Director of Business Applications

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic oversight and day-to-day leadership for enterprise business applications.
• Lead and manage technical resources, including application developers, system administrators, and quality assurance teams, ensuring effective performance, engagement, and professional development.
• Establish and manage application roadmaps that align with business strategy, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Cook up and prioritize application projects and enhancements, ensuring appropriate allocation of technical resources to meet timelines, quality standards, and business expectations.
• Ensure the availability, performance, scalability, security, data integrity, and governance of all supported applications and modules.
• Partner with HR, Finance, Payroll, functional teams, and executive stakeholders to gather requirements, evaluate solutions, and deliver system capabilities that meet evolving business needs.
• Manage relationships with third-party vendors, consultants, and system integrators, including contract oversight, deliverable management, and performance evaluation.
• Oversee system upgrades, patches, integrations, data migrations, and architectural initiatives across ERP and adjacent platforms.
• Ensure adherence to SDLC, change management, release management, and testing standards across all initiatives.
• Complete all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Required to have Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Finance or related field. Minimum of 14 years of equivalent work experience is considered in lieu of a degree.
• Preferred to have Master's Degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, or Information Systems.
• Required minimum 10 years of hands-on experience building and leading teams managing modern ERP and HCM systems.
• Required minimum three years of leadership experience overseeing application teams and delivery outcomes.
• Preferred previous experience with AI-enabled platforms, robotic process automation (RPA), and data analytics solutions within an enterprise environment.
• Preferred previous experience supporting complex, regulated, or multi-entity organizations.
• Oral communication, written communication, fluency in English, active listening.
• Demonstrated intermediate technology skills. Especially MS office, including word, powerpoint, and excel.