Global Head of Data & AI for Banking Solutions

Be Different; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Be Different in Gauteng seeks a senior data science lead to guide analytics across unstructured data, build predictive models and drive business outcomes. The role shapes data strategy, validates methodologies, and mentors junior staff while collaborating with stakeholders on governance and technical initiatives.

Responsibilities include deploying scalable ML models, ensuring data quality, and coordinating productionalising automation.

Qualifications

• Post Graduate Diploma or Master’s Degree in Information Studies or Information Technology.
• 8-10 years’ experience in working with unstructured data (e.g. streams, images).
• Understanding of data flows, data architecture, ETL and processing of structured and unstructured data.
• Using data mining to discover new patterns from large datasets; implement standard and proprietary algorithms.
• Experience with SAS, R, SPSS; data visualization with Power BI and Tableau.
• 8-10 years proven development experience in software / software engineering.
• Exposure to data governance and regulatory matters; knowledge of IT data principles.
• Project management experience; building models (credit scoring, propensity models, churn).
• Competent in ML programming in R or Python; supplementary MATLAB, Java.
• Familiar with Hadoop, Spark, Kafka; broader ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a subject matter expert from a data science perspective and inputs decisions on data science use.
• Educates the organisation on data science perspectives, testing hypotheses and validation.
• Validates and certifies work of other data scientists and guides junior staff.
• Builds machine learning models and utilizes distributed data processing.
• Codes, tests and maintains scientific models and algorithms; identifies trends.
• Develops a comprehensive operational IA plan and tooling for remediation efforts.
• Coordinates productionalisation of automation software for accuracy and maintenance.
• Guides design of complex techniques to answer business questions and drive outcomes.
• Drives analytics and insights within the business unit via advanced models and algorithms.
• Supports governance, data management infrastructure, and production processes.
• Oversees data collection, integration and pre-processing for modelling.
• Presents results to executive leadership and informs future business plans.

Skills

Data mining

Statistical modeling

Machine learning

Leadership

Data visualization

Data governance

ETL understanding

Project management

Communication

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Information Studies

Master’s Degree in Information Technology

Master’s Degree in Information Studies

Tools

SAS

R

SPSS

Power BI

Tableau

Hadoop

Spark

Kafka

MATLAB

Java

Job description

Be Different in Gauteng seeks a senior data science lead to guide analytics across unstructured data, build predictive models and drive business outcomes. The role shapes data strategy, validates methodologies, and mentors junior staff while collaborating with stakeholders on governance and technical initiatives.

Responsibilities include deploying scalable ML models, ensuring data quality, and coordinating productionalising automation.