IT Applications Manager

Planet Recruitment; Witney; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet Recruitment in Witney, Oxfordshire, is seeking an IT Applications Manager to support and evolve its business-critical systems. The role combines technical oversight with continuous improvement and strong stakeholder engagement to ensure applications align with business processes and ITIL practices.

The successful candidate will lead application support, manage incidents and changes, and collaborate with internal teams and external providers to drive system enhancements while ensuring data

Qualifications

• Strong experience supporting and configuring enterprise or business-critical applications.
• Understanding of application architecture, databases, APIs, and integrations.
• Knowledge of ITIL processes, especially change, incident, and problem management.
• Familiarity with SQL, reporting tools, and data analysis techniques (desirable).
• Understanding of data governance principles and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the stability, performance, and availability of business-critical applications
• Lead application support, configuration, and ongoing optimisation initiatives
• Manage incidents, changes, and problem resolution in line with ITIL best practices
• Work closely with internal teams and third-party providers to drive system improvements
• Support data integrity, governance, and reporting requirements across the business
• Manage and support integrations between applications, databases, and external systems.
• Act as the technical owner for assigned business-critical applications.

Skills

IT Applications management

ITIL / ITSM

Stakeholder engagement

SQL & data reporting

Tools

SQL

APIs & integrations

Data governance

Reporting tools

Job description

Role: IT Applications Manager

Location: Witney, Oxfordshire

Profile

A growing and innovative manufacturing business based in Witney is looking to appoint a IT Applications Manager to play a key role in supporting and evolving its business-critical systems.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced applications professional who enjoys combining technical expertise with continuous improvement and stakeholder engagement.

Working closely with business teams, the IT Applications Manager ensures applications effectively support business processes and that changes are delivered safely, securely, and in alignment with ITIL best practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the stability, performance, and availability of business-critical applications
• Lead application support, configuration, and ongoing optimisation initiatives
• Manage incidents, changes, and problem resolution in line with ITIL best practices
• Work closely with internal teams and third-party providers to drive system improvements
• Support data integrity, governance, and reporting requirements across the business
• Manage and support integrations between applications, databases, and external systems.
• Act as the technical owner for assigned business-critical applications.

Technical Skills

• Strong experience supporting and configuring enterprise or business‑critical applications.
• Understanding of application architecture, databases, APIs, and integrations.
• Knowledge of ITIL processes, especially change, incident, and problem management.
• Familiarity with SQL, reporting tools, and data analysis techniques (desirable).
• Understanding of data governance principles and best practices.

This is a great opportunity for a candidate to working in a growing company with great responsibility.

Equal Opportunities Statement

Planet Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the position