Senior Analytics Leader: Strategy, Models & Impact

Postbank (SOC) Ltd; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

South African Postbank SOC Limited seeks a Senior Specialist: Advanced Analytics to lead the organisation’s analytics and data-science capability for assigned domains. The role defines standards, governs the portfolio, and translates priorities into executable analytics roadmaps while providing expert leadership over high-impact models and data-science solutions.

The position drives model-risk controls, stakeholder advisory, and performance delivery of Data Scientist resources, ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field required or equivalent (NQF7).
• Honours/Master’s degree strongly preferred (NQF8/9).
• 8+ years of data science, ML and algorithm experience at specialist level; 5+ years managerial experience; banking knowledge advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Translate Postbank priorities into an advanced analytics roadmap and standards for assigned domains.
• Prioritise initiatives based on strategic benefit, regulatory need, urgency, data readiness and resources.
• Lead complex predictive, prescriptive, segmentation, forecasting and ML initiatives from concept to implementation.
• Review and challenge outputs for quality, relevance, reproducibility and governance compliance.
• Present analytics findings and options to executive, operational and technical audiences.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or relevant field (NQF Level 7)

Honours / Masters in relevant field (NQF Level 8 /9) (Ideal)

Job description

South African Postbank SOC Limited seeks a Senior Specialist: Advanced Analytics to lead the organisation’s analytics and data-science capability for assigned domains. The role defines standards, governs the portfolio, and translates priorities into executable analytics roadmaps while providing expert leadership over high-impact models and data-science solutions.

The position drives model-risk controls, stakeholder advisory, and performance delivery of Data Scientist resources, ensuring