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Role Purpose/Business Unit:

• This role is to support the commercial execution of the key strategic priorities in the VFS portfolio. The Commercial Lead focuses on activities that provide high quality commercial and analytical insights that are actionable to the commercial function.
• Leads, manages and develop a team and framework to support the Vodacom Financial and Digital services group in the performance of product and business commercial functions as well as strategic projects which may include items such as end to end product reviews, product development, operations efficiency, contract reviews, distribution optimisation among other functions.
• She/he will also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges, with the ability to problem-solve through an analytical mindset

Your responsibilities will include:

• Evaluation of contracting commercials on new engagements and contract renewals on existing engagements
• Product performance and insights – marketing ROIs, engagement tracking, IBRO implementation including reporting and monitoring & recommendation of key actionable insights
• Strategy execution, performance monitoring and optimisation including accountability to facilitate commercial actions across the portfolio via focused deep dives across VFS
• The role will work closely with Data and Analytics and the Web analytics team enabling the right level of reporting is in place that drives actionable insights.
• Business Improvement function across VFS
• Accountability on preparing, prioritising of features & products in line with strategy under the PI Planning
• Review, analyse and evaluate success of initiatives against key KPIs including preparation and delivery of executive committee presentations
• Perform competitor analysis across the product portfolio
• Deliver on rolling forecasts on product level working closely with Finance

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Bachelor’s or honours degree in business, commerce, economics, statistics, finance
• 7+ years of experience in business and/or product development roles
• Experience engaging and influencing C-level executives 
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to draw insights from financial and operational data to drive business objectives
• Strong Excel skills essential, SQL skills would be beneficial
• Highly resourceful and flexible fast learner 

We make an impact by offering:

• Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

Closing date for Applications: 06 October 2025. 

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Role Purpose/Business Unit:

• Vodacom is a Leading African Mobile communication company providing wider range of communication services including mobile voice, messaging, data and converged services to over 200 million customers.  
• From our roots in South Africa, we have grown our mobile network business to include operations in Tanzania, DRC, Mozambique, Kenya, Lesotho, Egypt and now Ethiopia. The mobile networks cover a total population of approximately 250 million people.  Through Vodacom Business Africa (VBA) we also offer business managed services to enterprises in over 40 countries across the continent.
• We employ individuals who are as passionate about customers as we are. We are truly Customer Obsessed, which means that we are passionate about exceeding customer expectations; work relentlessly to really understand the customer; look at decisions through the customer’s eyes and take personal accountability for the customer experience.  
• We are looking for people with a passion for Artificial Intelligence and Big Data. 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Create AI products that provide actionable business insight to Vodacom and its stakeholders.
• Developing predictive models with large and varied datasets, working with a community of colleagues across Advanced Analytics, technology, and data and customer functions
• Contributing to the wider community to enable AI capability across Vodafone globally.
• Development of machine learning models for various areas of the business on the Big Data Platforms
• Machine Learning model performance tracking and reporting. e.g. Use data visualizations to engage audience in a compelling way, enabling effective storytelling
• Work with lead and principal data scientists to deliver key strategic initiatives to meet the needs of business customers
• Works in partnership with Big Data Engineering team to automate, integrate & productionize AI workloads.
• Work in partnership business decision support team to provide Big Data insights 
• Mentorship to data scientists in the team
• Present results to technical and non- technical audiences

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in quantitative fields like Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science Engineering, Artificial Intelligence or related fields (essential)
• A minimum of 4-6 years relevant experience in Big Data & Data Science.
• Experiencing working with and mentoring/coaching data scientists in training
• Experience in GenAI and Large Language Models (LLMs) is a plus
• Experience in data manipulation: use of structured data tools (e.g., SQL), and unstructured data platforms (e.g. PySpark, NoSQL)
• Proficiency in at least one relevant programming language: Python, R, Java
• Experience across major machine learning model frameworks (e.g. H2O, scikit-learn, PyTorch, Tensorflow) and techniques (e.g. random forest, gradient boosting, k-means segmentation, multiple regression, factor analysis, time-series forecasting)
• Exposure to cloud native deployment of models and working with containerized technologies such as Docker and Kurbernetees.
• Knowledge of MLOps and LLMOps concepts and deployment of models through batch and real-time architectures.
• Professional and/or academic experience in Big Data analytics & deployment of models and algorithms to solve real-world problems (with deep statistical and machine learning modelling expertise)
• Familiarity with visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, Qlik, D3, Apache Superset, Plotly, PowerBI, Opensearch, Grafana)
• Good interpersonal communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment 
• Analytical and expansive thinking with a strong desire to deliver and develop.
• Experience working with teams and coaching data scientists
• Design & Systems Thinking in relation to AI and Machine Learning Eco Systems.
• Real-time Decisioning & Intelligence use case deployment and evaluation experience.

We make an impact by offering:

• Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
• Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
• Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

Closing date for Applications: 06 October 2025. 

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