Job Description

Data Analytics Manager (Telecoms Division) - Cape Town - up to R1.4mil CTC
To drive business value through data analytics and data science. This role focuses on translating strategic plans into actionable insights and embedding best-practice operations across the business. The Manager will be responsible for delivering data-driven solutions, identifying business opportunities, and leveraging data, analytics, insights, and predictive models to support strategic decision-making and enable faster, smarter decisions.
Responsibilities:

• Translate strategic objectives into data-driven insights and solutions that support business growth and operational excellence.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships, influencing decisions through analytics and clear communication.
• Define and improve analytics standards, processes, and life cycle practices, ensuring alignment with enterprise data platforms.
• Lead and mentor cross-functional analytics teams, equipping them with the right skills and tools to deliver business value.
• Drive a culture of data storytelling and visualisation, ensuring insights are actionable and impactful.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Master's Degree in Commerce, Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics.
• 10+ years of experience in a commercial environment, preferably within the telecommunications sector, demonstrating value through data driven decision making
• Proven track record in data analytics, report writing, model development and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong SQL coding skills and experience with relational databases.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Microsoft, Salesforce Data Cloud).
• Experience in managing teams and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Knowledge of change management principles and practices.
• Experience with low/no code AutoML tools like Power BI or AWS Sagemaker.
• Experience in user experience (UX) reviews and customer interaction analysis.

The Reference Number for this position is NG60785 which is a Permanent Hybrid position based in Cape Town offering a cost to company of up to R1.4mil per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Nokuthula at or call her on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.
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