AI & Analytics Leader: Drive Data-Driven Change

AB InBev Group; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

AB InBev Group in South Africa seeks an experienced analytics and AI capability lead to partner with business leaders and SMEs, translating challenges into measurable outcomes. You will coordinate input from data engineers, AI teams and product managers to deliver practical, scalable data products and decision-support tools.

You will shape early-stage analysis, dashboards and prompts while ensuring governance, speed, and adoption.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Science, Economics, Statistics, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, Behavioural Science, Visual Communication or a related field.
• 5+ years in analytics, insights, business analysis, strategy, process improvement, digital transformation or related roles.
• Demonstrated experience translating business problems into analytical approaches, solution requirements or decision-support tools.
• Experience working directly with business stakeholders and cross-functional delivery teams.
• Experience managing multiple priorities, ambiguous requests and tight turnaround work.
• Strong evidence of structured problem-solving, stakeholder communication and practical implementation.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders and SMEs to understand challenges and translate requests into clear problem statements and success criteria.
• Lead the jetski as the day-to-day problem lead, coordinating input from SMEs, data engineering, AI/automation teams and product management.
• Develop or support early-stage analysis, prototypes, dashboards, prompts, workflows and decision-support tools.
• Act as the bridge between business users, technical teams and product leadership, communicating complex concepts clearly and practically.
• Define outcomes, indicators and benefit logic for assigned initiatives and track realized value.

Skills

Problem Solving

Prioritisation

Curiosity

Agility

Excellence

Resilience

Boldness

Collaboration

Develop

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Science / related field

Job description

AB InBev Group in South Africa seeks an experienced analytics and AI capability lead to partner with business leaders and SMEs, translating challenges into measurable outcomes. You will coordinate input from data engineers, AI teams and product managers to deliver practical, scalable data products and decision-support tools.

You will shape early-stage analysis, dashboards and prompts while ensuring governance, speed, and adoption.