AI & Data FinOps Lead

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time. With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

The AI & Data FinOps Lead is responsible for establishing, leading and scaling a new AI FinOps capability within Absa's Chief Data & Applied AI Office (CDAIO), with a mandate that extends across Absa Technology. The role is accountable for delivering and maintaining through continuous iterations end‑to‑end transparency, control and optimisation of AI and data‑related consumption across the organisation. This includes the AI Gateway, AWS AI services, Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot and direct use case licensing. Over time, the capability will expand to cover all data‑related costs across the CDAIO under a broader D...