Job Ref: 215218769

Date: 2021-11-22 09:57:05

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RPA Team Leader 

Branch: Milton Keynes Head Office 

Salary : £50000 – £60000 + bonus + excellent benefit package     

Reports To: Head of IT Development 

Hours of Work: 08:45 – 17:00 Monday to Friday 

Summary 

Due to our continued success as one of the country’s leading suppliers of heavy commercial vehicles we have a new and exciting opportunity for a Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Team Leader to join the team based at our new Head Office in Milton Keynes. 

An exciting new opportunity to work with our software development team scoping out new potential developments and redevelopments of our current legacy applications used by our employees. We are striving to digitally transform all areas of the company and require a strong, capable and structured Technical Leader to help achieve this. 

Essential Duties and Job Responsibilities 

The RPA Developer is expected to be proficient in Robotic process automation using Automation Anywhere. ?They should be able to identify process and strategy for RPA and work to foster take up of the technology within Scania. Part of the role will include working directly with users / internal customers to analyse and identify improvement areas. 

This job description provides an indication of the role and responsibilities but should not be construed as an exhaustive list of duties that the post holder may be asked to undertake. 

Candidate Requirements 

Proactively identify and manage any potential business risks and implement appropriate solutions 

Mentor and motivate RPA development team 

Work with the business to understand and analyse requirements and be seen as a trusted advisor. 

Have a thorough understanding of Robotic process automation. 

Own and drive the identification of RPA opportunities. 

Build strong productive customer focused relationships with the Business, IT teams and third parties. 

Design RPA solutions utilizing best practices Create and update RPA documentation for support of automated processes 

Review functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables. 

Establish good process automation practices and strategies. 

Work with SMEs and RPA developers across Scania group 

Support with training others in the use of Automation Anywhere 

Direct and manage Pilot/ PoC / production development from beginning to end 

Communicate with customers on an ongoing basis 

Develop RPA solutions involving various platforms (e.g., Citrix, web, Microsoft Office, database, scripting) Troubleshoot application build, deployments, recreate customer issues, build POCs 

Working closely with the Software Development, Test, Support and Project teams throughout the project lifecycle to ensure that the testing is aligned to requirements 

Support UAT with business users, capturing and reporting defects to the project to enable review, required remediation and re-test. 

Expected to work with managers and staff within the Business and across IT as well with external partners and vendors occasionally across a number of geographies (in order to deliver the projects) 

Assist with establishing a change management framework for updates 

Extensive Experience of Automation Anywhere RPA tool or similar 

Knowledge of the software lifecycle 

Working knowledge of Business Analysis competencies 

Experience with APIs 

You’ll be familiar with workflow based logic and the ability to both interpret a business process from a workflow diagram and to conceptualise it as an automated solution 

5 years + professional experience in RPA or similar technical role 

Experience / skills regarded as ideal but not essential 

Experience in design and testing of software & processes 

Visual Studio, .NET, VBA 

An understanding of configuration/scripting type technologies, such as excel macros / VBA 

Experience and knowledge of agile, SCRUM and Kanban methodologies 

Experience with issue and project tracking tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira or TFS 

Agility and capability to adapt to change; handle multiple demands / priorities effectively; handle conflict effectively; collaborate; willing to accept new responsibilities; take initiative and be accountable 

Experience of SQL; writing simple queries to validate data; inserting test data; some knowledge of relational databases

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