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15 hours ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
To drive the design development adoption and deployment of advanced analytics and AI solutions across all business units in the bank. The role will be responsible for collaborating with a team of data scientists in developing AI/ML models at scale ensuring model governance and regulatory compliance and supporting business units to embed AI into products processes and decision-making. The ideal candidate is both a strong technical leader and a strategic business partner.
- Support the development and execution of the banks Data Science & AI strategy in alignment with strategic business goals.
- Coordinate a team of data scientists and machine learning/AI developers in driving AI implementation across business and operations.
- Oversee end-to-end delivery of machine learning models: data sourcing feature engineering model development evaluation deployment and monitoring.
- Develop predictive prescriptive and generative AI models for use cases such as credit scoring fraud detection personalisation chatbot agents agentic AI for payment and process improvements etc.
- Define and implement scalable MLOps and AIOps pipelines for model deployment monitoring and lifecycle management.
- Lead Proof of Concept (PoC) and pilot initiatives for new AI capabilities.
Qualifications :
- BSc in Computer Science Statistics Mathematics Engineering or related field.
- Masters Degree and/or professional certifications (e.g. Azure ML AWS ML TensorFlow Databricks SAS Agent orchestration Microsoft Fabrics)can be added advantage.
Experience
- 5-6 years of experience in Data Science Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning.
- Minimum 3 years in a senior technical role.
- Experience in banking or financial services is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience with cloud platforms (particularly Microsoft Azure) and modern ML/AI tooling.
Additional Information :
Behavioural Competencies:
- Adopting Practical Approaches
- Articulating Information
- Challenging Ideas
- Developing Expertise
- Documenting Facts
- Embracing Change
- Interpreting Data
- Managing Tasks
Technical Competencies:
- Big Data Frameworks and Tools
- Data Engineering
- Data Integrity
- IT Knowledge
- Stakeholder Management (IT)
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Immunoassays
- Machine Learning
- Biochemistry
- Assays
- Research Experience
- Spectroscopy
- Research & Development
- cGMP
- Cell Culture
- Molecular Biology
- Data Analysis Skills
About Company
Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients ... View more
