Automation Design Lead

Johannesburg, South AfricaFull-timeSeniorOn-sitePosted 20 Oct 2026

Job Overview

Nedbank (Personal and Private Banking | Nedbank Insurance | BITE | Data and Analytics) is hiring an Automation Design Lead at its 135 Rivonia Campus, Sandown, Johannesburg (requisition 148347; closing 30 October 2026). The role is responsible for end-to-end design governance of enterprise automation solutions, ensuring technical excellence, compliance, scalability and seamless integration into the broader technology landscape, and contributes to business success by facilitating the effective design of fit-for-purpose automation solutions and their technical quality throughout the life cycle.

The Automation Design Lead leads a team of automation specialists, developers and analysts, facilitates automation discovery, assessment and solution design, reviews and signs off Process Definition Documents (PDDs), Solution Design Documents (SDDs) and development artefacts, and oversees onboarding, UAT outcomes and production deployment. The role establishes reusable automation assets and standards, benchmarks emerging technologies, advises business and technology leadership on automation strategy and platform optimisation, and manages multiple automation initiatives, vendors and external resources at once.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of fit-for-purpose automation solutions across the enterprise

• Facilitate automation discovery, assessment and solution design processes

• Review, approve and sign off PDDs, SDDs and development artefacts

• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture, technology standards and governance frameworks

• Oversee onboarding and production deployment; evaluate and approve UAT outcomes with business

• Establish and maintain reusable automation assets, standards and best practices

• Own quality, stability and sustainability of automation solutions across their lifecycle

• Benchmark emerging technologies and advise leadership on automation strategy and platform optimisation

• Ensure compliance with regulatory, risk, security and governance requirements

• Lead, coach and mentor automation specialists, developers and analysts; manage team performance

• Coordinate specialist skills, vendors and external resources across multiple automation initiatives

Required Qualifications

• Advanced Diploma / National First Degree; NQF 7 in IT, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline preferred

• Essential certifications: Blue Prism Professional Developer and Blue Prism Solution Designer

• Preferred: Blue Prism ROM Architect, Blue Prism Technical Architect, Agile Practitioner, ITIL Foundation, PRINCE2 and/or PMP

• 6–8 years’ experience in IT application development

• 5+ years’ Blue Prism development and enterprise automation experience

• 3–5 years leading or supervising technical teams

• Proven delivery of large-scale enterprise automation programmes, managing multiple projects simultaneously

• Financial services or insurance experience; exposure to cloud-based automation platforms

Skills & Requirements

Blue PrismRobotic Process AutomationIntelligent AutomationSolution DesignPDD / SDDAutomation GovernanceEnterprise ArchitectureUAT ManagementCloud Automation PlatformsAgileITILTechnical LeadershipVendor Coordination