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“Head of Application Development. Skills: strategic leadership, application development lifecycle optimization, SDLC expertise, technical expertise in SAP, Workday, Salesforce, Java, data integrations, data analytics, or AI, department management, team leadership, interpersonal skills, communication skills. Provides strategic leadership to deliver new capabilities and optimize existing applications. Ensures alignment with the company's mission and core values”
What You'll Achieve.
deliver new capabilities; optimize existing applications; achieving critical goals within the assigned business unit(s); successful implementation of action plans and objectives
Industry & Context.
strategic solutions to specific business lines and/or divisions; dealing with complex crisis situations
Little to no travel is expected, Direct supervision of various levels of ITS Application Development staff
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10+ years’ experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience, 5+ years’ experience internal senior management level role (e. g. , Director or higher); or 5+ years’ external experience in a senior management level role, Demonstrates deep knowledge and extensive experience in the system development life cycle (SDLC), including planning, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of applications, Possesses deep technical expertise in design and development in at least one area such as SAP, Workday, Salesforce, Java, data integrations, data analytics, artificial intelligence, or an equivalent technology, Demonstrated experience managing one or more departments
What You'll Do.
Provides strategic leadership to deliver new capabilities and optimize existing applications
Ensures alignment with the company's mission and core values
Leads complex operational efforts through subordinates
Ensures the effective administration of business processes and services
Drives continuous improvement to optimize the application development lifecycle
Ensures that budgets and schedules are within company requirements
Directs and oversees the broad activities of the business unit(s)
and coaching to all direct reports
Collaborates with employees to establish clear and concise development plans
Acts as a strategic leader with broad-based knowledge of the business and industry
Develops strategic plans to ensure the successful implementation of action plans and objectives
Establishes protocols for strategic interdepartmental cooperation
Makes critical decisions with significant organizational impact
managerial and budgetary responsibilities
Interacts with all levels of the organization to manage the business
Represents the organization to external customers
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborates with employees to establish clear and concise development plans; Establishes protocols for strategic interdepartmental cooperation; Interacts with all levels of the organization to manage the business; regularly engaging with executives and/or major customers; partnering with Human Resources on employee relations issues
Communication Scope
interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of management through diplomacy and tact; Excellent oral and written communication skills
Process & Methodology
planning, budgeting, scheduling, expense priority management
Full Job Description
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: · Provides strategic leadership to deliver new capabilities and optimize existing applications, ensuring alignment with the company's mission and core values to effect positive change and create organizational structure. · Leads complex operational efforts through subordinates to ensure the effective administration of business processes and services, achieving critical goals within the assigned business unit(s). · Drives continuous improvement to optimize the application development lifecycle through process optimization, and the adoption of innovative technologies such as automation and artificial intelligence. · Ensures that budgets and schedules are within company requirements, with significant organizational responsibility for planning, staffing, budgeting, expense priority management, and the recommendation and implementation of current practices. · Directs and oversees the broad activities of the business unit(s) by interpreting, applying, and implementing company-wide policies and procedures relevant to the assigned functional area(s). · Provides leadership, guidance, and coaching to all direct reports to maintain an engaged and productive workforce, partnering with Human Resources on employee relations issues. · Collaborates with employees to establish clear and concise development plans, ensuring succession planning and the advancement of future leaders within the organization. · Acts as a strategic leader with broad-based knowledge of the business and industry, providing strategic solutions to specific business lines and/or divisions, with broad decision-making authority within the functional areas. · Develops strategic plans to ensure the successful implementation of action plans and objectives, requiring in-depth knowledge of the company, competitive environment, technology, and economic or social implications of organizational activities. · Establishes protocols for strategic interdepartmental cooperation, motivati
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