Director of Enterprise Applications

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end strategy, roadmap, and operations for enterprise applications, with primary accountability for Oracle EBS and Deltek CostPoint across five sites.
• Own strategy and operations for engineering and manufacturing applications, including Windchill and Teamcenter PLM, DELMIA Velocity MES, and related shop-floor/engineering systems, ensuring tight integration with the ERP environment.
• Own strategy and operations for requirements management (DOORS) and the Atlassian tool suite (Jira/Confluence), ensuring alignment with program management and engineering workflows.
• Own strategy and operations for enterprise financial reporting systems, partnering with Finance to ensure reporting meets government contract and PE-sponsor requirements.
• Lead evaluation and execution of ERP consolidation and/or cloud migration options in partnership with the CIO and enterprise Architect.
• Manage the enterprise applications workstream of the TSA exit, including data migration, cutover planning, and decommissioning of legacy parent-company systems.
• Ensure enterprise application design, access controls, and change management practices meet CMMC Level 2, ITAR, and DFARS requirements.
• Partner with Finance, Program Management, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Manufacturing leadership to translate business requirements into application roadmap priorities.
• Ensure clean, governed data flow between PLM (Windchill/Teamcenter), DOORS, ERP, and DELMIA Velocity MES to support requirements traceability, engineering change management, and production readiness.
• Manage relationships with systems integrators and managed services providers supporting application development, integration, and support.
• Own application-layer budgeting and vendor performance management.
• Establish governance, testing, and release management practices for a production environment supporting regulated government contract work.
• Serve as a key member of the IT leadership team during a multi-year organization buildout, contributing to org design decisions beyond the applications function as needed.

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise applications leadership, including direct ownership of ERP platforms in a mid-to-large manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle EBS and/or Deltek CostPoint; multi-ERP or ERP consolidation experience strongly preferred.
• Experience owning PLM platforms (Windchill and/or Teamcenter) and their integration with ERP/MES in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with MES platforms (DELMIA Velocity or comparable) in an aerospace/defense or regulated manufacturing context.
• Strong vendor and systems-integrator management skills, including experience structuring and overseeing managed services/AMS arrangements.
• Bachelor's degree in information systems, engineering, business, or a related field; equivalent experience (4 years) considered.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience standing up an IT or applications function from a low-maturity or new baseline.
• Demonstrated experience leading application workstreams through a carve-out, divestiture, TSA exit, or major M&A integration.
• Experience operating within a regulated compliance environment (CMMC, ITAR, DFARS, or comparable federal contracting frameworks).
• Experience consolidating duplicative capabilities.
• Experience in application lifecycle management.
• Experience in application modernization / cloud platform transformations.