AI Engineer (Entry)

Recruiter:

Imizizi

Job Ref:

JHB001407/Zaman

Date posted:

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Location:

Menlyn, South Africa

SUMMARY:
ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

Owns business prioritisation
Runs business stream governance
Shapes AI demand (not passively receiving it)
Represents value, outcomes, and tradeâoffs
Connects business reality to platform execution

ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS:

Stakeholder management & expectation setting
Primary interface between:
Product / Business stakeholders
Platform tech leads
Proactively surface:
Priority conflicts
Delivery tradeâoffs
Funding or scope risks
Demand shaping (not just demand intake)
Push back on lowâvalue or unclear demands
Sequence initiatives for maximum business impact
Actively kill or park initiatives that do not move KPIs
AIâNative enablement (strategic)
Translate AI strategy into concrete business epics
Ensure reuse over bespoke solutions
Support positioning with real business narratives

POSITION INFO:
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Business ownership for AI useâcases & value tracking
Maintain a business-facing backlog view
Define outcome KPIs (adoption, efficiency, quality)
Ensure every AI use case answers: “Why are we building this?”

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE:

Relevant IT / Business / Engineering degree
Cloud fundamentals (AWS Cloud Practitioner)
Agile certifications (advantage, not mandatory):
Scrum Product Owner
Scrum Master
Project / Leadership certifications (advantage)

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