Head of Data & AI Enablement & Strategy

Datonomy Solutions; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Datonomy Solutions is recruiting a Data Science & AI Enablement Executive to lead the Group's data science, analytics and master data functions across retail, supply chain and shared services.

Reporting to the CIO, you will set the Data & AI strategy and drive demand forecasting, pricing, personalisation and inventory optimisation into day-to-day decisions. Success is measured by revenue growth and efficiency gains.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate degree required in data-related field.
• 12+ years of experience in data science, AI, analytics or master data management.
• Led enterprise data science and master data teams and executed a Data & AI strategy.
• Proven deployments of predictive/prescriptive models with measurable business impact.
• Strong grounding in statistical modelling, ML, Python, R, SQL and cloud platforms.
• Experience influencing executive stakeholders and translating analyses into decisions.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the Group's Data & AI strategy with measurable business outcomes.
• Lead analytics, machine learning and AI initiatives from problem definition to production deployment.
• Provide executive forecasting, scenario modelling and decision-support tools for planning.
• Build multidisciplinary teams across data science, advanced analytics and master data management.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, IT and business leaders to scale data and AI solutions.
• Set data governance, master data and data quality standards; embed responsible AI and POPIA compliance.

Skills

Executive stakeholder management

Data & AI strategy

Enterprise data strategy

Team leadership

Forecasting & scenario modelling

Education

Postgraduate degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Python

R

SQL

Cloud data platforms

Job description

Datonomy Solutions is recruiting a Data Science & AI Enablement Executive to lead the Group's data science, analytics and master data functions across retail, supply chain and shared services.

Reporting to the CIO, you will set the Data & AI strategy and drive demand forecasting, pricing, personalisation and inventory optimisation into day-to-day decisions. Success is measured by revenue growth and efficiency gains.