Capital One
Manager Data Science - Global Payment Network AI Foundations
$179K–$246K
Riverwoods, IL +3 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Location
- Riverwoods, IL
Richmond, VA
Chicago, IL
New York, NY - Experience
- Degree-dependent data analytics experience: 6 years with a bachelor’s, 4 years with a master’s or quantitative MBA, or 1 year with a PhD; plus 1 year each in open-source programming for large-scale data analysis, machine learning, and relational databases.
- Education
- Quantitative bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD; a quantitatively concentrated MBA is an alternative to the master’s. Degree must be obtained by the scheduled start date.
- Visa sponsorship
- Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
About the job
Leads development and deployment of scalable machine learning models and AI agents that deliver merchant intelligence and other capabilities across the payments ecosystem.
What you'll do
- Partner with data science, engineering, and product teams to deliver AI capabilities using billions of network transactions.
- Adapt, fine-tune, and deploy NLP and LLM technologies to extract insights from numerical, tabular, and textual data.
- Translate ML complexity into business value and strategic goals.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field plus 6 years of data analytics experience; or a quantitative master’s degree or quantitatively concentrated MBA plus 4 years; or a quantitative PhD plus 1 year.
- At least 1 year leveraging open-source programming languages for large-scale data analysis.
- At least 1 year working with machine learning.
- At least 1 year utilizing relational databases.
Nice to have
- PhD in a STEM field plus 3 years of model development experience; 4+ years with Python, Scala, or R; 4+ years with machine learning; or 4+ years with SQL.
- Experience with LLMs, embedding models, vector databases, AI workflows, or autonomous AI agents.
Pay
Richmond, VA: $179,400 - $204,700 USD base salary; New York, NY: $215,200 - $245,600 USD base salary; Riverwoods, IL: $179,400 - $204,700 USD base salary; Chicago, IL: $179,400 - $204,700 USD base salary
Tools
PyTorch, AWS, VectorDBs, LLMs, Python, Scala, R, SQL
AI focus
Develops and deploys machine learning models, NLP/LLM systems, and autonomous AI agents for merchant intelligence and payment network capabilities.
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