# Data Science & AI Enablement Executive

SUMMARY: Lead the Group's data science, advanced analytics and master data functions POSITION INFO: Datonomy Solutions is recruiting a Data Science & AI Enablement Executive on behalf of a major South African retail and distribution group. Reporting to the CIO, you'll lead the Group's data science, advanced analytics and master data functions across retail, supply chain and shared services. You'll set the Group's Data & AI strategy and turn priorities such as demand forecasting, pricing, personalisation and inventory optimisation into solutions that teams use in their day-to-day decisions. Success will be measured through revenue growth, margin improvement, lower operating costs and better use of working capital. What you'll do Define and execute the Group's Data & AI strategy, prioritising investments against measurable business outcomes. Lead analytics, machine learning and AI initiatives from problem definition and business case through to production deployment, adoption and impact measurement. Provide executive leaders with forecasting, scenario modelling and decision-support tools for commercial and operational planning. Build and develop multidisciplinary teams across d

- **Id**: 4021357
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/datonomy-solutions-data-science-ai-enablement-executive>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cape Town, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T00:00:00Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T00:00:00Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2611
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Recruiting & Staffing, IT Staffing & Staff Augmentation

## Company

- **Id**: 4495540
- **Name**: Datonomy Solutions
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/datonomy-solutions>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Master Data Management** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T15:03:20Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: seen:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T16:48:30Z

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