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- Lead the implementation and post-implementation maintenance, support and quality assurance of assigned corporate applications
- Oversee all activities that optimize the value, cost and risk of applications:
- Provide leadership, vision and direction to the applications organization to ensure it will contribute to the company achieving its goals.
- Work with the Director of IT and other IT leaders to develop overall IT strategy in the context of the business strategy.
- Develop productive relationships with business leaders across the organization to influence how applications can enable new sources of value.
- Define and enhance methodologies and practices for the application life cycle management in line with best practice and practical experience of continuous improvement.
- Ensure that applications processes (including those of external service providers) are conducted in line with corporate social responsibility, environmental and technical policies and applicable standards and legislation.
- Manage application group personnel, developing their skills and capabilities to meet the needs of the organization, as well as building on existing recruiting capabilities to address new needs and skills gaps.
- Implement and manage application life cycle management status reporting, metrics and benchmarks.
- Manage relationships with major vendors and service providers to ensure they cost-effectively meet the needs of the organization.
- Oversees the assessment of the technical and business fitness of the application portfolio and their associated costs and risks.
- Facilitates the application governance process to gain consensus on a prioritized set of measurable business outcomes that applications must support.
- Works with stakeholders to define a prioritized set of business outcomes and application work to accomplish those outcomes within the limitations of the application budget.
- Works with stakeholders to accomplish the application work in a way that improves the business and technical fitness of the application portfolio and minimizes its ongoing support costs.
- Oversees the application organization's successful delivery of these business outcomes in partnership with business colleagues.
- Oversees the benefits realization to ensure that business outcomes are achieved.
- Oversees the support activities in conjunction with infrastructure and operations to ensure the applications perform well in production.
- Work with the Sr Manager of Infrastructure and Operations to ensure that the organization's applications are effectively secured and that risks are mitigated
- This position will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the application organization (including staffing, budgeting and other relevant management functions) and is required to hold all application delivery teams accountable for optimizing the cost, risk and value of applications throughout their life cycle.
- BS degree in Technology or Business Management preferred; Associates and equivalent experience required
- 7-10 years of experience in IT; Prior supervisor/management experience of technical teams required.
- High levels of personal integrity when conducting the professional affairs of the organization and dealing with sensitive and confidential data relating to risks and costs.
- The ability to uphold the goals and culture of the organization.
- The ability to lead, enable and motivate teams by providing advice and guidance in a nonjudgmental fashion.
- Strong communication skills with a proven ability to understand key concepts and communicate effectively with technical staff, business stakeholders and senior management.
- Proven ability to communicate technical concepts to nontechnical people to enhance understanding and drive decisions that lead to positive outcomes.
- Proven ability to collaborate, build relationships and influence individuals at all levels in a matrix-management environment (as well as external vendors and service providers) to ensure that segregation and overlapping roles are identified and coordinated.
- Strong organizational skills, the ability to perform under pressure and management of multiple priorities with competing demands for resources.
- Strong analytical, data-processing and problem-solving skills.
Vacancy expired!