Capital One

Travel

SeniorManager,DataScientist

$230–262k McLean, Virginia, United States FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Senior Manager, Data Scientist at Capital One. Skills: Data Science, Machine Learning, Statistical Modeling, Cloud Computing Platforms, Open-source languages. Own the end-to-end technical strategy for Search & Sort and Pricing Optimization in the Hotels domain. Move from offline, historical data models to sophisticated, real-time Machine Learning solutions”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver a product customers love; Unlock the big opportunities that help everyday people save money, time and agony in their financial lives; Build the business case and technical roadmap for the future of ML at Capital One Travel

Industry & Context.

Travel
Problems you'll solve

Analyze data; Create solutions; Retrieve, combine, and analyze data from a variety of sources and structures; Understanding the data is often the key to great data science

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

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, 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, 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

Nice to Have

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 5 years’ experience in Python, Scala, or R for large scale data analysis, At least 5 years’ experience with machine learning

What You'll Do.

Own the end-to-end technical strategy for Search & Sort and Pricing Optimization in the Hotels domain

historical data models to sophisticated

real-time Machine Learning solutions

Partner closely with Product and Engineering to define key metrics (like MOB and Reference Price coverage)

Architect systems that determine what customers see and what they pay

Apply the 80: 20 rule—starting with pragmatic

high-impact wins while simultaneously building the business case and technical roadmap for the future of ML at Capital One Travel

Leverage a broad stack of technologies — Python

and more — to reveal the insights hidden within huge volumes of numeric and textual data

Build machine learning models through all phases of development

from design through training

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love; Partnering closely with Product and Engineering

Communication Scope

Translate the complexity of your work into tangible business goals

Full Job Description

Senior Manager, Data Scientist - Travel Intelligence 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 Scientist 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. Team Description You will be a member of the Travel Intelligence team, a high-impact group dedicated to building the "intelligent core" of Capital One Travel. Our mission is to transform vast amounts of travel data into personalized, seamless experiences for our customers. Specifically, this role focuses on the Hotels domain, where you will own the end-to-end technical strategy for Search & Sort and Pricing Optimization. We operate in a "green-field" environment, moving from offline, historical data models to sophisticated, real-time Machine Learning solutions. As part of Travel Intelligence, you won't just be building models; you'll be partnering closely with Product and Engineering to define key metrics (like MOB and Reference Price coverage) and architecting the systems that determine what our customers see and what they pay. This is a unique opportunity to apply the 80:20 rule—starting with pragmatic, high-impact wins while simultaneously building the business case and technical roadmap for the future of ML at Capital One Travel. **Role Description** **In this role, you will:** * Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers,

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