Automation COE (Central of Excellence)

Job description / Role

Company:

Our client is founded by the Saudi government to bring all communities together and develop all sectors and fields with innovative solutions. The organization generates over $24 million in sales and has over 850 companies and 700 employees.
They are currently looking for an Automation COE Lead to be based in Saudi Arabia.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead and drive overall success of the Automation CoE.
• Drive successful operations in maintaining and enhancing deployed automation solutions.
• Manage Automation CoE program activities, governance processes, metrics, reporting and measurement to ensure best in class approach to solutions delivery.
• Ensure scaling of infrastructure and architecture components of enterprise RPA product; working with other technology teams (e.g., Identity Management, Citrix VDI, Network) to drive Stable Operations.
• Forecast staffing and resource (infrastructure, license, etc.) needs as the program grows.
• Provide oversight of Process Automation Design, solution development/architecture, frameworks, and ongoing care of solutions.
• Engage and help educate enterprise sectors in re-imaging processes utilizing RPA and automation technologies to create efficiency, avoid unnecessary costs, reduce/minimize human errors.
• Allocation and coordination of Automation CoE resources, formulating best-practices, user training, proactively monitoring issues and risks and driving timely solutions.
• Drive troubleshooting and resolve escalated production issues.
• Manage vendor relationships and new vendor selection.
• Perform other duties and/or lead Proof of Concepts and Proof of Values in AI as needed

Requirements

Qualification & Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in similar role.
• Strong demonstrated leadership, mentorship, and team management capabilities.
• Experience with intelligent automation or RPA technologies such as Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, and UI Path or similar technologies.
• Strong knowledge in architecture disciplines and working experience with service-oriented development.
• Demonstrated understanding of AI: Cognitive Computing (Deep Q&A) / Large Scale Machine Learning / Deep Learning and other Emerging Technologies.
• Adaptable and highly self-motivated in pursuing intelligent automation and emerging technologies.
• Solid experience in presentation and excellent verbal/written communications.
• Solution oriented, synthesizing, and analytical skills.
• Excellent collaboration skills, ability to achieve results through vendors, and team members, proficient organizational skills, demonstrated passion for execution excellence and agility.
• Strong execution ability and a sense of urgency.
• Executive presence and ability to simplify complex concepts for consumption by non-technical business partners.
• Experience in Natural Language Processing / Audio & Speech Analytics

About the Company

Propel Consult delivers a service in step with the needs of both our client companies and candidates. Our ability to add value to all levels of recruitment stems from our wholehearted belief in providing a professional service to both parties. We have built relationships with many leading indigenous and mulitnational organisations throughout the Middle East and internationally in countries such as UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt and many more. Concentrating our resources has created 5 distinct specialist divisions:

• Banking & Finance
• Human Resources
• Oil & Gas
• Construction
• Architecture & Engineering