Advanced Analytics Manager

Takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Advanced Analytics Manager to join our team in Cape Town.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper-growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us!

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The Advanced Analytics Manager is a key leadership role within the Engineering Data department, responsible for overseeing a team of data analysts who support various business units across the group of companies. This role will be instrumental in establishing new data analysis methodologies, standards, and best practices to ensure efficient and effective data-driven decision-making across the Takealot group. The Advanced Analytics Manager will work closely with BI and Analytical engineering teams to ensure seamless delivery of data analysis outputs through BI systems and reporting tools.

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This position reports to the Engineering Director (Data)

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

• Lead and define the Advanced Analytics strategy, ensuring alignment with the Group Data Strategy through the effective use of predictive and prescriptive analytics.
• Lead and oversee a team of cross functional analysts, providing support to various business verticals.
• Manage advanced analytics initiatives from start to finish, encompassing problem definition, data analysis, model development, testing, implementation, and ongoing oversight.
• Work with cross-functional teams to identify business needs and convert them into analytical projects and solutions.
• Establish consistent methodologies for analytics processes, tools, and frameworks to guarantee the scalability, performance, and quality of data products.
• Train and mentor team members, while fostering an environment of continuous learning and innovation.
• Manage stakeholder relationships to prioritize analytics workstreams aligned with strategic business objectives.
• Integrate advanced analytics processes with the group data platform and BI systems. 
• Ensure adherence to analytics governance standards, data privacy, and compliance policies in all delivered solutions.
• Provide input and strategic direction on adopting emerging technologies in the advanced analytics space.
• Drive cultural change toward analytics adoption and data-informed decision-making across the group.
• Own key data products to ensure that they are catalogued and maintained according to standards.

Skills we need:

• Introduce new standards and best practices for analytics and insights across the group.
• Support analysts in their professional development and career path by building their career framework.
• Develop training and upskilling programs to improve general data literacy across the group.
• Create new data product certification standards and drive the adoption.
• Demonstrates knowledge of key business functions and the technologies supporting their analytics and decision making.
• Leads discussions with senior leaders across the business to encourage and enable analytical insights.
• Sets expectations for and reviews management and key stakeholder reports and dashboards.
• This role entails securing substantial business ownership and commitment partnering with data teams guided by Data Mesh principals.
• Holds self and team members accountable for achievements, publicly recognizing successes.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Preferably a Bachelor’s Degree or advanced Diploma in Data Science, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field.
• Advanced degrees (Master’s/Ph.D.) are highly advantageous.
• Demonstrable expertise in statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and machine learning techniques.
• Extensive experience working with SQL and programming languages such as Python or R
• Skilled with data tools and integration frameworks, especially in cloud-based environments.
• Strong knowledge of advanced analytics platforms and frameworks.
• A strong grasp of the entire analytics pipeline, from preparing data to deploying data products into production.
• Additional Preferred Experience:
• Experience in the retail or e-commerce industry.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Knowledge of data governance frameworks and best practices.

Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related Total Remuneration Package that allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.
• No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab, and make something great.
• Remote working: Love water cooler chats and working from home? Takealot.com offers a hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.
• Mentorship programme: We aren’t kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now’s your chance to be one of the best by learning from the best.
• Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up-skill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera, and more.
• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini-golf, think good times).
• Staff discount. Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
• Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it. 
• Right tools, right job: Mac or Windows, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, you’ll work on the latest tech of the latest tech.
• Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
• Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).

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If you meet the above, you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.