Director, Data Science

Director, Data Science

Data is at the center of everything we do. As a startup, we disrupted the credit card industry by individually personalizing 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 Science Leader 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.

The Intelligent Foundations and Experiences (IFX) group is at the center of bringing our vision for AI at Capital One to life. We work hand-in-hand with our partners across the company to advance the state of the art in science and AI engineering. The Emerging AI Patterns team within IFX group is a new strategic initiative to explore and operationalize cutting-edge AI paradigms like Agentic frameworks, multi-agent collaboration. We are specifically focused on revolutionizing how Capital One develops, deploys, and manages a large number of machine learning models through Agentic AI systems.

In this role, you will :

• Partner with a cross-functional team of software engineers, distinguished researchers, and solutions architects to drive great decisions through modeling
• Define and drive towards an end state that is based on simplicity and the adoption of digital technologies, cloud hosting, and open source software
• Distill the details of complex interconnected modeling systems to influence senior business leaders on model strategy, business use, and risks
• Assess, challenge, and at times defend state-of-the-art decision-making systems to internal and regulatory partners
• Shape our practice of building machine learning models, from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation
• Oversee development of benchmark and challenger models to stress test critical modeling decisions

The ideal candidate is :

Basic qualifications :

Preferred qualifications :

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

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate's offer letter.

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.

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. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.