Capability Head Ocr

FirstRand

Data pipelines, api engineering, intelligent digitisation
Ocr, computer vision, llms
Cloud engineering (azure/aws/gcp)
The Capability Head is accountable for defining, leading, and maturing FNB’s enterprise‑wide capability for data pipelines, API engineering, and intelligent digitisation

Job Summary

  • The Capability Head is accountable for defining, leading, and maturing FNB’s enterprise‑wide capability for data pipelines, API engineering, and intelligent digitisation.
  • This capability underpins improved customer experience, operational efficiency, risk reduction, and advanced decision‑making across the bank.
  • Ensure compliance with POPIA, information security standards, audit requirements, and responsible AI principles.

Matching Summary

The Capability Head is accountable for defining, leading, and maturing FNB’s enterprise‑wide capability for data pipelines, API engineering, and intelligent digitisation.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Data Pipelines, API Engineering, Intelligent Digitisation
  • OCR, computer vision, LLMs
  • Cloud engineering (Azure/AWS/GCP)
  • DevOps/MLOps and automated pipelines
  • SQL and NoSQL data stores
  • API standards and technologies (REST, GraphQL, gRPC)

Nice-to-have

  • Strategic thinking and enterprise capabilities
  • Stakeholder management and change leadership
  • Simplify technical complexity into business insights
  • Banking/financial services experience

Key Requirements

  • 6–10+ years’ experience in data engineering, API engineering or intelligent automation
  • Proven experience in AI‑driven document extraction (OCR + ML/LLM)
  • Prior leadership in a Capability Owner, Product Owner, or Engineering Lead role
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related field

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