Our client, a major mining organisation, is seeking two highly analytical and commercially aware AI Market Intelligence & Enablement Analysts to support the organisation's enterprise AI journey.
This is not a traditional Data Science or AI Engineering role. Instead, the successful candidates will operate at the intersection of AI strategy, research, business enablement, technology scouting, risk evaluation, and executive communication.
The role will act as the organisation's "AI radar", continuously monitoring global developments in artificial intelligence, identifying practical enterprise use cases, evaluating opportunities and risks, and translating emerging AI trends into actionable insights for executive leadership.
The successful candidates will play a critical role in shaping the organisation's AI adoption strategy as it evolves from productivity-focused AI tools towards future-state Agentic AI and data-cloud-native architectures.
Reporting directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and the Director: Enterprise Data & AI Solutions, this position offers significant exposure to executive decision-making and enterprise technology strategy.
Market Intelligence & Technology Scanning
- Continuously monitor global AI developments, including:
- Generative AI
- Agentic AI
- Foundation Models
- AI Platform Ecosystems
- Cloud AI Services
- Regulatory developments
- Industry adoption trends
- Generative AI
- Research and evaluate emerging AI vendors, products, and platforms.
- Identify technology opportunities relevant to large-scale enterprise and mining operations.
- Distinguish practical business value from market hype.
- Produce concise executive summaries and recommendations on relevant AI developments.
Requirements
- Assess AI use cases proposed by business units across the organisation.
- Evaluate:
- Business value
- Strategic alignment
- Implementation feasibility
- Cost-benefit considerations
- Data readiness
- Technical complexity
- Business value
- Identify existing enterprise capabilities that may address similar requirements.
- Recommend build, buy, or pilot approaches where applicable.
- Conduct structured AI risk assessments for all evaluated use cases.
- Assess:
- Data privacy implications
- Security exposure
- Model reliability
- Hallucination risks
- Regulatory and compliance considerations
- Ethical AI concerns
- Data privacy implications
- Develop formal risk evaluation documentation for review and sign-off by executive leadership.
- Support responsible AI adoption in alignment with enterprise governance practices.
- Translate complex AI developments into business-friendly insights.
- Create:
- Executive presentations
- Research reports
- Thought leadership articles
- Internal newsletters
- AI awareness content
- Executive presentations
- Deliver recurring updates and AI trend briefings to senior leadership.
- Assist in building AI literacy across the organisation.
- Act as a trusted advisor on emerging AI capabilities and business opportunities.
- Engage with:
- CIO
- Director: Enterprise Data & AI Solutions
- Business Executives
- Technology Teams
- Innovation Teams
- Governance and Risk Functions
- CIO
- Facilitate discussions around AI opportunities and priorities.
- Present findings and recommendations to executive audiences.
- Build strong relationships across business and technology functions.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in one of the following:
- Information Technology
- Computer Science
- Data Science
- Engineering
- Business Information Systems
- Economics
- Business Management
- Strategic Management
- Research-related disciplines
Equivalent practical experience will also be considered.
Essential
- Minimum 3 years' experience in:
- Research
- Technology Strategy
- Market Intelligence
- Management Consulting
- Innovation
- AI Enablement
- Digital Transformation
- Research
- Demonstrated exposure to AI and Machine Learning technologies.
- Experience researching and analysing emerging technologies.
- Ability to distil complex technical concepts into executive-ready communication.
- Proven experience evaluating technology opportunities, business cases, and strategic initiatives.
- Experience engaging with senior stakeholders and leadership teams.
- Strong written communication and presentation development skills.
Candidates should possess knowledge of:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Generative AI
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- AI Market Trends
- AI Platforms and Vendors
- Product and Technology Evaluation
- Digital Transformation
- Enterprise Technology Strategy
- Responsible AI
- Data Privacy
- Cybersecurity Fundamentals
- Risk Management
- Governance and Compliance
Research & Analysis
- Technology scouting
- Market intelligence
- Competitive analysis
- Trend identification
- Strategic evaluation
- Business case assessment
- Executive presentations
- Report writing
- Storytelling with data
- Stakeholder engagement
- Thought leadership development
- Knowledge of AI ecosystems
- Understanding of AI tools and platforms
- Awareness of cloud-enabled AI capabilities
- Emerging AI architecture trends
- AI risk assessment
- Data privacy principles
- Security awareness
- Regulatory considerations
- Responsible AI practices
The following will be highly beneficial:
- Experience within:
- Mining
- Resources
- Manufacturing
- Telecommunications
- Financial Services
- Large enterprise environments
- Mining
- Exposure to:
- Microsoft Copilot
- Google Gemini
- OpenAI
- Claude
- Azure AI Services
- AWS AI Services
- Google Cloud AI
- Microsoft Copilot
- Knowledge of:
- Agentic AI architectures
- Autonomous AI systems
- Cloud computing platforms
- Enterprise Data & AI ecosystems
- Agentic AI architectures
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Strategic Thinking
- Curiosity and Continuous Learning
- Commercial Awareness
- Analytical Thinking
- Executive Presence
- Strong Communication Skills
- Innovation Mindset
- Stakeholder Management
- Attention to Detail
- Critical Thinking
- Influencing Ability
- Accountability
- Collaboration
Success in this role will be measured through:
- Quality and relevance of AI market intelligence delivered.
- Effectiveness of AI opportunity assessments.
- Adoption and utilisation of AI insights across the business.
- Executive stakeholder satisfaction.
- Quality of AI risk assessments and recommendations.
- Contribution to the enterprise AI roadmap.
- Thought leadership and awareness initiatives delivered.
- Ability to identify and communicate high-value AI opportunities before competitors.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Business Information Systems, Economics, Business Management, Strategic Management, or research-related discipline
- Equivalent practical experience in lieu of degree
- Minimum 3 years' experience in research, technology strategy, market intelligence, management consulting, innovation, AI enablement, or digital transformation
- Demonstrated exposure to AI and machine learning technologies
- Experience researching and analysing emerging technologies and vendors
- Ability to distil complex technical concepts into executive-ready communication and presentations
- Proven experience evaluating technology opportunities, business cases, and strategic initiatives
- Experience engaging with senior stakeholders and leadership teams
- Strong written communication, report writing and presentation development skills
- Knowledge of AI, Generative AI, Large Language Models, AI market trends, AI platforms and vendors, product and technology evaluation, and cloud-enabled AI capabilities
- Knowledge of responsible AI, data privacy principles, cybersecurity fundamentals, risk management, governance and compliance
- Technology scouting, market intelligence, competitive analysis, trend identification, and business case assessment skills
- Experience within mining, resources, manufacturing, telecommunications, financial services, or large enterprise environments
- Exposure to Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, OpenAI, Claude, Azure AI Services, AWS AI Services, or Google Cloud AI
- Familiarity with agentic AI architectures, autonomous AI systems, cloud computing platforms, and enterprise Data & AI ecosystems
- Behavioural competencies: strategic thinking, curiosity, commercial awareness, executive presence, stakeholder management, attention to detail, influencing ability, accountability and collaboration
What We Do
Blue Pearl is a market-leading CLOUD Solutions developer with extensive knowledge and insight into the latest technologies, standardised processes, advanced technical capabilities and consulting processes available, ensuring wholistic success for our clientele. We offer professional consulting to compliment your business strategy and overall management and make it our priority to add value to any business by listening, analysing and creating a conducive solution that will empower our client. We implement a Data Analysis Process that includes inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modelling data with the end-goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and relevant information to support your decision-making. Your business cannot afford not to engage with us, allowing our data analysis to play a role in making your business decisions more scientific and helping your business achieve effective operation. Blue Pearl’s team of experts include BI strategists, BI analysts, Data Warehouse Architects, Data Scientists, Implementation and Development experts. With the use of BI, Analytics and Big Data, we effectively partner with our customers on their mission to achieve a competitive business advantage and real ROI from the structured information we collect.
