About the role

As the Manager: Data Science/AI at Capitec, you will lead the bank's AI and advanced analytics initiatives, driving innovation and enabling data-driven decision-making across the organization. Your role will focus on defining and implementing a forward-thinking AI strategy while fostering a high-performing team of data scientists to deliver impactful AI/ML solutions aligned with business objectives.

You will be at the forefront of identifying AI-driven opportunities, overseeing the development and deployment of cutting-edge models, and ensuring alignment with ethical and compliance standards. By collaborating closely with stakeholders, you'll help position Capitec as a leader in leveraging AI for business innovation and growth. Additionally, you'll mentor your team to maintain high standards in AI/ML model quality and operational excellence, promoting a culture of continuous learning and data-driven innovation.

Our ideal candidate has:

Over 5 years in AI/ML model development and deployment, including 2 years as a manager or team lead within an analytical team.

Managing senior and executive level stakeholders and influencing decision making at these levels

Using AI frameworks such as TensorFlow and PyTorch to deploy with whilst using Python, SQL, Pyspark

Hands on experience integrating AI Models into applications and services

Big data frameworks - Hadoop/Kafka

Github experience or Git

Ideal:

AWS experience

Competencies:

Simplify and make it easy

Earn and extend trust

Plan, deliver and raise the bar

Curious and continuously learns

Act, learn and adapt

Inspire optimism and persistence

Have courage, disagree and commit

Education

Completed an Honors Degree or higher