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.
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