Enterprise Applications & Integration Lead

Ports North; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Korn Ferry seeks a Lead Enterprise Applications Consultant to assess, design, and mature a growing enterprise application ecosystem across a rapidly scaling organization. This_ROLE provides strategic leadership and hands-on execution across enterprise applications, integration architecture, governance, vendor management, and technology road mapping.

The ideal candidate will build scalable application environments in high-growth, capital-intensive settings and establish a disciplined, integrated

Qualifications

• 10+ years leading enterprise applications and architecture.
• Experience conducting enterprise application assessments and delivering strategic recommendations.
• Strong background across ERP, EPM, HRIS, reporting, procurement, collaboration, and enterprise business applications.
• Deep experience with SaaS platforms, APIs, middleware, iPaaS solutions, identity management, and systems integration.
• Demonstrated success evaluating, selecting, implementing, and integrating enterprise applications.
• Experience building or maturing enterprise application functions within startup, transformation, carve‑out, or rapidly scaling environments.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to align business and technology priorities.
• Ability to translate evolving business requirements into scalable application architecture and roadmaps.
• Hands‑on technical leadership experience combined with strong strategic planning capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Conduct an enterprise‑wide assessment of business applications, processes, ownership models, and integration architecture.
• Partner with stakeholders across Finance, FP&A, HR, Procurement, Commercial Operations, Project Controls, and Executive Leadership to identify business requirements and future needs.
• Develop and execute an enterprise application strategy spanning ERP, EPM, HRIS, procurement, reporting, collaboration, data, and commercial systems.
• Establish application governance, lifecycle management, ownership structures, support models, and vendor management processes.
• Evaluate new technology requests and prevent fragmented or duplicative platforms from emerging across business functions.
• Lead application selection, integration, and modernization initiatives while ensuring business requirements drive technology decisions.
• Define enterprise integration standards leveraging APIs, middleware, iPaaS, identity management, and cloud-based platforms.
• Develop roadmaps that improve scalability, operational efficiency, reporting capabilities, and user adoption.
• Serve as a hands‑on leader capable of operating at both strategic and technical levels.

Skills

Leadership

Enterprise applications

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Hands-on leader

APIs

iPaaS

Cloud platforms

Vendor management

Roadmapping

Tools

ERP systems

EPM systems

HRIS platforms

APIs

Middleware

iPaaS

Identity management

Cloud platforms

DevOps tooling

Job description

Korn Ferry seeks a Lead Enterprise Applications Consultant to assess, design, and mature a growing enterprise application ecosystem across a rapidly scaling organization. This_ROLE provides strategic leadership and hands-on execution across enterprise applications, integration architecture, governance, vendor management, and technology road mapping.

The ideal candidate will build scalable application environments in high-growth, capital-intensive settings and establish a disciplined, integrated