Hybrid Director of Application Services

at PEI-Genesis

• Job title: Director of Application Services
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Philadelphia, United States

About the role

• Director of Application Services leading application evolution and transformation for PEI-Genesis. Managing CRM, ERP, and enterprise applications while collaborating with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Author and communicate the IT application mission and goals that align with the business objectives and strategy of the company.
• Develop and implement the IT application and information roadmap, that involves needed resources, budget, and governance framework, ensuring the optimal use of people, effort, and compliance.
• Manage and rationalize the application portfolio and other enterprise business applications, ensuring their availability, performance, security, and scalability.
• Supervise, mentor, and build-out a team of systems analysts, programmers, and IT specialists, providing guidance, coaching, and feedback.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, such as business leaders, vendors, suppliers, and consultants, to ensure the effective delivery and integration of applications.
• Evaluate and monitor the application portfolio, identifying opportunities for improvement, innovation, and transformation.
• Manage the troubleshooting and resolution of any issues or problems with the applications, ensuring minimal disruption to the business operations.
• Stay updated on the latest trends and developments in application technologies and best practices.
• Establish and enforce information governance policies and standards for the application portfolio, ensuring data quality, integrity, accuracy, and consistency.
• Lead and support information governance initiatives and projects, such as quality assessment, lineage mapping, cataloging, classification, etc.
• Coordinate with the information governance council and other information governance roles to ensure alignment and collaboration on governance objectives and activities.
• Promote information governance awareness and education across the organization and foster a data-driven culture.
• Plan the maintenance and support of legacy applications that are large, monolithic, and difficult to modify, ensuring their compatibility with new business requirements and processes.
• Lead legacy transformation projects that migrate legacy applications to more modern platforms, such as cloud-based solutions, using automated migration tools or refactoring techniques.
• Ensure the quality, performance, security, and scalability of transformed applications on new platforms, leveraging cloud-native architectures and best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s (preferred) degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of leadership experience, preferably in an electronic component, distribution and/or manufacturing environment.
• Experience in implementing and managing information governance programs and projects.
• Experience in managing legacy applications that are large, monolithic, or based on outdated technologies.
• Experience in leading legacy transformation projects that migrate legacy applications to more modern platforms, such as cloud-based solutions.
• Experience in ensuring the quality, performance, security, and scalability of transformed applications on new platforms.
• Medium size, family-owned company experience a plus.

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled