Remote Lead Data Scientist — Banking & Finance

Public Transport - Buscor; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Public Transport - Buscor offers a remote-first Lead Data Scientist role based anywhere in South Africa, with strategic alignment to Port Elizabeth. Lead the development and implementation of advanced analytics, ML workflows, and data-enabled decision making for Banking & Finance initiatives.

You will guide a team of data scientists, define project roadmaps, and partner with business stakeholders to translate datasets into actionable insights, focusing on predictive modeling, fraud detection,

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading data science teams.
• Strong expertise in ML pipelines and production deployment.
• Ability to translate business needs into analytics solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of data scientists to deliver ML projects.
• Define roadmaps and manage cross-functional stakeholder alignment.
• Develop predictive models for fraud detection and customer analytics.

Skills

Data Science

Machine Learning

Predictive Modeling

Fraud Detection

Customer Analytics

Job description

Public Transport - Buscor offers a remote-first Lead Data Scientist role based anywhere in South Africa, with strategic alignment to Port Elizabeth. Lead the development and implementation of advanced analytics, ML workflows, and data-enabled decision making for Banking & Finance initiatives.

You will guide a team of data scientists, define project roadmaps, and partner with business stakeholders to translate datasets into actionable insights, focusing on predictive modeling, fraud detection,