Director, Enterprise Applications

Socket.dev; Birmingham (AL); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

TNTP seeks a Director of Enterprise Applications to own Workday strategy and governance, partnering with Finance, HR, and business teams to align investments with organizational goals.

You will lead a team of delivery experts, manage the platform lifecycle, and ensure data quality and compliance while balancing risk and value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• 3+ years of progressive experience leading enterprise IT strategy, operations, or applications with significant impact.
• Proven success delivering ERP/CRM/application portfolios.
• Direct experience with Workday Financial Management.
• Workday HCM experience preferred.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, or GitHub.
• Strong PM skills with Agile and change management.
• Budget management and investment recommendation experience.
• Excellent communication with executives and cross-functional teams.
• Governance/portfolio management experience.
• Strong commitment to TNTP's mission.

Responsibilities

• Own Workday strategy, roadmap, and prioritization aligned to priorities.
• Establish governance and operating expectations for prioritization and decisions.
• Partner with business leaders to define problems and drive decisions.
• Evaluate work in end-to-end processes, not single requests.
• Lead prioritization and trade-off decisions to maximize value.
• Develop and guide a delivery team for effective execution.
• Provide clear direction and avoid implicit risk ownership by teams.
• Oversee platform lifecycle: enhancements, releases, and improvements.
• Maintain platform health, data quality, and compliance with vendor constraints.
• Drive continuous improvement using feedback and performance data.

Skills

Strategic IT leadership

Stakeholder influence

Cross-functional collaboration

Budget management

Communication excellence

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related; Master's preferred

Tools

Jira

Confluence

GitHub

Job description

Director, Enterprise Applications

Flexible Location

WHO WE ARE

TNTP is the nation's preeminent education nonprofit that brings research, policy, and consulting together to meet the needs and aspirations of young people, families, communities, and the nation. We are educators, researchers, and innovators working to ensure every young person has the chance to reach their full potential, every educator and leader is set up for success, and every community has the resources necessary to connect young people to paths of opportunity.

We work at every level of the PK-12 system, side by side with educators, system leaders, and communities across 41 states and more than 4,000 systems nationwide to reach ambitious goals for student success. Our vision pushes beyond school walls, catalyzing cross-sector collaboration to create pathways for young people to achieve academic, economic, and social mobility.

Learn more about us, what we do, and working here.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

The Director, Enterprise Applications is responsible for the end-to-end ownership of Workday, a core enterprise platform critical to TNTP’s operations and growth, including its roadmap, governance, prioritization, and overall health. This role serves as a key partner to functional leaders across Finance, HR, and other business teams, translating organizational needs into clear platform direction and ensuring that changes are well-governed, intentionally prioritized, and aligned to business outcomes—balancing speed, risk, and long-term sustainability. The Director is the primary decision owner for platform-level work, operating within the broader portfolio strategy defined by the Partner, Enterprise Applications. This role is critical to ensuring that enterprise systems scale effectively alongside the organization, with clear accountability for how decisions are made and executed. This role reports to TNTP's Partner, Enterprise Applications.

Specifically, you will:

• Own the strategy, roadmap, and prioritization for Workday, ensuring work is aligned to organizational priorities and delivers sustained value over time.

• Establish and maintain clear governance and operating expectations, including how work is prioritized, how decisions are made, and how changes are managed.

• Partner with business leaders to define problems, evaluate options, and drive decisions, balancing business needs, platform capabilities, and organizational risk.

• Ensure work is evaluated in the context of end-to-end business processes and outcomes, not individual requests or point solutions.

• Lead prioritization and trade-off decisions, making constraints visible and focusing the organization on the highest-value work.

• Lead and develop a team of functional and technical delivery experts, ensuring the right work is prioritized, delivered effectively, and continuously improved.

• Provide clear direction and decision-making, ensuring delivery teams are not required to arbitrate business trade-offs or assume implicit risk ownership.

• Oversee the full lifecycle of the platform, including enhancements, releases, and ongoing improvement, ensuring it remains reliable, scalable, and fit for purpose.

• Maintain strong platform health and integrity, including data quality, auditability, compliance, and alignment with vendor capabilities and constraints.

• Drive a culture of continuous improvement, using stakeholder feedback, performance data, and evolving business needs to inform roadmap and investment decisions

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field; Master's or graduate degree required, or equivalent executive-level experience.

• 3+ years of progressive experience leading enterprise IT strategy, operations, or applications with significant organizational impact.

• Proven success leading delivery across ERP, CRM, or application development portfolios

• Required: Direct experience implementing, administering, or leading enterprise application portfolios that include Workday Financial Management.

• Preferred: Experience with Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) and its integration with financial, operational, and reporting processes.

• Experience with software development lifecycle practices and tools such as Jira, Confluence, or GitHub.

• Strong project and program management skills, including familiarity with agile methodologies and change management practices.

• Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, optimize costs, and make investment recommendations grounded in financial analysis.

• Excellent communication skills with a track record of influencing executives, cross-functional stakeholders, and delivery teams toward shared outcomes.

• Experience operating within governance, prioritization, or portfolio management frameworks.

• Strong commitment to TNTP's mission

WHAT WE OFFER

The salary range for this position is $137,920 - $206,880. New hires can typically expect a starting salary between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint ($137,920 -$172,400), in alignment with experience, qualifications, and our commitment to equity in compensation.

TNTP also offers a compelling overall Total Rewards package, including competitive mid-market salaries, generous PTO, and comprehensive benefits, with a range of plans and programs designed to support the physical, mental, and financial wellness of employees and their dependents. We suggest learning more about our benefits! (Spoiler alert: we’re closed the last two weeks of December).

We also ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation for the interview process. Email [e-mail] to request accommodation.

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TNTP is anequal employment opportunity employer committed to maintaining a non-discriminatory work environment. TNTP does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employmenton the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, arrest record, conviction record, or any other personal characteristic protected by applicable law. This policy covers all programs, services, policies, and procedures of TNTP, including recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, and administering all personnel actions, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs or terminations.

Applicants for employment with TNTP must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S.