Senior Director of Data Science & ML Strategy

Military Friendly Company; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One in McLean, VA seeks a Senior Director to lead data science for the Global Payment Network. You will partner with data scientists, software engineers and product managers to deliver analytics-powered products that customers love.

You will leverage Python, Conda, AWS, H2O and Spark to extract insights from billions of records, build end‑to‑end models, and translate results into strategic business actions. Strong leadership and deep technical expertise are required.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of data science teams delivering measurable impact.
• Experience building and deploying ML models in production environments.
• Strong business acumen and ability to translate analytics into decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional team to deliver data-driven products customers love.
• Build and operationalize ML models across design, training, evaluation and deployment.
• Translate complex analytics into tangible business goals and outcomes.
• Foster talent development and guide growth of the data science org.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Master's or PhD in a quantitative field

Tools

Python

Spark

AWS

H2O

Conda

Job description

Capital One in McLean, VA seeks a Senior Director to lead data science for the Global Payment Network. You will partner with data scientists, software engineers and product managers to deliver analytics-powered products that customers love.

You will leverage Python, Conda, AWS, H2O and Spark to extract insights from billions of records, build end‑to‑end models, and translate results into strategic business actions. Strong leadership and deep technical expertise are required.