Team Lead

ubc; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 117,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

UBC's OCIO | Automation Solution Delivery seeks a Team Lead to provide senior functional and technical leadership for enterprise automation, guiding design, delivery, and sustainment of workflow automation, RPAs, integrations, APIs, and related cloud services in a university setting.

This role blends hands-on development with project oversight, mentoring staff, and coordinating with managers, analysts, architects, and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Senior technical leadership for automation initiatives.
• Experience delivering enterprise automation solutions across platforms.
• Strong knowledge of workflows, RPAs, and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, design, deployment, and support of automation solutions.
• Guide solution approaches, review designs, and ensure timely delivery.
• Mentor staff and coordinate with stakeholders and IT teams.
• Define technical scope and sequence delivery work with risk assessment.
• Oversee SDLC activities from analysis to deployment and handover.
• Contribute to hands-on development and implementation of complex automations.

Skills

Senior technical leadership

Automation experience

System integrations

APIs

Job description

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Information Systems and Technology, Level E

Job Title

Team Lead

Department

OCIO | Automation Solution Delivery

Compensation Range

$10,459.67 - $15,675.58 CAD Monthly The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job.

Posting End Date

September 13, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

September 6, 2027

This is a one-year term position

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary

The Technical Lead provides senior functional and technical leadership within the Automation Solution Delivery team. The incumbent is a recognized subject matter expert responsible for leading the design, delivery, enhancement, and sustainment of enterprise automation solutions that support operational efficiency, service quality, and business process transformation across the University.

This role combines hands‑on technical leadership with project and service oversight. The Technical Lead leads complex automation initiatives, guides solution design and implementation, supports production operations, and establishes development and delivery practices that improve reliability, maintainability, security, and scalability. The role works across multiple initiatives and platforms, including workflow automation, robotic process automation, integrations, APIs, and related cloud-based or enterprise application services.

The Technical Lead is expected to provide day‑to‑day leadership to direct reports and other technical team members, coordinate delivery work, mentor staff, and work closely with managers, analysts, architects, business stakeholders, and partner IT teams. The incumbent also completes senior‑level design and development work for high‑priority or high‑complexity initiatives, with an approximate balance between leadership and hands‑on delivery that may shift based on operational and project needs.

Organizational Status

The Automation Solution Delivery team is responsible for delivering and sustaining enterprise automation services and solutions that improve business processes, support institutional priorities, and enable secure and effective exchange of information across systems. The team works closely with UBC IT teams, project delivery groups, campus partners, vendors, and other stakeholders to provide project delivery, enhancements, operational support, and continuous improvement for automation‑related services.

The Technical Lead reports to the Senior Manager and works closely with other managers, technical leads, developers, analysts, architects, and business stakeholders across the University. The role may support work across multiple portfolios and initiatives, including project delivery, sustainment, integrations, digital workflow solutions, robotic process automation, and other strategic automation initiatives.

Work Performed

• Provides senior technical leadership for the planning, design, development, implementation, and support of automation solutions, including workflow applications, robotic process automation, system integrations, APIs, and related software services.
• Leads complex technical initiatives from intake through deployment and post‑implementation support, ensuring alignment with business requirements, architecture standards, security requirements, and operational support expectations.
• Acts as the senior technical resource for automation projects and services, guiding solution approaches, reviewing technical designs, resolving complex issues, and supporting timely delivery of project and operational commitments.
• Works with managers, business analysts, architects, and stakeholders to define technical scope, sequence delivery work, identify risks, and recommend options that balance business value, delivery timelines, and long‑term maintainability.
• Provides leadership and oversight across the software development lifecycle, including analysis, solution design, build, code review, testing, release planning, deployment, documentation, and transition to ongoing support.
• Leads and contributes to hands‑on development, configuration, and implementation work for complex or high‑priority automation initiatives.
• Establishes and reinforces technical standards, delivery practices, a