Platform Owner - AI, Data & Automation Leader

Nedbank; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,600,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Nedbank is seeking a Platform Owner to lead end-to-end ownership, strategic direction, and sustainability of a core technology platform including AI, data, and automation capabilities.

The role ensures the platform delivers measurable business value, remains architecturally sound, compliant, scalable, secure, and cost-efficient while enabling multiple products, teams, and use cases across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Minimum education includes Matric and higher IT qualifications.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field is preferred.
• 8–12+ years’ experience in technology delivery or platform ownership.
• Experience with card processing platforms is advantageous.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and third‑party vendor management.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the platform vision, roadmap, and target state, including AI, analytics, and automation.
• Own the end-to-end platform lifecycle, including onboarding, change, modernisation, AI enablement, automation expansion, and decommissioning.
• Ensure platform supports reuse, standardisation, scalability, and automation‑first principles across products and channels.
• Drive adoption of intelligent automation, self‑service capabilities, and AI‑enabled features to improve efficiency and speed to market.
• Establish and enforce platform standards, guardrails, and non‑functional requirements (performance, reliability, security, resilience).
• Align with data governance, AI governance, security, risk, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Translate business demand into platform capabilities with Product Owners and Data/AI teams.
• Prioritise platform backlog items (technical debt, automation, model lifecycle, resilience, innovation).
• Oversee platform delivery across multiple teams and safe adoption of AI/automation.
• Accountability for platform stability, incident management, model monitoring, and vendor relationships.
• Mentor teams and communicate platform strategy to executives and governance forums.

Skills

Networking

SAN infrastructure

Database knowledge

IT risk & security

Disaster recovery

Business continuity

Information systems

Decision making

Building partnerships

Managing work

Work standards

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Engineering

Advanced Diplomas / National 1st Degrees

IT Related Degree or Diploma

Tools

Postilion

Base24-EPS

Cloud services

APIs

Event-driven architectures

Job description

Nedbank is seeking a Platform Owner to lead end-to-end ownership, strategic direction, and sustainability of a core technology platform including AI, data, and automation capabilities.

The role ensures the platform delivers measurable business value, remains architecturally sound, compliant, scalable, secure, and cost-efficient while enabling multiple products, teams, and use cases across the organisation.