Director, Data Analysis - US Card Data

Director, Data Analysis - US Card

As Capital One continues to mature its Business Intelligence and Analytical capabilities, we are seeking a dynamic, high‑performing Director of Data Analytics to lead the adoption of Big Data tools and other developing data technologies, both proprietary and open source. This position will have a significant impact on the business, so we are seeking someone who can take charge, think big, and deliver on their commitments.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading the US Card analytical team.
• Driving data source and tool innovations based on stakeholder data needs, including adoption of Big Data technologies and development of a program to train and enhance associate skill‑sets.
• Creating leading‑edge data products that uncover opportunities for improvement in the US Card portfolio and processes.
• Leading governance of our data assets, including development of a governance plan and structure.
• Providing strategic leadership on large cross‑functional horizontal initiatives.
• Reporting on data analysis activities to partner groups, incorporating novel reporting and data visualization techniques.
• Partnering with diverse stakeholders (from Analysts to Executives) to deliver horizontally and vertically.
• Actively championing the usage and adoption of data tools and solutions across the entire US Card Data Analyst community.
• Working in an agile fashion, managing the stakeholder set and capacity for the team.

Key Accountabilities

• Partner with various engineering and enterprise functions in adopting and informing data flow standards across ingestion, transformation, access and publishing.
• Drive data source and tool innovations based on stakeholder data needs, including adoption of cloud native technologies.
• Develop a program to train and enhance associate skill sets and actively champion usage and adoption of data tools and solutions across the entire RDB Data Analyst community.
• Lead the ongoing migration from an on‑premise implementation to a cloud based (AWS) implementation.
• Strategically orient the ability to define roadmaps in an incremental way to support business goals.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree plus at least 9 years of experience in data analytics, or Master’s Degree plus at least 7 years of experience in data analytics, or PhD plus at least 4 years of experience in data analytics.
• At least 5 years of Professional Data Analysis experience.
• At least 5 years of People Management experience.
• At least 2 years of Big Data technology experience.
• At least 2 years of Data Visualization experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree.
• 10+ years of Professional Data Analysis experience.
• 5+ years of Big Data experience (AWS and Spark).
• 5+ years of cloud native (AWS) data processing experience.
• 5+ years of Process Management experience.
• 5+ years of Project Management experience.
• 5+ years of experience with Python.
• 5+ years of Data Governance experience.
• 2+ years of experience with streaming data technologies (Kafka, Flink, Spark streaming).

Benefits

• McLean, VA: $230,400 – $263,000 for Director, Data Analysis.
• Richmond, VA: $209,500 – $239,100 for Director, Data Analysis.

Legal and Equal Opportunity Statement

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/veteran) committed to non‑discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug‑free workplace.