Fresh Openings at Badger Holdings (Pty) Ltd

• Are you passionate about turning data into actionable insights that drive real business impact? Join Pacific International Insurance, a purpose-driven Australian pet insurance provider, and help us enhance customer experience, optimise media spend, and improve campaign performance through smart, strategic analytics.
• We’re launching an exciting new pet insurance brand in Australia, and we’re looking for a Marketing Analyst who thrives in a data-rich environment and enjoys collaborating across teams to deliver end-to-end marketing analytics that fuel growth.

Key Responsibilities

Marketing Analytics & Insights

• Collect, analyse, and interpret marketing data to support strategic decision-making.
• Deliver timely, accurate, and meaningful reporting across digital channels.
• Present actionable insights to stakeholders to improve campaign performance and customer engagement.

Performance Monitoring & Optimisation

• Track and analyse KPIs, ROI, CPL, and CPA across paid and organic channels.
• Use tools like Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and CRO platforms to monitor and optimise performance.
• Conduct A/B testing and support conversion rate optimisation (CRO) strategies.

Campaign & Budget Support

• Collaborate with the Head of Marketing to manage digital channel mix and budget allocation.
• Partner with the Digital Marketing Specialist to ensure accurate tracking and performance measurement.
• Identify high-performing channels and recommend budget shifts to maximise ROI.

SEO & Content Strategy

• Support keyword research and SEO performance tracking.
• Collaborate with content and development teams to improve organic visibility and website performance.

Customer Journey & Compliance

• Align analytics with customer lifecycle stages in partnership with CRM and product teams.
• Ensure all data and reporting practices comply with legal and regulatory standards.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with email, social, and offline marketing teams to ensure cohesive reporting and insights.
• Support agency-managed campaigns with performance data and recommendations.

Where you’ll work

• Either remotely within South Africa or, at our office in the beautiful town of George in the heart of South Africa’s stunning Garden Route.
• Working hours will be semi-aligned to the Australian time zone: 06:00 to15:00 SA time giving you more free time later in your day!

Job Requirements
Essential Skills & Experience

• 5+ years in digital marketing analytics or performance marketing.
• Experience managing and analysing large digital marketing budgets.
• Strong understanding of PPC, CPC, SEO, and CRO strategies.
• Proficiency in Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Ads Manager, LinkedIn Ads, YouTube, TikTok, and programmatic DSPs.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines in a remote environment.

Bonus Points For

• Experience in insurance or pet care industries.
• Familiarity with the Australian regulatory environment.
• Diploma in Marketing, Communications, Digital Media, or related field.
• Passion for pets or animal welfare.

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About the Role

• We’re looking for a Digital Marketing Specialist to lead and optimise our digital campaigns, drive customer acquisition, and elevate our brand presence across multiple channels. This is a unique opportunity to work in a highly regulated industry where creativity meets compliance.

Key Responsibilities

Digital Strategy & Budgeting

• Develop and manage digital channel mix and budget allocation with the Head of Marketing.
• Optimise campaigns for CPL and CPA, ensuring high-performing channels are prioritised.
• Collaborate with the Marketing Analyst for accurate tracking and insights.

Campaign Management

• Execute campaigns across Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, and programmatic DSPs.
• Ensure proper tagging and tracking via Google Tag Manager.
• Drive ROI through PPC and display optimisation.

Analytics & Reporting

• Monitor performance using Google Analytics and other tools.
• Build dashboards and reports to track KPIs and conversion metrics.
• Present actionable insights to stakeholders.

Optimisation & Testing

• Conduct A/B testing and implement CRO strategies.
• Collaborate with UX and creative teams to improve landing page performance.

SEO & Content

• Implement on-page and technical SEO with our front-end developer.
• Conduct keyword research and optimise content for organic growth.

Customer Journey & Compliance

• Align campaigns with lifecycle stages in collaboration with CRM and product teams.
• Ensure all digital content complies with legal and regulatory standards.

Cross-Channel & Agency Collaboration

• Coordinate with email, social, and offline teams for cohesive messaging.
• Oversee agency-managed digital marketing activities.

Job Requirements
Essential Skills & Experience

• 5+ years in digital marketing, with a focus on performance and paid campaigns.
• Experience managing large digital budgets.
• Strong knowledge of PPC, CPC, SEO, and CRO.
• Proficiency in Google Ads, Meta Ads Manager, LinkedIn Ads, YouTube, TikTok, and SEO tools.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple campaigns remotely.

Bonus Points For

• Experience in insurance or pet care industries.
• Familiarity with the Australian regulatory environment.
• Diploma in Marketing, Communications, Digital Media, or related field.
• Passion for pets or animal welfare.

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About the Role

• As a Pet Sales Consultant, you’ll be the voice of our brand—delivering exceptional customer experiences while driving growth in the Australian pet insurance market. You’ll handle inbound and outbound interactions with both existing and prospective customers, focusing on retention, and new policy sales.

Key Responsibilities:

Sales

• Promote pet insurance products via inbound and outbound calls.
• Identify customer needs and recommend suitable coverage options.
• Achieve individual and team sales targets while ensuring customer satisfaction.

Retention

• Engage existing policyholders to support their transition to their new product.
• Address questions and concerns and reinforce the value of keeping their pets insured.

Team Collaboration

• Participate in team meetings, coaching, and training.
• Share feedback and ideas to improve performance and customer experience.
• Participate in daily stand-up meetings.

Systems & Administration

• Accurately document customer interactions.
• Ensure compliance with internal procedures and regulatory standards.
• Escalate complex issues appropriately.

