Group Manager – Enterprise Applications

Role Overview

• Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for enterprise applications that supports our organization’s business goals and objectives.
• Own, maintain and promote awareness of the application strategic roadmap.
• Lead, mentor and develop a high-performing team of IT professionals.
• Evaluate employee performance, set group and individual expectations.
• Foster a culture of innovation, excellence, urgency and ongoing improvement.
• Build strong working relationships with Laboratory partners, jointly identifying strategic needs and influence how applications can enable new sources of value.
• Oversee the management of our enterprise applications portfolio, ensuring it meets current and future business requirements.
• Evaluate and prioritize objects based on strategic alignment, return on investment and risk.
• Identify opportunities for system modernization, integration, and automation.
• Safeguard the reliability, availability and performance of our enterprise applications.
• Implement best practices for application life cycle management, including development, deployment, maintenance and support.
• Manage master data across applications.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with key vendors and partners.
• Develop a thorough understanding of strategic vendors’ roadmaps and how these will support the Lab’s business objectives.
• Work with our internal governance and cybersecurity teams to ensure enterprise applications comply with all relevant laws, regulations and industry standards.
• Oversee risk management processes to identify, assess and mitigate risks associated with applications and database systems.
• Develop and manage the budget for enterprise applications, ensuring optimal allocation of resources and cost-effectiveness.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in computer science, information systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience on a basis of 2:1)
• 10+ years of relevant experience
• Extensive experience and in-depth knowledge with ERP or other business-critical applications
• Five years or more in a leadership role
• directly managing a team of software development professionals
• Ability to use strategic planning to translate business goals into technology solutions
• Strong project management skills
• Demonstrated success in vendor and stakeholder management
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills: Ability to collaborate with executives (e.g. often interacting with CFO and CIO), stakeholders and teams across the organization, and to influence people to achieve common goals.

Tech Stack

• Cyber Security
• ERP

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Professional development opportunities