Capital One (DATALABS) - Job Description

At Capital One, we think big and do bigger things. We were the first company to develop and offer
mass customization and personalization of credit card, auto loans and other financial services
products, and we have been innovating relentlessly ever since.

Today, we are a progressive financial services powerhouse spanning Credit Cards, Auto Loans,
Savings, and Commercial Banking and at the same time a high-tech company, a scientific
laboratory, and a well-recognized brand all in one. We are a passionate and entrepreneurial team
with heart – a team that embraces bold ideas, fosters collaboration, and delivers world-class
products and services impacting over 65 million customer accounts.

Still founder-led by Chairman and CEO Richard Fairbank, we dare to dream, disrupt and deliver
a better way for our customers, the financial industry and for each other. Our goal is simple –
bring ingenuity, simplicity and humanity to an industry ripe for change.

At DataLabs, Capital One India, we solve fundamental business problems at scale using
advanced analytics, data science and machine learning. We specialize in deriving valuable
insights about various aspects of the business - including product and process design, consumer
behavior, regulatory and credit risk, and much more - from large volumes of data to build cutting
edge patentable products at an industrial scale.

DataLabs is looking for experienced business analysts to drive our foray into autonomous and
intelligent data products that solve the full gamut of business and analytical needs. This role
involves working with DataLabs leadership and lines of businesses in our Financial Services
division to understand contemporary business needs, making impactful and actionable offers in
partnership with specialist teams in DataLabs, and driving end-to-end execution of initiatives. The
role will be part of an exceptional team that is drawn from elite campuses in India and abroad,
and focused on our mission to develop world class data products.

At DataLabs, you will work in a fast paced and intellectually rigorous environment. You will apply
strategic and analytical skills to major business challenges. You will have the opportunity to learn
and build deep expertise in the core areas of advanced analytics, industrial-scale product design
and development, data science and machine learning. And you will do it all in a collaborative
environment that values problem solving, encourages creativity, promotes learning, and rewards
innovation.

DataLabs prides itself on its exceptionally vibrant culture. Our Associate Development program
enables us to shape amazing career and professional development opportunities for our
associates. Our best-in-class Corporate Social Responsibility program has nurtured longstanding
partnerships with committed organizations that make a meaningful difference to the communities
around us. The enthusiastic volunteerism of our associates is the backbone of all that we do - it
enables us to push the envelope of possibilities and have incredible fun along the way. We bend
backwards to take care of one another through thick and thin. Our work and the people we are
surrounded by are an enduring source of strength and fulfillment in our lives.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Analysis: Identify business challenges and opportunities for improvement and solve for them
using business, statistical and data analysis to make strategic recommendations

- Product: Conceptualize and develop world class data products that typically leverage Machine
Learning applied on structured and unstructured data

- Execution: Includes the development of frameworks, hypotheses, tests, analysis and options,
scoping operational feasibility, leading implementation efforts and developing a monitoring plan

- Partnership: Work closely with business leaders across Capital One

What are we looking for?

- Strategic & analytic orientation: A proven track record of data driven decision making and
problem solving. Exceptional conceptual thinking skills complemented by rigor and strong
quantitative orientation

- Strong business judgment, leadership and integrity: She/he should be a tenacious problem
solver with good judgment and an open-minded approach. One who pushes the envelope but is
rooted in ground reality

- Strong communication skills: Impeccable written and oral communications, coupled with
strategic influencing skills and the ability to drive agreement through intellect, interpersonal and
negotiation skills

- Clear results orientation: Display an intense focus on achieving both short and long term goals.
She/he should be able to drive and execute an agenda in an uncertain and fluid environment

- Successful track record of thriving in a fast paced, entrepreneurial, and dynamic environment.

Preferred Qualifications & Experience

Level of experience: 1-4 years, but not a constraint for the right candidate

Degree in a quantitative major from premier institutes like Indian Institutes of Technology, Indian
Institutes of Management, Indian Institute of Science, and Indian Statistical Institute, but not a
constraint for the right candidate

Relevant Work Experience preferred