General

• Adhere to company policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as required to support business success.

Job Requirements
What You’ll Need

• Minimum Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate.
• A genuine passion for pets (being a pet owner would be advantageous).
• Experience in sales, customer service, or a call centre environment.
• High emotional intelligence, empathy and a customer-first mindset.
• Strong communication skills in English—both verbal and written.
• Confidence to ask the right questions and understand customer needs.
• Computer literacy and multitasking ability.

Bonus Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and persuasion skills.
• Problem-solving mindset.
• Adaptability and resilience under pressure.

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• We’re hunting for a Business Analyst who can turn business talk into developer gold, someone who connects the dots between people, process, and products

Job Requirements
What You’ll Do

• Translate ideas into clear, actionable business and system requirements.
• Collaborate with Business and Development Project Managers to deliver top-tier solutions.
• Map processes, document use cases, and define user stories that guide our devs and testers.
• Bridge business goals with technical reality; from concept through to UAT and beyond.
• Spot inefficiencies, challenge assumptions, and drive continuous improvement.

What You Bring

• 2–5 years’ experience as a Business Analyst (bonus points for insurance or financial services).
• A knack for translating complexity into clarity; both in writing and conversation.
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence, or similar tools.
• Comfort working in Agile or hybrid delivery environments.
• Analytical, detail-driven, and collaborative with just enough curiosity to break things (and fix them better).

Your Background

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT/IS, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Strong understanding of business process design, requirements gathering, and data analysis.
• Knowledge of insurance systems or operations? That’s your edge.

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• We’re on the hunt for an Actuarial Business Analyst who can lead a team of Data Scientists to build machine learning models that move the needle. You’ll be the translator, the strategist, and the impact-driver, making sure every model delivers measurable value and is understood from boardroom to operations floor.
• If you can bridge deep technical expertise with commercial impact and lead a high-performance analytics team, this is your seat at the table.

What You’ll Do

Lead & Inspire

• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of Data Scientists into a powerhouse of delivery.
• Build a culture where experimentation, collaboration, and results thrive.

Design & Deliver

• Oversee the creation, testing, and deployment of machine learning models that solve real business problems.
• Measure, quantify, and communicate the commercial impact of analytics solutions.
• Keep models relevant, accurate, and laser-focused on business goals.

Bridge Tech & Business

• Be the go-to liaison between data science and decision-makers.
• Translate complex analytics into plain, actionable English
• Ensure operational teams adopt and use model outputs effectively.

Drive Excellence

• Gather, refine, and document requirements for analytics projects.
• Push for best practices, smarter modelling approaches, and continuous process improvement.

Job Requirements

What You’ll Need to Bring

Essential:

• Degree or Honours in Actuarial Science.
• 7+ years’ experience in insurance or financial services (short-term insurance? Even better).
• Proven track record in building statistical/machine learning models.
• Skill in turning model outputs into business gold.
• Leadership experience in Data Science, Analytics, or Actuarial teams.
• Experience with claims modelling & survival analysis in insurance.
• BI tool mastery (Power BI, Qlik Sense, Tableau, etc.).
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Preferred:

• Hands-on skills in Python, R, SQL, and cloud platforms like Snowflake.
• Experience shaping both technical and business requirements.
• Strong grasp of data-driven decision frameworks.

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• Are you ready to launch your career in data science and make a real impact? At Badger Holdings, we’re looking for a Junior Data Scientist who’s eager to learn, innovate, and put machine learning into action to solve real business problems.

What You’ll Do

You’ll work alongside an experienced team, gaining hands-on exposure across the full data science lifecycle:

• Prep, clean, and transform datasets for machine learning tasks
• Explore data to uncover insights that drive smart model design
• Develop and validate machine learning models
• Monitor and retrain models to stay ahead of drift
• Build dashboards & reports to turn insights into decisions
• Document your processes clearly so the team can build on your work

Job Requirements
What We’re Looking For

Essential:

• Degree / Honours in Data Science
• Exposure to machine learning algorithms
• Familiarity with Python or R, and databases like SQL/Snowflake
• Strong analytical mindset, curiosity, and eagerness to problem-solve
• Proactive, self-starter who loves diving into data

Preferred (Nice-to-Have):

• Experience with machine learning platforms
• Insurance or financial services knowledge
• Prior exposure to claims modelling or survival analysis
• Familiarity with time series forecasting
• BI tools (Power BI, Qlik Sense, Tableau, etc.)

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Purpose of the Role

• You’ll be responsible for the development and deployment of machine learning solutions that tackle real business challenges. This means data preparation, exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, model development, deployment, monitoring — and doing it all without needing your hand held.

What You’ll Do

• Prep, clean, transform and engineer features from raw data
• Run exploratory data analysis to uncover insights & shape models
• Build, validate and deploy machine learning models
• Monitor and retrain models to stay ahead of drift
• Troubleshoot and maintain deployed solutions
• Document pipelines, models and processes clearly
• Create dashboards & reporting tools for business teams

Job Requirements
What We’re Looking For

Essential:

• Degree/Honours in Data Science or Actuarial Science
• 3+ years’ experience in insurance/financial services (short-term insurance = big plus)
• 3+ years hands-on with machine learning projects (data prep → deployment)
• Proven experience with Python or R, SQL/Snowflake
• Experience with claims modelling & survival analysis
• Strong foundation in statistical modelling & time series forecasting

Preferred (Bonus Points):

• Exposure to ML platforms
• Proficiency in BI tools (Power BI, Qlik Sense, Tableau, etc.)