Head of Business Applications & Growth

Yolk Recruitment; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus scheme

LTIP

Private healthcare and wellbeing

Competitive pension contribution

Ongoing professional development

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment in Newport (Hybrid - 3 days onsite) is seeking a Business Applications Manager to own the applications function and lead teams responsible for support, development and testing.

You will drive governance improvements, manage change and act as the senior escalation point for critical systems, while shaping modernisation initiatives and technology strategy with senior IT leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience leading application, business systems or software development teams.
• Strong people management and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience introducing governance and best practice into technology functions.
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle.
• Knowledge of ITIL or service management environments.
• Exposure to Microsoft technologies including C#, VB.NET and SQL would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams responsible for application support, business systems development and testing
• Drive improvements in governance, processes and service delivery
• Act as the senior escalation point for business-critical applications
• Manage and prioritise application change requests and enhancements
• Oversee the delivery of developments from requirements gathering through to testing and release
• Work closely with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate these into technical solutions
• Support the introduction of new applications and technologies into the wider business
• Manage suppliers and third-party technology partners
• Develop team capability, improve performance and establish best practice across the function
• Support application strategy and continuous improvement initiatives

Skills

Leadership

People management

Stakeholder management

Governance

SDLC

SQL

ERP systems

ITIL

C#

VB.NET

Tools

MS SQL Server

Visual Studio

Job description

Yolk Recruitment in Newport (Hybrid - 3 days onsite) is seeking a Business Applications Manager to own the applications function and lead teams responsible for support, development and testing.

You will drive governance improvements, manage change and act as the senior escalation point for critical systems, while shaping modernisation initiatives and technology strategy with senior IT leadership.