Director, Ventures Data and Analytics Technical Lead
- Employer
- Capital One
- Location
- McLean, Virginia
- Closing date
- Mar 4, 2021
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- Industry
- Financial Services and Banking
- Function
- Finance
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Director, Ventures Data and Analytics Technical Lead
Capital One Ventures (COV) is the strategic venture investment arm of Capital One. We seek to invest and partner with cutting-edge technology startups in order to bring Capital One the latest technology, applications and learnings from innovators and industry experts. We are uniquely positioned at the intersection of Capital One's business and tech organizations and the startup ecosystem. We continuously survey the market for opportunities that not only result in financial return but drive strategic impact and better experiences for Capital One customers.
The COV team has members in San Francisco, New York and Capital One Headquarters (McLean, VA) who work to identify new opportunities in enterprise tech, big data, cybersecurity, identity, payments, fintech and other sectors.
Some of our investments include: Snowflake, ThoughtSpot, Blend, Cylance, Riskified, Dave, and Eightfold.
Who we're looking for:
We seek a highly motivated, energetic and accomplished data and analytics technologist who is also skilled in business development to join our Ventures team in McLean or Richmond, VA. This person maintains a deep understanding of Capital One's Data and Analytics enterprise products and services and has a passion for understanding emerging technologies and trends. Previous experience or a strong interest in working directly with startup companies, ideally as a software engineer, architect or data scientist, preferably in senior technology leader roles and understanding the startup world is highly desired. This team member is an articulate, professional communicator with the ability to share technical and business knowledge at various levels including the most senior leaders at Capital One.
The role:
As part of the COV team, you will be primarily responsible for the "Technical Venture Development" part of our function. You will work to identify internal use cases, technology gaps and partners, and use this knowledge to search the market, perform technical due diligence on startup solutions, and recommend the right technologies and startups to relevant internal stakeholders and partners.
Your role will be a combination of both internal and external responsibilities.
Responsibilities include:
- Strategic Technical Leadership, Communication & Coordination: Develop strong relationships with Capital One business and technology leaders. Understand their strategic priorities, challenges and needs and serve as a subject matter expert and thought leader. Work with the investment team within the Ventures group to provide ideas and guidance for potential investments. Help disseminate strategic intelligence and learnings from our venture investing activities throughout Capital One.
- Due Diligence: Use your understanding of technology, business models and emerging trends to evaluate potential investments and their ability to deliver strategic value to Capital One. Identify relevant internal technical resources and external consultants, and lead the creation of due diligence artifacts on prospective investments within short timelines.
- Technology Consulting & Business Development: Work with COVs portfolio companies to develop a deep understanding of their business, technology and product roadmaps. With this understanding, engage Capital One teams across and business and technology functions to develop new use cases and partnership opportunities.
- Investing: Collaborate with COV investment team members to identify, vet, and execute venture investment transactions.
- COV Community Building: Engage with the startup and tech ecosystem to help build relationships with promising CEOs, investors and portfolio companies' target customers. Help build awareness of Capital One and evangelize the COV brand in order to increase our network of relationships, reputation and deal flow.
Qualities of Potential Hire include:
- Significant experience with, prior hands-on experience with product development and deep understanding of technology, especially in areas like: Big Data, Analytics, Cloud technologies, cybersecurity, identity etc.
- Passion for working with startups
- Hunger to learn about and understand complex technology and business problems
- Strategic and tactical mindset
- Creative thinker and dot connector
- Trustworthy, Influencer, Networker
- Ability to work independently and in small groups
- Ability to maneuver and drive change in a large organization
- Clear communicator and excellent presenter
- Demonstrated presentation and communications skills
- Start-up or entrepreneurial experience
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering
- At least 6 years experience in a technical product development role
- At least 2 years of customer facing experience in technical business development
Preferred Qualifications:
- Masters in an engineering discipline
- MBA
- 10+ years of experience in a technology role
- 10+ Years experience in Software Engineering
- 10+ years experience in Data Science
At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
Company
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We’re focused on three core principles to advance diversity, inclusion and belonging across Capital One:
Create a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive and innovate
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Ensure our systems and programs promote fairness and equity
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Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, disability or other protected status.
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