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When it comes to putting people first, we're number 1. The number 1 Top Employer in South Africa. Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2026. Role Purpose/Business Unit: With Vodacom Financial Services’ commitment to driving Fintech innovation and the ongoing evolution of the VodaPay super app, this role plays a critical part in unlocking business value through best in class analytics, reporting, customer insights, and data-driven decision making. The Principal Specialist: Insights & Analytics will be responsible for defining, implementing, and enhancing data analytics capabilities across VodaPay, delivering commercial insights, enabling CVM programmes, and shaping segmentation and customer understanding strategies. This includes performing advanced analytics using SQL, driving experimentation, designing actionable reporting frameworks, and presenting insights to senior stakeholders and executives.
Job Responsibility:
Ensure a best in class analytical environment and data architecture within VodaPay (tooling, automation, data pipelines, governance)
Conduct exploratory and in-depth data analytics using relevant technologies
Build and maintain automated dashboards and reporting frameworks that monitor key metrics, customer performance, and campaign outcomes
Complete data quality validation to identify deviations from trends and generate possible corrective actions
Propose and perform complex analysis on customer characteristics and behaviour to identify opportunities and inform product development and marketing activities
Develop and maintain customer segmentation models (behavioural, value based, lifecycle, risk based)
Support the CVM (Customer Value Management) function with insights that drive targeted campaigns, personalisation, and lifecycle management strategies
Provide analytical input for offer design, campaign targeting, and channel optimisation
Measure campaign effectiveness through uplift analysis, control group experimentation, and ROI calculations
Drive experimentation (A/B testing, proofs of concept, pilot programmes) to validate hypotheses and optimise customer outcomes
Prepare high quality Power Point and Excel analyses to be presented to end stakeholders
Constant innovation and experimentation to identify opportunities and improvements
Communicate insights through compelling data storytelling tailored to non technical stakeholders
Standardise reporting frameworks across Growth, CVM, and Product functions to ensure single source-of-truth business metrics
Lead innovation initiatives to improve analytical methodologies, automation levels, and data use cases
Foster a culture of data-driven thinking within cross functional squads
Requirements:
Bachelor’s or Honours degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Informatics, Data Science, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field
Minimum 8 years’ experience in an analytical, insights, CVM, or reporting role
Expert proficiency in SQL
Proven ability in descriptive, diagnostic, and predictive analytics techniques
Strong experience with data visualisation tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker, etc.)
Advanced stakeholder management, storytelling, and communication skills
Experience working with large-scale digital products, mobile apps, or high-volume customer datasets (advantageous)
Experience working in a telecommunications environment (advantageous)
Experience in CVM analytics, segmentation, campaign measurement, and CRM systems (advantageous)
Nice to have:
Experience working with large-scale digital products, mobile apps, or high-volume customer datasets
Experience working in a telecommunications environment
Experience in CVM analytics, segmentation, campaign measurement, and CRM systems
What we offer:
Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies