Applications Manager

About the role

The Applications Manager oversees the implementation, support, and strategic optimization of specific business applications within the organization. Key responsibilities include enhancing user experience, optimizing system configurations, upgrading applications, and aligning with business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, oversee, and delegate technology department resources, vendors, contractors, and consultants.
• Work closely with related teams to ensure optimal system configuration and performance.
• Upgrade and modernize applications, support cloud migration, and align feature adoption with business requirements.
• Establish ownership over a portfolio of key enterprise applications around content management.
• Partner with other teams to ensure proper operation, maintenance, and lifecycle management of additional enterprise platforms.
• Lead the selection, deployment, management, and continuous optimization of applications, focusing on improving end-user experience and organizational goals.
• Lead team initiatives to monitor, troubleshoot, support, document, and maintain all required systems.
• Perform systems administration functions for in-house, cloud-based, or custom solutions, including addressing day-to-day runtime issues, regular upgrades/patching, and testing.
• Ensure 24x7 high availability, performance, and sufficient capacity for efficient day-to-day operations.
• Develop and maintain a roadmap for systems, including upgrades, adoption of new features, replacement of related servers, and cloud migration where possible.
• Communicate effectively with non-technical customers and sponsors.
• Collaborate with business units to gather requirements, recommend solutions, and deliver enhancements or new applications that optimize usability and efficiency.
• Evaluate and recommend steps required to upgrade/replace/migrate enterprise systems, coordinating the development and execution of complex project plans as needed.
• Assist in implementing disaster recovery and business continuity plans for enterprise applications.

Requirements

• 5+ years progressive experience working with enterprise software services.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, information technology, or equivalent experience.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise Document Management, Records Systems and related systems.
• Strong understanding of enterprise application architectures, databases, integration technologies, and application lifecycle management.
• Experience with cloud-based platforms.
• Demonstrate leadership experience supporting legal industry applications or working in a law-firm environment.

Qualifications

• Exceptional communication, relationship building, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Strategic thinker with analytical problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
• Prioritize and manage multiple priorities while maintaining delivery focus and quality.

Skills

• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to recommend innovative solutions that elevate the user experience.
• Continuously develop technical and professional skills.

Benefits

Nixon Peabody offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a standard benefits package and the potential for additional contingent compensation based on performance, geographic location, work experience, education, and qualifications.

Pay

The anticipated annual salary range for this position, depending on location, is as follows:

• Rochester, NY: $124,000 to $190,850
• Boston, MA: $136,500 to $210,100
• Chicago, IL: $136,500 to $210,100
• Los Angeles, CA: $136,500 to $210,100
• New York, NY: $150,000 to $231,000
• San Francisco, CA: $150,000 to $231,000

Schedule

A remote work schedule is available for this position.