BI Head - Managed Care

Mvgrecruitment; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Mvgrecruitment is seeking a Head of Business Intelligence in Centurion, SA, to lead and run the organisation's BI capability. You will oversee data architecture, reporting ecosystems and analytics delivery across providers, doctors, hospitals and partners.

The role requires 8+ years in data/BI, proven BI leadership, and experience with data warehouse/data lake architectures, reporting automation, and stakeholder management. Office-based role in Centurion offering strategic impact.

Qualifications

• Requires a degree in a quantitative field (Data Science, Statistics, CS, Data Analytics).
• 8+ years’ experience in data/BI or related environments.
• Proven leadership of a BI or data team.
• Experience delivering data warehouse/data lake architecture.
• Strong reporting automation and stakeholder-management experience.
• Exposure to system integrations, vendor coordination and delivery management.

Responsibilities

• Shape and implement the BI strategy, operating model and team structure.
• Lead development and optimisation of the data warehouse, data lake and multi-source integration.
• Deliver automated operational, client, regulatory and executive reporting.
• Convert business needs into BI outputs and manage cross-functional delivery.
• Implement data-quality, security and single-source-of-truth standards.
• Grow anomaly-detection capabilities and develop BI-driven commercial products.
• Manage integrations with healthcare providers via switching platforms and Web API connections, ensuring SLAs and monitoring.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Data governance

Education

Degree in Data Science/Statistics/CS/Data Analytics

Tools

Qlik Sense

QlikView

SQL

Web API

Job description

Head: Business Intelligence

Location: Centurion

Industry: Managed Care (Pharmaceutical Benefit Management)

Type: Permanent Full-Time (Office-Based)

Role Summary

A senior BI leader is required to build and run the organisation’s Business Intelligence capability.

The role oversees data architecture, reporting ecosystems, analytics delivery and healthcare‑provider integrations across pharmacies, doctors, hospitals and related partners. (Start-up Division)

Key Responsibilities

• BI Leadership — Shape and implement the BI strategy, operating model and team structure.
• Data Platforms — Lead the development and optimisation of the data warehouse, data lake and multi‑source integration.
• Reporting & Automation — Deliver automated operational, client, regulatory and executive reporting.
• Stakeholder Engagement — Convert business needs into BI outputs and manage cross‑functional delivery.
• Governance & Quality — Implement data‑quality, security and single‑source‑of‑truth standards.
• Analytics & Commercial Insights — Grow anomaly‑detection capabilities and develop BI‑driven commercial products.
• Provider Integrations — Manage integrations with healthcare providers via switching platforms and Web API connections, ensuring SLAs, monitoring and controlled implementation.

Minimum Requirements

• Degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Data Analytics or similar quantitative field.
• 8+ years’ experience in data, BI, or related environments.
• Proven leadership of a BI or data team.
• Experience delivering data warehouse/data lake architecture.
• Strong reporting automation and stakeholder‑management experience.
• Exposure to system integrations, vendor coordination and delivery management.

Preferred Experience

• IBM i (iSeries / AS400).
• Healthcare, claims‑data or PBM environments.
• Qlik (Qlik Sense / QlikView).
• POPIA, data‑privacy, governance and FWA analytics.
• SQL and multi‑system data modelling.