Application Support Manager

Just IT Recruitment; City Of London; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment management firm in London is seeking an experienced Application Support Manager to lead its support team. Your role will involve driving operational excellence, ensuring applications run smoothly, and working closely with stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, leadership experience, and be effective in problem-solving. This position offers a salary of up to £90,000, plus bonus and benefits, with a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office.

Benefits

Bonus

Benefits

Hybrid work model

Qualifications

• Strong technical foundation with proven leadership experience.
• Experience in investment and asset management applications.
• Ability to drive operational excellence in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the application support team.
• Ensure applications are up to date and running smoothly.
• Investigate and resolve real-time application issues.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders.

Skills

SQL

Leadership

Problem-solving

Communication

Job description

Application Support Manager - £90,000 + Bonus & Benefits - Investment Management - Hybrid, London

Just IT are partnering with one of the world's leading investment management companies, renowned for its expertise in investment and asset management.With a broad client base spanning worldwide, our client combines scale, active insight, and purpose driven investment.Our client is seeking an experienced Application Support Manager to lead and oversee their application support team.

This role requires someone with a strong technical foundation and proven leadership experience, capable of driving operational excellence across complex investment and asset management platforms.The ideal candidate will bring both strategic vision and hands‑on management skills, ensuring that the firm's applications run seamlessly to support.

In this role, you'll take ownership of day to day application support operations, leading the team in managing resources, coordinating project work, and ensuring effective communication with stakeholders during critical incidents. Working in close partnership with development, product, and project teams, you'll oversee smooth transitions from delivery to production, safeguarding system stability, performance, and reliability. You'll be responsible for the full application lifecycle, managing incidents, resolving problems, and driving continuous improvement while delivering practical, high-quality solutions to complex challenges.

Key Responsibilities:

• Look after application support team over the business.
• Make sure that all the applications and platforms up to date and running smooth.
• Investigate and resolve real-time application issues, minimising disruption to the business.
• Work closely with the stakeholders of the business.
• Strong knowledge and experience with SQL!

The Offer:

• Salary: Up to £90,000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
• Location: London (Hybrid - 3 days in the office per week)
• Contract: Permanent

If you're looking to be part of a one of the leading investment and asset management companies, leading the application support team and working with stakeholders on different projects of the business, I would love to hear from you. Contact me directly [e-mail]