Sr. Director, Data Analysis

Sr. Director, Data Analysis

As Capital One continues to mature its Business Intelligence and Analytical capabilities, we are seeking a dynamic, high-performing Sr. Director, Data Analytics to lead its adoption of Big Data tools and other developing data technologies, both proprietary and open source. We are seeking someone who can take charge, think big, and deliver on their commitments.

  

On any given day you will be:

• Leading the Analyst 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 

• 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)

• Actively championing the usage and adoption of data tools and solutions across the 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

• Driving data source and tool innovations based on stakeholder data needs, including adoption of cloud native technologies

• Development of a program to train and enhance associate skill sets and actively championing the 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

• Strategic orientation in their ability to define roadmaps in an incremental way to support business goals

 

This position will be in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment where you will be handling multiple concurrent projects while working independently and in teams. An ideal candidate will possess strong problem solving and conceptual thinking abilities in addition to communication, interpersonal and leadership skills. Prior experience creating organization roadmaps and driving strategy execution.

 

Basic Qualifications:

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science or a related quantitative field) plus at least 10 years of experience performing data analytics, or currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Master’s Degree plus at least 8 years of experience performing data analytics with an expectation that required degree will be obtained on or before the scheduled start date.

• At least 8 years of experience performing professional data analysis work

• At least 8 years of experience leading and developing with open source data technologies 

• At least 6 years of experience managing people

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree

• 10+ years of Professional Data Analysis experience

• 6+ years of Big Data experience (AWS and Spark)

• 6+ years of cloud native (AWS) data processing experience

• 6+ years of Process Management experience

• 6+ years of Project Management experience

• 6+ years of experience with Python

• 6+ years of Data Governance experience

• 3+ years of experience with streaming data technologies (Kafka, Flink, Spark streaming)

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 Ca