Automation Chapter lead – LONDON – London

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Role: Automation Chapter Lead

The Automation Chapter Lead plays a pivotal role in driving strategic technology leadership across automation platforms and capabilities. This role is responsible for shaping the automation vision, mentoring engineering teams, and ensuring excellence in delivery, with a strong focus on customer experience and operational efficiency. 

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic direction of automation technologies and operating models.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architects, Automation Architects, and SMEs to design customer-centric automation platforms.
• Engineer and build features that deliver customer value, setting standards and best practices across teams.
• Define and communicate technical vision and roadmaps, ensuring alignment with business priorities.
• Measure and improve team performance, mentoring colleagues and fostering engineering excellence.
• Develop and present business cases for platform upgrades to SLT, translating technical needs into business language.
• Maintain and manage the tech debt register, ensuring 20% of team capacity is allocated to resolving tech debt.
• Identify and mitigate risks throughout the design and development lifecycle.
• Lead cross-functional teams, promoting collaboration and alignment across disciplines.
• Assess team skill gaps and coordinate training/coaching to address development needs.
• Cultivate leadership within the team, ensuring succession planning and reducing single points of failure.
• Perform other duties as reasonably required by the role.

Skills & Experience

• Minimum 15 years of experience in automation and software engineering.
• Proven leadership and mentoring experience in multicultural engineering environments.
• Expertise in automation platforms including:
  • Dynamics 365 CE
  • Azure PaaS
  • .NET
  • Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI)
  • DocuSign and other automation tools.
• Strong background in Agile methodologies and software engineering best practices.
• Experience with Continuous Integration tools: Jira, Confluence, SonarQube, Azure DevOps.
• Excellent communication skills — clear, concise, and fluent in written and verbal English.
• High attention to detail, initiative, and a passion for quality.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and make informed decisions collaboratively.
• Degree in Computer Science or related field (strongly desirable but not essential).

What You’ll Love About Working Here

A supportive, inclusive culture that values your growth and well-beingOpportunities to work on cutting-edge digital transformation projectsA global network of experts and a collaborative, forward-thinking team

About Capgemini

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