Job Purpose

• To manage a team and portfolio of data science projects with a focus on Machine Learning (ML) Engineering through multiple squads with a medium-term strategic horizon.

Job Responsibilities

• Define, grow and lead a team of Data Scientists and ML Engineers at any proficiency levels.
• Discover areas within Nedbank group that can be automated through machine learning
• Demonstrated technical knowledge of Machine Learning inclusive of Supervised and Unsupervised learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing and Re-Enforcement learning and similar Quantitative modelling techniques.
• Understand the business reality behind large sets of data and develop meaningful solutions comprising of analytics.
• Worked closely with internal stakeholders like the business teams, engineering teams and partner teams and align them with respect to your focus area.
• Innovated by adapting new Machine Learning modelling techniques and procedures
• Passionate about working disparate and large datasets to answer business questions. You should have deep expertise in creation and management of datasets.
• Exposure at implementing and operating stable, scalable analytical solutions from production systems into end-user facing applications/reports. These solutions will be fault tolerant, self-healing and adaptive.
• Experienced in dealing with data from various sources and message streams and construct complex analyses. Implement data flow solutions that process data real time on message streams from source systems.
• Detail-oriented and must have an aptitude for solving unstructured problems. You should work in a self-directed environment, own tasks and drive them to completion
• Excellent business and communication skills and able to work with business owners to develop and define key business questions and to build data sets that answer those questions. Owned customer relationship about data and execute tasks that are manifestations of such ownership, like ensuring high data availability, low latency, documenting data details and transformations and handling user notifications and training
• Manage Financial and Business Results. Ensure that all individual and department results are delivered within budget to deadlines
• Ensure budget targets are met by effectively executing and complying to Divisional billing requirements and target
• Ensure that transparent transfer pricing for provision of products and services for the business area are being followed through
• Activity Justified Transfer Pricing (AJTP) model by establishing costs, prices and conditions
• Ensure effective targeted cost recovery through monitoring and ensuring all times are captured by staff on a weekly basis
• Provide agreed information, resources, professional advice and strategic contribution to relevant stakeholders on time, in budget, within quality standards
• Ensured that all individual and department results were delivered within budget to deadlines
• Quality projects / processes / systems delivered on time and were fully aligned to Nedbank’s business requirements
• Provided agreed information, resources, professional advice and strategic contribution (on time, in budget, within quality standard)
• Advise and consult to clients by providing professional solutions that meet the requirements of the client’s business needs
• Managed Internal Processes. Operationalise Divisional Strategy by ensuring all supervisors and first line managers understand and prioritise work in alignment to Divisional Strategy

Essential Qualifications – NQF Level

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate

Preferred Qualification

• Tertiary Qualification/ formal accreditation in STEM related field
• BSC Computer Science, BSc Engineering, Econometrics, Mathematical Statistics, Actuary Science. 
• Masters or Doctorate will be an added advantage.
• Post graduate management qualification
• MBA

Essential Certifications

• ITIL Talent nurturing or equivalent MMP/SMP / MM or equivalent

Minimum Experience Level

• 8 years line management 10 years IT Industry experience P / MM or equivalent