Hyper Automation Lead

• Pay Rate: $88.56 to $99.63/hour, depending on experience
• Contract: Start Date 2026-11-16 End Date 2027-08-31 (9 Months)
• Location: Calgary, Alberta
  
  

Raise is currently hiring a Hyper Automation Lead on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader. Our Client, is a major Canadian airline

Note: The primary pay rate is based on T4 classification; however, we will also consider applications from candidates interested in an INC classification, where applicable.

Description

The Hyper Automation Lead is accountable for leading the end-to-end delivery and support of low-code automation solutions across the airline. This role works closely with business and technology partners to identify high-impact automation opportunities, translate business needs into scalable solutions, and guide a team of Automation Specialists through design, build, deployment, and ongoing support. As a hands-on delivery leader, you will establish consistent team practices, remove delivery barriers, provide technical and functional mentorship, and ensure that all low-code automation solutions are secure, maintainable, supportable, and aligned with ’s approved architecture, platform, and governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of low-code automation solutions from opportunity assessment through design, build, testing, deployment and operational handoff.
• Translate business needs, process challenges and desired outcomes into clear delivery scope, requirements and solution approaches.
• Plan and coordinate team work, assign responsibilities, manage competing priorities and ensure delivery commitments are understood and achieved.
• Identify delivery risks, dependencies and blockers early, and work across teams to establish practical paths forward.
• Provide clear status, decisions, risks and recommendations to business partners and Delivery Enablement leadership.
• Ensure solutions are delivered with appropriate documentation, training, release planning and support readiness. Guide Solution Design and Development
• Provide functional and technical guidance to Automation Specialists throughout solution design and development.
• Work with Solution Architects, platform teams and business stakeholders to select fit-for-purpose automation approaches based on requirements, complexity, risk and maintainability.
• Review solution designs, workflows, integrations and team deliverables for quality, consistency and alignment with approved standards.
• Promote reusable components, common patterns and consistent use of approved low-code automation tools.
• Ensure solutions include appropriate error handling, logging, testing, security controls and operational support considerations.
• Contribute directly to analysis, design, troubleshooting or development when additional expertise is required. Manage Intake, Prioritization and Stakeholder Relationships
• Assess automation requests with business partners to clarify the problem, expected value, process readiness and delivery requirements.
• Provide estimates and recommendations based on effort, complexity, risk, dependencies and expected business outcomes.
• Maintain a prioritized delivery backlog and balance new development, production support, technical improvement and team capacity.
• Build trusted relationships with business and technology stakeholders and communicate technical choices in clear, practical language.
• Challenge requests constructively when process simplification, an existing capability or another solution approach would produce a better outcome.
• Monitor delivery progress and realized outcomes to inform future priorities and improvement opportunities. Ensure Solution Quality, Governance and Operational Readiness
• Ensure automation solutions follow approved architecture, development, testing, security, privacy, data, change-management and release requirements.
• Maintain team standards, development practices, templates, documentation and quality-review processes.
• Identify risks in solution design or implementation and ensure appropriate mitigation, review or escalation occurs before release.
• Ensure access, credentials, environments, connectors, data use and production changes are managed through approved controls.
• Confirm runbooks, ownership, monitoring, support procedures and recovery approaches are in place before solutions move into production.
• Maintain delivery and operational evidence required for traceability, governance and audit support. Lead Production Support and Continuous Improvement
• Oversee support for production automation solutions and ensure incidents, defects and service requests are triaged and resolved effectively.
• Lead investigation of complex issues, coordinate required technical expertise and ensure business impacts are understood and communicated.
• Use incident, support, usage and performance data to identify recurring issues and opportunities to improve reliability and supportability.
• Coordinate corrective actions, upgrades, platform changes and lifecycle activities for supported automation solutions.
• Improve team delivery practices, tooling and automation patterns based on lessons learned and emerging platform capabilities.
• Promote knowledge sharing and maintain current operational and technical documentation. Lead and Develop the Automation Team
• Provide day-to-day leadership, direction and technical guidance to Automation Specialists.
• Set clear priorities, delegate work effectively and create shared accountability for delivery quality and outcomes.
• Coach and mentor team members, provide constructive feedback and support development of technical, analytical and stakeholder-management skills.
• Facilitate team problem-solving and create an environment where team members contribute ideas and challenge assumptions constructively.
• Build team capability through standards, peer review, knowledge sharing, training and exposure to increasingly complex work.
• Work collaboratively across Delivery Enablement and partner teams while adapting team plans as priorities and business needs change.
  
  

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience designing, developing, testing, deploying, and supporting low-code automation, workflow, robotic process automation (RPA), or enterprise business solutions.
• 2+ years of team leadership, technical lead, or supervisory experience providing day-to-day direction, coaching, task allocation, and mentorship to developers or specialists.
• Proven track record of managing end-to-end delivery cycles, handling competing priorities, and leading production support/incident resolution in a complex enterprise environment.
• Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Haves)
• Prior experience in the aviation or travel industry understanding operational workflows, airport systems, or passenger service environments.
• Experience with Snowflake or modern cloud data platforms, data warehousing concepts, and advanced data integrations.
• Education and Certifications
• Bachelor’s Degree or College Diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Business Information Systems, or a related discipline (or equivalent practical experience)
• Certifications (Assets / Preferred)
• Low-Code / Automation Platform Certifications:
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect / Functional Consultant / Developer (e.g., PL-600, PL-400, PL-200) or equivalent low-code/RPA platform certifications (e.g., UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Appian).
• Delivery & Governance Frameworks:
• Agile / Scrum Certifications (e.g., Certified ScrumMaster / CSM, SAFe, or Agile Practitioner).
• ITIL v3/v4 Foundation (for Incident/Change Management best practices).
  
  

Additional Requirement

• Our client asks that candidates provide 2 Endorsements/References at the time of application: ( this could be a colleague/manager that worked with you on Recent Projects that relate to this role Ask them to provide a Quick Endorsement - testimonial in point form of your accomplishment / value added) to highlight your skills for this role
  
  

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