IT Applications Manager

PlanetRecruitment; Witney; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

PlanetRecruitment seeks an IT Applications Manager in Witney to steward and evolve business-critical applications. The role combines technical ownership with governance, improvements, and stakeholder engagement to ensure systems effectively support key processes.

You will lead ITIL-aligned changes, incidents and problems while collaborating with internal teams and external providers. A strong background in enterprise apps and data governance is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting and configuring enterprise or business-critical applications.
• Understanding 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.
• Understanding 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

Enterprise or business-critical apps

App architecture, databases, APIs, &"+

ITIL change/incident/problem mgmt

SQL & reporting tools

Data governance principles

Job description

IT Applications Manager (MN56) Witney, England

Salary: GBP50000 - GBP60000 per annum

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.

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