Strategic Application Manager: Lifecycle & Value Delivery

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.; Łódź; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Poland seeks an Application Manager to own end-to-end lifecycle management of engineering applications, ensuring value, stability, security, and compliance. The role bridges business, IT, architecture, cybersecurity, and vendors to govern onboarding, evolution, operations, risk, and retirement.

The incumbent will drive roadmaps, ensure audits and data protection, and optimize costs while aligning with enterprise architecture and digital transformation goals.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Application Management, IT Service Delivery, or similar roles.
• Experience managing applications across the complete lifecycle.
• ITIL 4 (Incident, Problem, Change, Release, SLA Management).
• Application Lifecycle & Service Management tools (e.g. ServiceNow).
• Functional knowledge or hands-on experience in Engineering domain (engineering tools, product design, manufacturing, PLM systems).
• Experience working with global, cross-functional teams.
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycles, integrations, and data flows.
• Agile / DevOps development models.
• Lean / Lean Six Sigma principles.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Govern applications across the full lifecycle: onboarding, operations and continuous improvement, to retirement.
• Maintain application documentation and records in the CMDB / application registry.
• Ensure effective service delivery, including incident, problem, change, and release management.
• Manage application availability, performance, and SLAs.
• Ensure security and compliance requirements are met, including access management, audits, and vulnerability remediation.
• Maintain application roadmaps aligned with business priorities, engineering strategy, and enterprise architecture.
• Drive user adoption and support process harmonization, training, and business value realization.
• Manage costs, budgets, licenses, and vendors, including contracts and third‑party performance.
• Plan and execute controlled application retirement, including data archiving and risk mitigation.

Skills

ITIL 4

ServiceNow

Engineering domain

Agile / DevOps

Lean Six Sigma

Cross-functional teams

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

ServiceNow

PLM systems

Engineering tools

Job description

Hitachi Energy Poland seeks an Application Manager to own end-to-end lifecycle management of engineering applications, ensuring value, stability, security, and compliance. The role bridges business, IT, architecture, cybersecurity, and vendors to govern onboarding, evolution, operations, risk, and retirement.

The incumbent will drive roadmaps, ensure audits and data protection, and optimize costs while aligning with enterprise architecture and digital transformation goals.