Senior Manager, Data Scientist - Experimentation Lead

Overview

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.

Team Description

The Retail Bank Data Science is establishing a centralized authority for experimental design to validate and prioritize competing hypotheses. As the DoE and Causal Inference Lead, you will act as a strategic force multiplier, ensuring that our product roadmap is validated through rigorous testing and providing a clear, defensible line of sight into the incremental value of our initiatives. You will lead the "Design of Experiments" center of excellence, bridging the gap between technical data science and business-line execution.

Role Description

• Standardize how we measure incrementality across the organization to ensure metric improvements are tied to specific, isolated initiatives, reducing misattribution.
• Upstream Product Prioritization: Work with Product Managers and Business Analysts to design in-market tests early in the lifecycle, validating high-risk assumptions before full-scale development.
• Establish Experimental Infrastructure: Build the infrastructure for testing, including a centralized repository for hypotheses, known covariates, causal models, and results.
• Mentorship & Consultation: Consult with Data Scientists and Analysts on advanced causal inference techniques for observational data where A/B testing isn't feasible.
• Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love.

The Ideal Candidate is:

• Strategic Impact & Experimental Rigor. Proven track record of driving strategic business value by optimizing customer experience funnels and risk policies, effectively evaluating external data, and institutionalizing closed-loop experimental frameworks to align predictive backtesting with live operational outcomes.
• 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.
• A leader. You challenge conventional thinking and work with stakeholders to identify and improve the status quo. You’re passionate about talent development for your own team and beyond.
• 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.

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 7 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 5 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 2 years of experience performing data analytics
• At least 2 years of experience leveraging open source programming languages for large scale data analysis
• At least 2 years of experience working with machine learning
• At least 2 years 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 1 year of experience managing people
• At least 5 years’ experience in Python, Scala, or R for large scale data analysis
• At least 5 years’ experience with machine learning

Pay Range:

McLean, VA: $229,900 - $262,400 for Sr Mgr, Data Science

Benefits:

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at theCapital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

Application Process:

No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. 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.

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