✦ Luna Orbit — Executive & General Management

Senior Manager, Data Analysis

at Discover Financial Services

📍 2 Locations Unknown 💰 $200K – $229K USD / year Posted April 15, 2026
Salary $200K – $229K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience senior
Exp. Years 7+ years (Bachelor's +) or 5+ years (Master's, expected before start)
Education Bachelor's Degree in quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science or a related quantitative field) or Master's Degree (expected before scheduled start date)
Category Executive & General Management

This role is responsible for leading the validation of enterprise analytical tools at Capital One, including planning and executing validation projects. The Senior Manager will assess methodology quality and risk, prototype best practices, and communicate results through validation reports and presentations while coaching junior staff.

  • Refining an Enterprise-wide analytical tools validation framework
  • Planning and executing validation projects
  • Assessing quality and risk of analytical tool methodologies
  • Understanding technical issues in analytical tools and assessing tools risks and opportunities
  • Coaching and mentoring junior staff

Focuses on analytical tools validation, including assessing analytical tool methodologies, investigating technical issues, and evaluating tools usage risks/opportunities. Requires strong experience with open source data technologies and the ability to develop validation frameworks across the enterprise.

The ideal candidate is a senior data analytics leader with 7+ years of professional data analysis experience and strong experience leading and developing teams using open source data technologies. They can design and execute an enterprise analytical tools validation framework, assess model and tool methodology quality and risk, and clearly communicate findings through validation reports and presentations.

data analyticsopen source data technologiesmanaging peopleprofessional data analysis workleading and developing with open source data technologiescommunication via validation reports and presentationsplanning and executing validation projectsassessing quality and risk of analytical tool methodologies
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cross-functional partnershipcommunicationleadershipproblem solvingconceptual thinkinginterpersonal skillsindependently researchingcoaching and mentoringinfluencing business strategiesmanaging multiple concurrent projectsverbal communicationwritten communicationpresentation skills
Industry Banking
Job Function Lead enterprise validation of analytical tools and manage a team of data professionals.
Role Subtype Executive & General Management
Senior ManagerData Analysisdata analysisanalytical tools validationvalidation frameworkvalidation projectsanalytical tool methodologiesrisk assessmentquality assessmentprototypingindustry best practicesvalidation reportspresentationsopen source data technologiesmanaging peoplecoaching and mentoringcross-functionallybusiness strategiesrelational databasedata-driven decision-makingdata quality

Must have 7+ years of experience performing data analytics (or 5+ years with a Master's Degree, expected on/before start date), Must have at least 2 years of experience managing people, Must have at least 5 years of experience leading and developing with open source data technologies

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