Senior Automation Solution Manager at Nedbank Johannesburg

Senior Automation Solution Manager

📍 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa (135 Rivonia Road, Sandown)
📅 Date: 8 October 2025
🆔 Reference: 141783
👤 Talent Acquisition Specialist: Tshego Semenya
🏢 Cluster: Nedbank – Personal and Private Banking
📂 Career Stream: Projects
👥 Leadership Pipeline: Manage Others
⏳ Closing Date: 15 October 2025

Why Join Our Team

Step into a leadership role within one of Nedbank’s most dynamic and high-performing teams. As the Senior Automation Solution Manager, you will lead strategic automation initiatives across Personal and Private Banking, managing a skilled team of project managers and driving delivery excellence.

This position offers:

• Exposure to executive-level stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience with cutting-edge automation technologies such as Blue Prism.
• The chance to oversee a portfolio of complex, high-impact projects.
• A hybrid work model with a collaborative and innovative culture.

With the team’s track record of generating nearly R1 billion in business benefits, this is a rare opportunity to shape the future of automation in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment.

Job Purpose

To plan, direct, and coordinate the activities of multiple projects — both personally managed and those of team members — ensuring all project goals are achieved efficiently and effectively. The role focuses on enabling successful delivery through strategic leadership and robust project governance.

Key Responsibilities

• Define project goals, timelines, budgets, and staffing requirements.
• Oversee stakeholder management as an integrated discipline within all project plans.
• Guide stakeholder groups through change and ensure smooth business transitions.
• Evaluate business change impacts across processes, systems, and technology.
• Provide technical guidance and ensure adherence to change management protocols.
• Lead project scheduling, resourcing, and execution to align with strategic objectives.
• Communicate proactively with clients, coaching them through process or system changes.
• Manage project team capacity and negotiate trade-offs where constraints exist.
• Collaborate across business units to achieve mutually beneficial results.
• Resolve obstacles and escalate complex issues for executive resolution when necessary.
• Ensure portfolio alignment with the Group Architecture roadmap and business strategies.
• Uphold project risk management standards and ensure enterprise-wide compliance.
• Prepare and regulate Steerco and Exco Packs for executive review.
• Apply Agile project management methodologies.
• Drive adoption of automation best practices, preferably with Blue Prism expertise.

Qualifications

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Strategic and operational planning
• Communication and stakeholder management strategies
• Staff resource and capacity planning
• Employee training and development
• Governance, risk, and compliance controls
• Management information and reporting tools
• Client service management principles
• Organisational systems and IT concepts
• Automation methodologies (Blue Prism experience preferred)

Behavioural Competencies

• Customer Focus: Dedicated to meeting client needs.
• Driving for Results: Consistently achieves ambitious goals.
• Guiding Team Success: Inspires and develops high-performing teams.
• Planning and Organising: Manages priorities and resources effectively.
• Building Talent: Invests in staff development and mentorship.
• Aligning Performance for Success: Links individual goals with strategic objectives.

📞 For enquiries, contact: The Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566

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