Senior Manager, Data Science, Model Risk

Capital One Financial

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Work type
On-site
Location
Richmond, VAMcLean, VAChicago, ILNew York, NY
Salary
$209,000–$238,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
4 days ago
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Above market

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This role pays more than 74% of similar roles. Most pay $162,000–$231,162 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $224k versus about $197k for comparable roles.

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About Capital One Financial

Capital One Financial is a bank holding company specializing in credit cards, auto loans, banking, and savings products, known for its data-driven approach to consumer and commercial finance. Industry: Financial Services & Banking

Capital One Financial currently has 2232 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $197,300–$225,100 across 1142 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Manager, Data Science, Model Risk

The Senior Manager, Data Science - Model Risk joins the Model Risk Office to defend the company against model failures and improve decision-making. Working within a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers, you will build machine learning models through all phases of development, including design, training, evaluation, validation, and implementation. You will analyze huge volumes of numeric and textual data to reveal hidden insights and translate complex technical work into tangible business goals. The role requires proficiency with Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark, and relational databases. You must apply expertise in clustering, classification, sentiment analysis, time series, and deep learning to solve problems related to risk management and enterprise-wide model reliability.

What does a Data Science Manager earn?

Median $211200 from 45 postings across 12 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Build machine learning models through all phases of development including design, training, evaluation, validation, and implementation.
  • Leverage a broad technology stack including Python, AWS, H2O, and Spark to extract insights from large volumes of data.
  • Analyze and interpret complex numeric and textual data to reveal hidden business insights.
  • Translate complex technical work into tangible business goals for non-technical stakeholders.
  • Research and evaluate emerging technologies and state-of-the-art methods for application within the company.
  • Defend the company against model failures by identifying and improving the status quo of risk management.
  • Manage and develop the talents of team members and broader organizational partners.

What we're looking for

  • Must have a Bachelor's in a quantitative field plus 7 years of data analytics experience, a Master's plus 5 years, or a PhD plus 2 years.
  • Must have at least 2 years of experience leveraging open source programming languages for large scale data analysis.
  • Must have at least 2 years of experience working with machine learning.
  • Must have at least 2 years of experience utilizing relational databases.
  • Must be able to build machine learning models through all phases of development, including design, training, evaluation, validation, and implementation.
  • Must be able to use a broad stack of technologies including Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, and Spark.
  • PhD in a STEM field plus 4 years of experience in data analytics (preferred).
  • At least 1 year of experience working with AWS (preferred).
  • At least 1 year of experience managing people (preferred).
  • At least 5 years of experience in Python, Scala, or R for large scale data analysis (preferred).
  • At least 5 years of experience with machine learning (preferred).

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