Head of Data & AI Transformation

ATS Client; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

ATS Client in Johannesburg seeks a Senior Data Scientist to oversee data mining, statistical analysis, and modelling across large structured and unstructured datasets to uncover insights and drive business decisions. You will lead methodological work and collaborate with data and technology teams.

Experience with Hadoop ecosystem (HDFS, Spark, Kafka) and tools like SAS/SPSS is required; you will supervise junior staff and productionalise analytics solutions to improve outcomes.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate degree in IT/Information Studies.
• 8–10 years with unstructured data and data mining.
• 8–10 years in software/IA field; BI and governance experience.
• Knowledge of banks data processes and regulatory considerations.
• Experience with SAS/SPSS and data visualization tools.

Responsibilities

• Oversee data mining and statistical analysis on large datasets.
• Develop predictive models and machine learning solutions.
• Lead validation, training, and junior staff guidance on models.
• Coordinate productionalising automation software and IA plans.
• Guide design of statistical methods to answer business questions.
• Drive analytics to improve business outcomes with data-driven insights.

Skills

Data mining

Statistical analysis

Machine learning

Data visualization

Python

R

Education

Postgraduate Degree: Information Technology /Information Studies

Tools

Hadoop

Spark

Kafka

HDFS

SAS

SPSS

Job description

ATS Client in Johannesburg seeks a Senior Data Scientist to oversee data mining, statistical analysis, and modelling across large structured and unstructured datasets to uncover insights and drive business decisions. You will lead methodological work and collaborate with data and technology teams.

Experience with Hadoop ecosystem (HDFS, Spark, Kafka) and tools like SAS/SPSS is required; you will supervise junior staff and productionalise analytics solutions to improve outcomes.