Lead the strategy, planning, and governance of enterprise applications to align with the organization’s long-term business goals.
Build, manage, and own outcomes for the multi-year roadmap of strategic systems initiatives for enterprise applications, ensuring alignment with business priorities.
Develop and continuously evolve application strategies to drive growth, profitability, operational efficiency, and competitive differentiation in response to industry trends, emerging solutions, and evolving business needs.
Establish, maintain, and communicate the enterprise application roadmap; partner with business units to prioritize initiatives, secure resources, and remove obstacles.
Drive end-to-end delivery of enterprise application initiatives, including change management across people, processes, and technology.
Oversee multiple concurrent projects and programs, ensuring they are executed on time, within scope, and with clear, measurable business impact.
Collaborate closely with functional owners, technology teams, and product leaders to influence architecture decisions and deliver secure, scalable, and intelligent solutions to address critical business challenges.
Set clear performance metrics (e.g., adoption, satisfaction, stability, ROI) for enterprise applications and regularly report on progress and outcomes to executive stakeholders.
Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team responsible for enterprise applications, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Partner with IT Business Operations, Security, and Finance on vendor selection, contract negotiations, licensing optimization, and risk management for enterprise application providers.

Requirements

10+ years of experience managing or owning enterprise applications in a complex business environment.
5+ years of proven experience leading teams responsible for enterprise application portfolios (e.g., CRM, ERP, finance, or supply chain systems) in a mid- to large-scale organization.
Strong strategic and analytical problem-solving abilities, with a track record of designing and executing application strategies that deliver meaningful business outcomes.
Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders, secure alignment across diverse teams, and drive executive-level decisions.
Expertise in enterprise application governance, including standards and lifecycle management, and ensuring solutions are resilient, scalable, secure, and aligned with business needs.
Preferred: experience working within companies with complex supply chain needs.
Excellent communication skills, with experience presenting in executive forums and producing clear, compelling strategic recommendations and reports.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

enterprise applications managementapplication strategy developmentchange managementproject managementperformance metricsapplication governancelifecycle managementCRM systemsERP systemssupply chain systems

Soft Skills

strategic problem-solvingstakeholder influenceteam leadershipcollaborationcommunicationcoachingaccountabilityanalytical thinkingexecutive presentationcontinuous improvement