Technology Manager - Intelligent Automation at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Job Description & Summary

• A career within our technology consulting team will provide you with a unique opportunity to help our clients identify and prioritize emerging technologies that can help solve their business problems. We help clients design approaches to integrate new technologies, skills, and processes so they can get the most out of their technology investment and drive business results and innovation.

The Team

• The Intelligent Automation Team is focused on standardizing, automating, designing & developing cutting edge platforms and processes that drive efficiency and enable our clients to achieve their business objectives.
• Process improvement, transformation, effective use of innovative technology and data & analytics, and leveraging alternative delivery solutions are key areas of focus to drive additional value for our firm.
• Help clients design approaches to integrate new technologies, skills, and processes so they can get the most out of their technology investment and drive business results and innovation.
• As a Manager, you will work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Plan strategies for the development of automation designs and products on schedule and on budget
• Analyze, propose and manage budgets, technologies and resources for projects
• Communicate and collaborate with other managers, stakeholders and contractors
• Prioritize, delegate and supervise all engineers’ activities and deliverables
• Manage, support, and evaluate engineers’ performance
• Hire new talent for the team and offer coaching and development opportunities
• Provide input in strategic technical decisions and solutions, when needed
• Build the entire technical documentation and project roadmaps

Requirements

• Previous technology experience in a Software Development function within a Tech Company, Consulting firm, Telco or Corporate.
• Demonstrable software development skills with 8+ years experience in Software Engineering/ Products for technology-focused process improvements, transformations, and/or system implementations.
• Fluent with functional, imperative and object-­oriented languages; knowledge of C#, TypeScript or JavaScript would be especially useful
• Strong OOP or Functional Programing and modeling skills
• Experience in .Net Core, Angular and Big data technologies
• Emerging technology familiarity - Blockchain, RPA, AI, ML
• Experience working in fast paced, agile and dynamic environment
• Experience building complex systems that have been successfully delivered to customers.
• Experience with professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing and operations.
• Experience with practices such as DevOps, Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming
• Experience with microservices, workflow or ESB software, implementing and consuming large scale web services
• Experience in building Event driven solutions is an added advantage.

 Qualifications

• Masters or Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems (or related technical areas) 
• Agile Certifications such as CSM, PSM, Disciplined Agile, SAFe, DevOps, Prince2 Agile etc.
• Agile Tooling - Containerisation, DevOps, Microservices, Full-Stack, Integration
• Professional Body Membership