Head Of Automation Strategy

3 weeks ago


Leeds, United Kingdom Mays Region - Modern Woodmen of America Full time

Based in Dublin, Leeds or London.

Your teams

Reporting to Director of Automation and Location, The Head Of Automation Strategy UKI Leads a team to the strategy to grow Automation Capabilities, and the embedding and growth of an automation culture across the whole UKI division, ensuring that we enable, empower and excite our people about the opportunities automation and emerging AI capabilities.

Also responsible for building strong working relationships with large automation partners, such as UI Path, IBM Watson, AWS, Google and Microsoft, as well as identifying smaller vendors with emerging capabilities that could help transform our business. A key part of the role is working with these partners to develop solutions that resolve problems, and prototypes that we can learn from quickly.

What you’ll do

  • Creating a strategy to embed automation across the organisation, Setting stretch targets, roadmaps and strategies to further drive automation capabilities in UK&I whilst leading cross divisional teams to ensure delivery of transformational solutions.
  • Works closely with senior leadership to support their business objectives through the utilisation of automation capabilities, ensuring that we assist in the creation of an efficient and effective organisation.
  • Partners with the automation delivery team to embed new technology into the automation teams capabilities, to allow for solutions to drive greater effectiveness and efficiency throughout the business.
  • Drives strong awareness throughout the business of the initiatives undertaken by automation teams and utilise these to further enhance roadmap opportunities.
  • Lead on the development of an automation technology partner portfolio, that minimisies duplication, maximises value, and allows for greater experimentation with emerging technology
  • Develops an approach to maximise the pace of delivery of transformational automation capabilities, utilising the relationships we have with automation technology suppliers and delivery partners.
  • Attract and selects a diverse pool of high calibre people, to ensure the constant evolution of automations capabilities.
  • Makes best use of available resources to achieve results when availability is constrained
  • Coach, mentor and develop key talent to improve leadership capability and results
  • Champions a culture of openness which encourages robust and constructive data driven debates and decision making, learning, experimentation and the creation of innovative solutions.

How you’ll do it

  • Highly ambitious with a drive to succeed and progress to more senior roles at pace.
  • Experience of working within large multinational organisations.
  • Experience in the automation / AI space, delivering large scale, transformational initiatives
  • An existing senior manager in a strategy development / automation delivery position within an international customer obsessed company.
  • Extensive experience of managing and delivering change programmes, at least 12 months of which must be organisational change focused (At least 3 years in project management, process improvement or PMO leadership)
  • Bachelor/Master’s degree in a business, technology or automation/ai discipline

About Flutter UK & Ireland

Extraordinary starts here.

Flutter UK & Ireland unites a dozen brands, hundreds of teams and thousands of colleagues who create trusted entertainment for millions of customers every week.

With the likes of Paddy Power, Betfair and Sky Betting & Gaming in the fold, we’re the largest division of global entertainment giant Flutter and boast some of the most popular apps and games in UK and Ireland markets.

At Flutter UK&I, we can guarantee you that no two days will ever be the same — and you’ll have the chance to make a difference to your career, the industry, and your amazing colleagues.

What we’ll offer you

  • £1,000 learning fund
  • Uncapped leave
  • Twice-yearly bonus (with part of it guaranteed)
  • Pension contribution scheme
  • Private healthcare
  • Flexible ways of working – home or office, it’s your choice
  • Access to thousands of Udemy courses
  • Invest via the Company Sharesave Scheme
  • 16 hours paid volunteering time per year.

We’re working to be an inclusive employer, and we encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking and working to apply. Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don't have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role.

If you need any adjustments to make this role work for you let us know, and we’ll see how we can accommodate them.

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