Lead Product Engineer: AI No Code Lead

absa; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Absa Bank Limited is seeking a senior leader to drive AI and no-code capabilities, delivering governed, reusable delivery platforms with measurable business value. You will define the strategy, operating model and governance across privacy, cyber security, data and regulatory controls, while building sustainable capability.

You will lead AI engineers, platform owners and delivery partners, ensuring high-value outcomes, faster time to market and reduced build costs through scalable, secure

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or related field.
• Experience leading AI initiatives and governance programs.
• Familiarity with privacy, cyber security, data, model risk, and regulatory controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and operating model for responsible AI, low-code and no-code capabilities.
• Define roadmap, investment priorities and use-case portfolio across delivery, operations and customer journeys.
• Establish governance and controls to prevent shadow delivery and vendor lock-in.
• Drive measurable business value through AI-enabled delivery and reusable patterns.
• Lead AI engineers, platform owners and delivery partners to high-value outcomes.
• Oversee budgets, suppliers and executive reporting for the domain.

Skills

AI strategy

Leadership

Governance

Low-code

No-code

Enterprise delivery

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology

Job description

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

• Will be responsible for AI and no-code capabilities into governed, reusable business delivery. The role combines strategy, governance, production delivery and enterprise leadership.
• The leader defines the operating model, roadmap, investment priorities and use-case portfolio across delivery, operations, colleagues and customer journeys.
• The role establishes controls for privacy, cyber security, data, model risk and regulation while preventing shadow delivery and vendor lock-in.
• First-year priorities include publishing the strategy, establishing governance, delivering high-value outcomes and building sustainable capability.

Job Description

• Leadership role reporting to the Chief Information Officer: Digital & AI.
• Sets and executes the strategy for responsible AI agents, generative AI, low-code and no-code capabilities.
• Transforms emerging technology into governed, reusable delivery capabilities with measurable business value.
• Targets faster time to market, lower build cost, improved productivity and augmentation of scarce skills.
• Builds an outcome-focused AI and low-code portfolio rather than supporting isolated experimentation.
• Defines the target operating model, capability roadmap, investment priorities and transparent use-case portfolio.
• Prioritises use cases across software delivery, testing, operations, colleague enablement and customer journeys.
• Establishes reusable agent, prompt, component, integration and reference implementation patterns.
• Drives AI-enabled practices across analysis, design, coding, testing, documentation, release and operations.
• Ensures prototypes can transition into maintainable, observable, supportable production services.
• Embeds responsible AI, privacy, cyber security, data, model risk, legal, records and regulatory controls.
• Defines human-in-the-loop controls, decision rights, testing, monitoring, incident response and retirement requirements.
• Prevents uncontrolled proliferation, shadow delivery and vendor lock-in through approved platforms and patterns.
• Maintains evidence of agent and model quality, performance, traceability and control effectiveness.
• Leads AI engineers, low-code specialists, platform owners, change practitioners and delivery partners.
• Owns financial plans, strategic suppliers, talent, delivery performance and executive reporting for the domain.
• Measures success through adoption, realised benefits, delivery speed, cost reduction, solution reliability and reuse.
• Requires senior enterprise leadership and proven transition of AI or low-code solutions into secure production.
• Needs strong knowledge of generative AI, agents, orchestration, modern SDLC, DevSecOps, APIs and event-driven integration.
• First-year priorities include confirming the mandate, publishing the strategy and roadmap, establishing governance, delivering high-value outcomes and building sustainable capability.

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised.