Process Automation Architect

  • Malaysia
  • Permanent
  • Tue Jun 30 03:30:09 2026
  • 42675


Process Automation Architect

What’s on Offer:

  • Industry: Automotive
  • Location: Malaysia
  • Permanent role
  • Competitive Compensation

Job Description:
1. Strategy, Architecture & Governance
  • Define, maintain, and govern the Process Automation and Orchestration Architecture, including platform standards, integration patterns, design principles, and lifecycle management.
  • Develop and own the Process Automation Strategy and multi-year roadmap, aligned with enterprise digital transformation, cost optimisation, and operational excellence objectives.
  • Establish and enforce architecture, design, and development standards for workflows, orchestration, integrations, and reusable components.
  • Govern the usage, scalability, security, and performance of workflow platforms, ensuring compliance with enterprise architecture, security, and data standards.

2. Community of Practice & Capability Uplift
  • Lead the Process Automation Community of Practice (CoP) across markets and divisions,

    driving consistent delivery methodology, knowledge sharing, and reuse of best practices.
  • Identify and drive capability uplift initiatives across skills, operating model, tooling, and

    delivery processes.
  • Embed value-realisation practices, ensuring automation initiatives deliver measurable

    business outcomes (cost reduction, cycle time improvement, risk reduction, experience uplift).

3. Demand Management & Value Realisation
  • Partner with business and market/division head offices to identify, assess, prioritise, and

    sequence automation use cases.
  • Ensure strong upfront process analysis, process mapping, and design validation before

    automation.
  • Balance strategic initiatives and tactical delivery, focusing on digitalisation, process

    optimisation, standardisation, and cost efficiency.
  • Track automation benefits, adoption, and outcomes, providing insights and
    recommendations for continuous improvement.

4. Delivery Oversight & Vendor Management

  • Oversee automation delivery across the lifecycle, ensuring adherence to architecture standards, quality benchmarks, and delivery timelines.
  • Manage and coordinate vendor product releases, patches, and upgrades, including impact assessments, risk mitigation, and change communications.
  • Act as an escalation point for technical, architectural, and delivery risks related to Process Automation platforms.
  • Act as an centralise point for any contract and statement of work governance

5. Technical Leadership & Subject Matter Expertise
  • Serve as technical authority and SME for Process Automation platforms, including Kube
    Workflow.
  • Provide architectural guidance and hands-on support for complex workflows, orchestration

    patterns, and integrations.
  • Ensure automation solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, and aligned with enterprise

    systems and data architecture.

6. Business Partnership & Continuous Improvement
  • Work closely with business stakeholders to continuously identify opportunities to digitise
    and improve existing processes.
  • Translate business needs into well-defined, sustainable automation solutions.
  • Drive a culture of continuous improvement, standardisation, and reuse across automation
    initiatives.

Job Requirements:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
  • 10+ years of experience leading enterprise-scale business process improvement and automation initiatives, with accountability for strategy, architecture, governance, and outcomes across multiple business units or markets.
  • Proven ability to translate business strategy into executable process automation roadmaps, delivering sustained operational efficiency, cost optimisation, risk reduction, and experience improvements.
  • Demonstrated authority in stakeholder relationship management at senior levels, influencing priorities, resolving competing demands, and ensuring alignment between business objectives and automation investment.
  • Strong business acumen, with deep understanding of Opportunity-to-Order (O2O) and Opportunity-to-Cash (O2C) value chains, and the ability to redesign end-to-end processes for scale and standardisation.
  • High-level analytical and data-driven decision-making capability, using quantitative and qualitative insights to identify automation opportunities, prioritise demand, and govern benefits realisation.
  • Proven leadership in cross-functional and multi-cultural environments, setting direction, establishing common standards, and driving collaboration across markets, functions, and technology domains.
  • Operates autonomously with full accountability for outcomes, managing complex, concurrent initiatives and making informed decisions in ambiguous, fast-changing environments.
  • Recognised technical authority with enterprise-level experience in workflow and process orchestration platforms; hands-on knowledge of Kube Workflow or equivalent platforms is a strong advantage.
  • Experience within the Automotive industry is advantageous, particularly where processes span retail, aftersales, finance, supply chain, and regional operations.
  • Background in a Consulting or advisory capacity is preferred, bringing structured problem-solving, executive-level facilitation, and value-led delivery disciplines.