Manager, Data Scientist, Travel Intelligence, Hotels

Capital One; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 197,300 - 225,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Competitive salary

Performance-based incentives

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Manager, Data Scientist in McLean, VA, to lead innovative data projects and enhance the travel experience. You’ll utilize ML and work with cross-functional teams to achieve impactful results.

The role demands a quantitative background and experience in data analytics, machine learning, and programming. Join us to transform vast travel data into personalized customer experiences.

Qualifications

• 6 years of experience performing data analytics for Bachelor's Degree holder.
• 4 years of experience for Master's Degree holder.
• 1 year of experience working with machine learning.
• Hands-on experience with open-source programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver a product customers love.
• Leverage technologies to reveal insights from large data volumes.
• Build machine learning models from design through implementation.

Skills

Data analysis

Machine learning

Python

AWS

Statistical modeling

Education

Bachelor's or higher in a quantitative field

PhD in STEM field

Tools

AWS

Python

H2O

Spark

Job description

Manager, Data Scientist, Travel Intelligence, Hotels

Data is at the center of everything we do. As a startup, we disrupted the credit card industry by personallyizing every credit card offer using statistical modeling and the relational database, cutting edge technology in 1988! Fast-forward a few years, and this little innovation and our passion for data has skyrocketed us to a Fortune 200 company and a leader in the world of data-driven decision-making.

As a Data Scientist at Capital One, you’ll be part of a team that’s leading the next wave of disruption at a whole new scale, using the latest in computing and machine learning technologies and operating across billions of customer records to unlock the big opportunities that help everyday people save money, time and agony in their financial lives.

Team Description

You will be a member of the Travel Intelligence team, a high-impact group dedicated to building the “intelligent core” of Capital One Travel. Our mission is to transform vast amounts of travel data into personalized, seamless experiences for our customers. Specifically, this role focuses on the Hotels domain, where you will own the end‑to‑end technical strategy for Search & Sort and Pricing Optimization. We operate in a “green‑field” environment, moving from offline, historical data models to sophisticated, real‑time Machine Learning solutions. As part of Travel Intelligence, you won’t just be building models; you’ll be partnering closely with Product and Engineering to define key metrics (like MOB and Reference Price coverage) and architecting the systems that determine what our customers see and what they pay. This is a unique opportunity to apply the 80:20 rule—starting with pragmatic, high‑impact wins while simultaneously building the business case and technical roadmap for the future of ML at Capital One Travel.

Role Description

In this role, you will:

• Partner with a cross‑functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product 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

The Ideal Candidate is:

• Customer first. You love the process of analyzing and creating, but also share our passion to do the right thing. You know at the end of the day it’s about making the right decision for our customers.
• Creative. You thrive on bringing definition to big, undefined problems. You love asking questions and pushing hard to find answers. You’re not afraid to share a new idea.
• Technical. You’re comfortable with open‑source languages and are passionate about developing further. You have hands‑on experience developing data science solutions using open‑source tools and cloud computing platforms.
• A data guru. “Big data” doesn’t faze you. You have the skills to retrieve, combine, and analyze data from a variety of sources and structures. You know understanding the data is often the key to great data science.

Basic Qualifications

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining one of the following with an expectation that the required degree will be obtained on or before the scheduled start date:
• A Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) plus 6 years of experience performing data analytics
• A Master's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) or an MBA with a quantitative concentration plus 4 years of experience performing data analytics
• A PhD in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) plus 1 year of experience performing data analytics
• At least 1 year of experience leveraging open source programming languages for large scale data analysis
• At least 1 year of experience working with machine learning
• At least 1 year of experience utilizing relational databases

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in “STEM” field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) plus 4 years of experience in data analytics
• At least 1 year of experience working with AWS
• At least 5 years’ experience in Python, Scala, or R for large scale data analysis
• At least 5 years’ experience with machine learning

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well‑being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website (https://www.capitalonecareers.com/benefits). Eligibility varies based on full or part‑time status, exempt or non‑exempt status, and management level.

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non‑discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Capital One promotes a drug‑free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23‑A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901‑4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

McLean, VA: $197,300 - $225,100 for Mgr, Data Science

New York, NY: $215,200 - $245,600 for Mgr, Data Science

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non‑discretionary depending on the plan.