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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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Confirm your degree field supports STEM OPT
Director of Data Analytics roles often qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension, but only if your degree is in a qualifying STEM field like statistics, computer science, or data science. Verify your CIP code with your DSO before applying.
Target companies with an active H-1B sponsorship track record
Senior analytics leadership roles are most commonly sponsored at large enterprises and tech-forward firms. Search OFLC disclosure data to confirm a company has filed H-1B visa petitions for analytics roles before investing time in their process.
Frame your H-1B timeline during salary negotiations
Director-level hiring moves slower than individual contributor roles. Start conversations early enough that your OPT expiry date doesn't create pressure. Employers are more receptive when sponsorship comes up before an offer, not after.
Demonstrate business impact, not just technical depth
At the director level, employers evaluate your ability to translate data into revenue or cost decisions. Quantify outcomes you have driven: pipeline accuracy improvements, cost reductions, or decisions enabled by dashboards or models you owned.
Get your I-983 training plan documentation right
On STEM OPT, your employer must complete Form I-983 outlining your training objectives. For a director role, the plan should reflect leadership development and strategic analytics responsibilities, not just technical tasks. Misaligned plans draw DSO scrutiny.
Address sponsorship directly in your cover letter or outreach
Waiting until a final-round interview to raise OPT status can derail an otherwise strong candidacy. A single clear sentence early in your communication sets expectations and filters employers who have already decided not to sponsor.
Director Of Data Analytics OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Can I work as a Director of Data Analytics on OPT?
Yes. OPT authorizes full-time employment in a role directly related to your degree, and Director of Data Analytics positions typically satisfy that requirement if your degree is in a field like data science, statistics, computer science, or a related discipline. Your DSO should confirm the degree-job alignment before you accept an offer.
Does a Director of Data Analytics role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
It can, but the extension eligibility depends on your degree, not the job title. If your degree carries a qualifying CIP code and your employer is enrolled in E-Verify, you can apply for the 24-month STEM OPT extension. The employer must also complete Form I-983 documenting your training and supervision plan in the role.
Do employers typically sponsor H-1B visas for Director of Data Analytics roles?
Director-level analytics roles generally qualify as specialty occupations under H-1B criteria because they require at least a bachelor's degree in a specific technical field. Large companies with established immigration programs sponsor these roles more consistently than smaller firms. Migrate Mate filters job listings by sponsorship willingness, so you can focus on employers who have sponsored similar roles before.
How should I explain my OPT status to a prospective employer for a director role?
Be direct and brief. Mention that you are currently authorized to work on OPT and that you will need H-1B sponsorship before your authorization expires. Providing a clear timeline, including your OPT end date and whether a STEM extension applies, helps hiring managers understand the window available and reduces uncertainty that might otherwise stall your candidacy.
Where can I find Director of Data Analytics jobs that sponsor OPT and H-1B?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT students and surfaces roles from employers with documented sponsorship histories. Rather than applying broadly and discovering sponsorship is off the table at the final stage, you can browse Director of Data Analytics listings on Migrate Mate where sponsorship eligibility is already part of how jobs are surfaced.