Head of Engineering Enterprise Apps & Strategy

Allison Transmission; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

HSA contribution

Dental & Vision

Parental Leave

Disability

Tuition assistance

401K with company match

PTO + holidays

Job summary

Allison Transmission is seeking a senior IT leader to drive the strategy and execution for Engineering Systems. You will own the systems roadmap, lead transformation initiatives, and partner with executives to deliver measurable business value across global teams.

You will oversee the Enterprise Application portfolio, manage budgets around $12M/yr, and guide cross‑functional teams in ITIL‑driven, Agile environments while advancing security and compliance. Occasional travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, business administration or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in IT, with at least five years in a leadership role managing enterprise applications.
• Experience implementing large-scale IT projects.
• Experience with PLM, CAD, CAE and other business-critical applications.
• A master’s degree or MBA is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Strategy Management – Lead the development and execution of a comprehensive strategy for Engineering Systems that supports the strategic imperatives and objectives of the function. Define and own the systems roadmap.
• Transformation – Lead transformational opportunities that embrace innovation, drives continual service improvement and realizes measurable business value.
• Business engagement – Establish and maintain strong and productive relationships with the key business stakeholders to drive business value.
• End User Engagement – Establish and maintain intake mechanism for direct user feedback, including suggestions and issue escalations, for the global engineering population (~1000 users).
• Business Accountability – establish, maintain, report, and improve business-based KPIs with key engineering stakeholders to ensure value delivery
• Portfolio management – Manage the Engineering enterprise application portfolio to ensure current and future business requirements. Ensure opportunities are prioritized based on strategic alignment, total cost of ownership and risk. Actively assess the systems landscape for modernization, automation and rationalization.
• Center-Led Portfolio Management – Develop and manage processes to manage the lifecycle of citizen-developed applications and systems
• Operational excellence – Ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the enterprise applications following ITIL best practices. Implement and manage the development, deployment, maintenance and support of enterprise systems via Agile execution with defined KPI’s.
• Vendor management – Establish and maintain relationships with key strategic partners. Actively engage with sourcing and vendor management teams to strengthen our position when negotiating contracts.
• Risk and compliance – Ensure enterprise applications comply with all relevant laws, regulations and standards.
• Budget management – Develop and manage the budget for enterprise applications in coordination with the IT finance team.

Skills

Technical expertise

Leadership

Agile methodologies

Communication

Analytical skills

Budget management

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree or MBA

Tools

Teamcenter

SAP PLM

Siemens NX

Job description

Allison Transmission is seeking a senior IT leader to drive the strategy and execution for Engineering Systems. You will own the systems roadmap, lead transformation initiatives, and partner with executives to deliver measurable business value across global teams.

You will oversee the Enterprise Application portfolio, manage budgets around $12M/yr, and guide cross‑functional teams in ITIL‑driven, Agile environments while advancing security and compliance. Occasional travel may be required.