Director Enterprise Applications

Spot Your Leaders & Consulting; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Spot Your Leaders & Consulting in Bengaluru seeks a Director Enterprise Applications to own the enterprise application landscape with primary focus on Workday and Oracle Fusion, ensuring stability, security, and value generation.

You will drive platform strategy and roadmap, govern delivery across run + transform, and establish a product-led operating model for a GCC, moving from ticket fulfillment to business outcome ownership.

Qualifications

• 20+ years in enterprise applications and digital transformation.
• Strong leadership of Workday and/or Oracle Fusion landscapes (run + transform).
• Experience with SaaS operating models, vendor management, and cost/value optimization.

Responsibilities

• Own platform strategy, architecture alignment, roadmap, delivery, and operations across enterprise platforms.
• Operate platforms as products with defined vision, adoption goals, and value metrics.
• Lead major change programs including migrations, module rollouts, and process redesign.

Skills

Workday

Oracle Fusion

Product leadership

GCC mindset

Stakeholder management

Program delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Engineering

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Director Enterprise Applications is accountable for end-to-end ownership of the enterprise application landscape with primary focus on Workday and Oracle Fusion (and related SaaS platforms), ensuring the platforms are stable, secure, compliant, and value-generating. The role drives platform strategy and roadmap, governs delivery across run + transform, and establishes a product-led operating model suited for a Global Capability Center (GCC)moving from ticket fulfillment to business outcome ownership

Core Responsibilities

• 1) Enterprise Application Leadership (Run + Transform) Own application strategy, architecture alignment, roadmap, delivery, and operations for enterprise platforms with focus on Workday and Oracle Fusion.Ensure platform stability, security, controls, and compliance; drive continuous improvement through standardization and automation.Establish clear service ownership across modules, integrations, data flows, roles, and environments (Prod/DR/Test).
• 2) Product Management & GCC Mindset (Critical) Operate platforms as products, not projects: define product vision, user journeys, adoption goals, value metrics, and a roadmap tied to enterprise outcomes.Build product rituals appropriate for a GCC: discovery with business, backlog management, quarterly planning, release governance, and benefits tracking.Drive stakeholder alignment on what value the platform should create (cost, compliance, cycle time reduction, experience) and ensure execution tracks to those outcomes.
• 3) Program / Portfolio Delivery Management Lead major change programs (implementations, migrations, module rollouts, process redesign), ensuring integrated plans, dependency management, and delivery quality.Own governance forums, executive reviews, risk/issue management, and decision captureensuring predictable execution.
• 4) Integration, Data, and Platform Interoperability Own enterprise integration approach between Workday, Oracle Fusion, and surrounding systems (identity/access, reporting, payroll, procurement, travel/expense, project systems, etc.).Reduce integration complexity and risk by driving standard patterns, rationalization, and strong interface governance.Ensure robust reporting/analytics enablement (e.g., embedded analytics and enterprise reporting visibility) and data quality controls.
• 5) Service Delivery & Operations Excellence Oversee incident/problem/change management for enterprise apps; ensure SLA adherence and strong root-cause practices.Mature production readiness, release management, and operational controls with measurable improvements in MTTR, recurring incidents, and change success rates.
• 6) Vendor, Financial, and Commercial Management Manage SI/AMS vendor performance and commercial outcomes (SOW governance, productivity, quality, cost optimization).Drive platform cost efficiency and value realizationleveraging enterprise license optimization opportunities where applicable.
• 7) Team Leadership & Capability Building Build and lead a high-performing team of product owners/platform leads, solution/integration leads, analysts, and support managers.Create strong career paths, skill-building plans, and a culture of ownership aligned to GCC value creation.

Stakeholders & Collaboration

Partner with Finance, HR, Procurement, Business Operations, Security/Risk, Architecture, and Global IT leaders.Collaborate with platform owners and dependent application teams to ensure cohesive enterprise outcomes and minimal fragmentation.

Required Experience & Qualifications

Experience: 20+ years in enterprise applications / digital transformation; approximately 10 years leading large-scale enterprise platforms and teams.Proven leadership of Workday and/or Oracle Fusion landscapes across implementation + steady-state operations (run + transform).Strong program/portfolio delivery experience with executive governance, risk management, and cross-functional stakeholder leadership.Demonstrated product management exposure in a GCC (product mindset, roadmaps/OKRs, value metrics, adoption, stakeholder discovery).Experience with SaaS operating models, vendor management (SI/AMS), and cost/value optimization.

Key Skills / Competencies

• Enterprise Platform Leadership SaaS platform governance, operating model design, controls & compliance, service reliability.
• Product & Strategy Roadmapping, prioritization frameworks, user experience orientation, change adoption, benefits realization.
• Delivery Excellence Portfolio management, agile-at-scale practices, release/change governance, dependency management.
• Integration & Data Enterprise integrations, middleware patterns, role-based security/workflows, reporting/analytics enablement.
• Leadership Executive communication, influencing without authority, coaching leaders, building accountable cultures, continuous improvement culture, business orientation instead of platform focused.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

Prior ownership of Travel & Expense / ERP modernization and .