

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Data Analyst to join the Analytics & Transformation team in McLean, VA. You will partner with data managers, product managers, engineers, and executives to define, standardize, and deliver metrics that measure data health, risk, and governance while turning data into actionable insights.

The role emphasizes building dashboards, applying scripting in Python/R/Spark/SQL, leveraging AWS, and driving data quality and governance initiatives across lines of business.