Capital One
Principal Data Analyst - Business Cards & Payments - Field Strategy
$119K–$150K
Richmond, VA +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Jun 22, 2026
- Location
- Richmond, VA
McLean, VA - Experience
- Bachelor’s degree route: at least 5 years performing data analytics; Master’s degree route: at least 3 years. Also requires at least 3 years in each of the listed scripting, visualization, and data-platform experience areas.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field or Master’s degree; degree may be in progress but must be obtained on or before the scheduled start date.
- Visa sponsorship
- Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
About the job
Uses analytics and data solutions to support business strategy, business intelligence, data quality, and governance for Business Cards & Payments Field Strategy.
What you'll do
- Mine varied data sources and build managed data tools and self-service capabilities.
- Partner with business teams to develop dashboards, metrics, and analysis that inform strategy.
- Promote data quality and governance, including monitoring, metadata, lineage, definitions, security, and access controls.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field plus 5 years of data analytics experience, or a Master’s degree plus 3 years; required degree must be obtained by the scheduled start date.
- At least 3 years of experience with a scripting language.
- At least 3 years of experience using a business intelligence visualization tool.
- At least 3 years of experience querying, analyzing, and working with data languages and platforms.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in a STEM discipline; at least 4 years coding in Python, R, Spark, or SQL; or at least 4 years in Agile, Lean, Six Sigma, or other process improvement methodologies.
- At least 2 years using and developing within AWS services, or delivering data governance and data quality practices in financial services.
Pay
$131,300 - $149,800 USD base salary (McLean, VA); $119,400 - $136,200 USD base salary (Richmond, VA)
Tools
Python, R, Spark, SQL, AWS
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