Senior Data Science Lead, Fraud & Risk

Capital One; New York (NY); On-site; USD 251,000 - 286,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Sr Mgr, Data Science in New York, NY to lead a cross-functional data science team focused on fraud prevention and business impact. You’ll develop and deploy models across huge data sets using Python, Spark, PyTorch, and cloud services, translating complex analytics into strategic decisions.

The ideal candidate combines strong statistical expertise with leadership experience, cloud fluency, and a passion for delivering measurable customer value in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field and 7 years of data analytics experience or Master’s +5 years, or PhD +2 years.
• At least 2 years in open source languages for large-scale data analysis.
• At least 2 years in machine learning.
• At least 2 years in relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver a product customers love.
• Leverage Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark to reveal insights in large data.
• Build ML models from design to deployment.
• Translate complex work into tangible business goals.

Skills

Statistics

Machine learning

Relational databases

Python

R

Scala

Open source

Data analysis

Big data

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

AWS

H2O

Spark

Kubernetes

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Sr Mgr, Data Science in New York, NY to lead a cross-functional data science team focused on fraud prevention and business impact. You’ll develop and deploy models across huge data sets using Python, Spark, PyTorch, and cloud services, translating complex analytics into strategic decisions.

The ideal candidate combines strong statistical expertise with leadership experience, cloud fluency, and a passion for delivering measurable customer value in a fast-paced environment.