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Principal People Scientist, People Strategy & Analytics

Job in McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Listing for: Capital One National Association
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-08-23
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Data Analyst, Data Scientist, Data Science Manager
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 131000 - 150000 USD Yearly USD 131000.00 150000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Principal People Scientist, People Strategy & Analytics

The People Strategy and Analytics team at Capital One is on a mission to transform the associate experience – from hiring to onboarding to career development – so that all talent can flourish. As a Principal People Scientist on the People Strategy & Analytics team, you will use organizational science, measurement techniques, behavioral insights, and advanced analytics to help drive that transformation.

Our ideal candidate will display a strong balance of analytical and problem solving skills, business consulting, and communication competencies, as well as the ability to work in a dynamic team environment. You’ll be on a cross-functional team that includes analysts, data scientists, and other people scientists.

This role will primarily specialize in enterprise listening strategies like surveying & measurement design, but will also have frequent opportunities to collaborate with key HR partners in areas like Talent & Performance Management, People Leadership and Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging. Projects will focus on improving the associate experience and unlocking best practices in the talent strategy space. A typical day will include client consultation, measurement design, program design, insights generation, and analysis.

Your main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Consultation:
    Bring your expertise in organizational science principles and analysis to help our clients frame problems, answer questions, and design solutions to improve the associate experience

  • Design:
    Build and drive key programs and solutions for our partners, including strategies for measurement and validation

  • Experimentation:
    Partner with clients and teams across Capital One to design experiments to understand key drivers of associates and behavior

  • Insights & analysis:
    Analyze the impact of our programs and combine those insights with the latest thinking in organizational science to help our clients make data-driven, informed decisions

Successful team members demonstrate competencies in these areas:

  • Purpose:

    You feel a deep personal connection to improving the associate experience and are motivated by applying organizational science in a mission-driven way

  • Analytical thinking: A proven track record of decision making and problem solving based in analytics. Conceptual thinking skills must be complemented by a strong quantitative orientation. Identify opportunities for improvement and use data to make strategic and tactical recommendations.

  • Execution:
    Develop and test hypotheses, design solutions, assess operational feasibility, support implementation efforts, and develop plans and tools for monitoring outcomes

  • Partnership:
    Collaborate effectively with other team members and HR clients

  • Business communication:
    Strong written and oral communication skills, including visualization skills (i.e., able to “tell the story” and highlight key insights in a clear and concise manner that is easily understood by stakeholders)

  • Results focus:
    Drives for results and achieves important goals; applies strong organizational skills and detail orientation, even amidst ambiguity

Basic Qualifications:

  • Master's degree

  • At least 1 year of professional work experience in Industrial and Organizational Psychology OR Organizational Behavior OR Behavioral Science

  • At least 1 year of data analysis experience conducting analyses, and building statistical models in R, Python, or SQL

  • At least 2 years of experience in consulting with external or internal clients across a variety of seniority levels and technical experience

Preferred Qualifications:

  • PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology or Organizational Behavior or Behavioral Science

  • At least 2 years professional work experience in Industrial and Organizational Psychology or Organizational Behavior

  • Knowledge of advanced statistical methodologies, including regression, or longitudinal analysis, or Bayesian modeling

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary…

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