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Data Analysis Manager - Office of the Chief Data Officer, Central Analytics and Reporting
At Capital One, data is at the center of everything we do. When we launched 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.
Join the Analytics & Transformation team and help shape the future of data management at Capital One. You’ll sit at the heart of our enterprise-wide data strategy, partnering with Data Managers, Product Managers, Engineers, Risk Managers, Business Analysts, and executives to define, standardize, and deliver the metrics that measure the health of our data. You’ll turn data risk metrics into insights and action, evolve our measurement capabilities as policies and business needs change, and serve as a strategic thought partner to stakeholders and senior leadership.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
What you’ll do:
- Drive current and future strategy by leveraging your analytical skills
- Assist with building and using models to test and validate data
- Work with vast amounts of data in new and evolving environments
- Be a part of growing and developing our brand in new and emerging markets
- Leverage analytics to create a customer experience above our peers
- Lead a team of talented junior analysts on an exciting professional journey while mentoring them and elevating their careers
- Be a part of the full life cycle of projects and see end results
- Collaborate across business units
- Work with top talent in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment where analytics and good data are a top priority
What You’ll Do:
- Partner across LOBs to define, standardize, and publish enterprise data risk metrics.
- Build and evolve dashboards and data products that provide visibility into data management and governance.
- Monitor metrics, identify emerging risks and trends, and generate actionable insights for leaders.
- Translate evolving data policies and requirements into meaningful metrics and monitoring.
- Use AI to automate and transform how we create, manage, and consume data risk metrics.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
- Present insights and recommendations to VP+ leaders and executives across Capital One.
- Challenge the status quo and help shape the long-term strategy for data management.
WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS
Your work will directly influence how Capital One measures and improves the health of its data. You’ll gain broad executive visibility, deliver measurable impact on critical risk outcomes, and become a key thought leader in making our data well-managed and easy to govern.
On any given day you will be:
- Mining data to arrive at specific and crucial information for the organization
- Identifying and implementing process, data, and reporting improvements for the organization
- Working with large and complex databases containing millions to billions of records
- Improving operational efficiencies and effectiveness
- Conducting analysis to evaluate processes and tests
- Extracting and analyzing data to gauge product offerings
- Consulting on the design and implementation of new production and data storage systems
- Developing and implementing strategic tests of products, initiatives and marketing materials
An ideal candidate will be on the leading edge of Analytical technology with a passion for the newest and most innovative tools. Possessing strong problem solving and conceptual thinking abilities in addition to communication, interpersonal and leadership skills are also important. 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. This role will have a strong Business Intelligence component and those with a BI background are strongly encouraged to apply.
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 6 years of experience performing data analytics, or
- Master’s Degree plus at least 4 years of experience performing data analytics with an expectation that required degree will be obtained on or before the scheduled start date.
- At least 4 years of experience performing professional data analysis work
- At least 4 years of experience performing programming
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics discipline
- At least 7 years of professional data analysis work experience
- At least 4 years of experience with Python, R, Spark or SQL
- At least 1 year of experience in people management
- At least 1 year of project management experience
- At least 1 year of experience in Tableau
- Proficient utilizing and developing within AWS service
Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
COMPENSATION
- 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 Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.
McLean, VA: $164,800 - $188,100 for Data Analysis Manager
Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.
This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.
Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.
This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.
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.
If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.
For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com.
Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.
Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).
INTRODUCTION
Data Analysis Manager - Office of the Chief Data Officer, Central Analytics and Reporting
At Capital One, data is at the center of everything we do. When we launched 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.
Join the Analytics & Transformation team and help shape the future of data management at Capital One. You’ll sit at the heart of our enterprise-wide data strategy, partnering with Data Managers, Product Managers, Engineers, Risk Managers, Business Analysts, and executives to define, standardize, and deliver the metrics that measure the health of our data. You’ll turn data risk metrics into insights and action, evolve our measurement capabilities as policies and business needs change, and serve as a strategic thought partner to stakeholders and senior leadership.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
What you’ll do:
- Drive current and future strategy by leveraging your analytical skills
- Assist with building and using models to test and validate data
- Work with vast amounts of data in new and evolving environments
- Be a part of growing and developing our brand in new and emerging markets
- Leverage analytics to create a customer experience above our peers
- Lead a team of talented junior analysts on an exciting professional journey while mentoring them and elevating their careers
- Be a part of the full life cycle of projects and see end results
- Collaborate across business units
- Work with top talent in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment where analytics and good data are a top priority
What You’ll Do:
- Partner across LOBs to define, standardize, and publish enterprise data risk metrics.
- Build and evolve dashboards and data products that provide visibility into data management and governance.
- Monitor metrics, identify emerging risks and trends, and generate actionable insights for leaders.
- Translate evolving data policies and requirements into meaningful metrics and monitoring.
- Use AI to automate and transform how we create, manage, and consume data risk metrics.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
- Present insights and recommendations to VP+ leaders and executives across Capital One.
- Challenge the status quo and help shape the long-term strategy for data management.
WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS
Your work will directly influence how Capital One measures and improves the health of its data. You’ll gain broad executive visibility, deliver measurable impact on critical risk outcomes, and become a key thought leader in making our data well-managed and easy to govern.
On any given day you will be:
- Mining data to arrive at specific and crucial information for the organization
- Identifying and implementing process, data, and reporting improvements for the organization
- Working with large and complex databases containing millions to billions of records
- Improving operational efficiencies and effectiveness
- Conducting analysis to evaluate processes and tests
- Extracting and analyzing data to gauge product offerings
- Consulting on the design and implementation of new production and data storage systems
- Developing and implementing strategic tests of products, initiatives and marketing materials
An ideal candidate will be on the leading edge of Analytical technology with a passion for the newest and most innovative tools. Possessing strong problem solving and conceptual thinking abilities in addition to communication, interpersonal and leadership skills are also important. 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. This role will have a strong Business Intelligence component and those with a BI background are strongly encouraged to apply.
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 6 years of experience performing data analytics, or
- Master’s Degree plus at least 4 years of experience performing data analytics with an expectation that required degree will be obtained on or before the scheduled start date.
- At least 4 years of experience performing professional data analysis work
- At least 4 years of experience performing programming
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics discipline
- At least 7 years of professional data analysis work experience
- At least 4 years of experience with Python, R, Spark or SQL
- At least 1 year of experience in people management
- At least 1 year of project management experience
- At least 1 year of experience in Tableau
- Proficient utilizing and developing within AWS service
Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
COMPENSATION
- 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 Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.
McLean, VA: $164,800 - $188,100 for Data Analysis Manager
Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.
This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.
Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.
This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.
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.
If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.
For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com.
Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.
Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Business Data Analyst
Lead with your degree alignment
Business Data Analyst roles require a degree in a related field. In applications and interviews, explicitly connect your statistics, information systems, or computer science degree to the role. This directly addresses the specialty occupation requirement employers care about for OPT sponsorship.
Prioritize STEM-designated programs
If your degree qualifies for STEM OPT extension, you get 36 months of work authorization instead of 12. Target employers enrolled in E-Verify, which is required for STEM extensions. Many data-focused companies already participate, making this a practical filter when evaluating opportunities.
Quantify your technical impact on your resume
Employers sponsoring OPT need to justify the hire. A resume showing specific tools like SQL, Python, or Tableau alongside measurable outcomes, such as reducing reporting time or improving forecast accuracy, signals the specialized value that makes sponsorship a straightforward decision for hiring managers.
Target mid-size companies in data-heavy industries
Large enterprises have structured sponsorship pipelines, but mid-size companies in finance, healthcare, and e-commerce often hire data analysts urgently and have fewer bureaucratic delays. These employers frequently sponsor OPT students when the candidate meets a specific analytical need quickly.
Address OPT timing proactively in interviews
If your OPT start date is weeks away or your EAD card is pending, tell the employer early. Many hiring managers confuse EAD card processing with work authorization itself. Clarifying your actual authorized start date prevents offers from falling through over a misunderstood timeline.
Build a portfolio of business-focused analysis projects
Employers in business contexts want analysts who connect data to decisions, not just technical outputs. A portfolio showing market analysis, customer segmentation, or financial modeling, even from academic projects, demonstrates business judgment that differentiates OPT candidates from others at the same technical skill level.
Business Data Analyst OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Business Data Analyst role qualify for STEM OPT extension?
It depends on your degree, not the job title. If your degree is in a STEM-designated field such as statistics, computer science, information systems, or applied mathematics, and your employer is enrolled in E-Verify, you can apply for the 24-month STEM OPT extension. The role itself does not trigger eligibility. Check your degree's CIP code with your DSO to confirm before applying.
How do I find Business Data Analyst employers who sponsor OPT students?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT students and filters job listings by employers open to sponsoring work authorization. Rather than applying broadly and discovering sponsorship issues late in the process, browsing Migrate Mate lets you focus your effort on companies already willing to hire OPT candidates for Business Data Analyst positions.
Can I work as a Business Data Analyst on pre-completion OPT?
Yes, but only part-time, meaning 20 hours per week or fewer while school is in session. Once you graduate and move to post-completion OPT, you can work full-time. Most Business Data Analyst roles are full-time positions, so most OPT students in this field apply for post-completion OPT tied to their graduation date.
What happens to my OPT authorization if I get laid off as a Business Data Analyst?
You have a 90-day unemployment limit across your entire OPT period. If you lose your job, that clock starts running immediately. You should notify your DSO and begin searching for a new role quickly. Days of unemployment accumulate across all jobs during your OPT window, so a gap between Business Data Analyst positions counts against that limit.
Do Business Data Analyst roles require H-1B sponsorship after OPT ends?
For most OPT students, yes. After OPT and any STEM extension expires, continued employment typically requires an H-1B visa, which involves an annual lottery. Business Data Analyst roles generally qualify as specialty occupations under H-1B rules given their degree requirements. Some employers also explore O-1 visas for candidates with exceptional credentials, though this is less common at the analyst level.