Senior ERP & Enterprise Apps Leader - Modernization

Washington Penn

Washington (Washington County)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Washington Penn seeks a Senior Manager, ERP & Enterprise Applications to provide strategic leadership for the organization’s ERP platform and modernization initiatives. This role defines the strategy and roadmap, ensuring reliability, security, and alignment with long-term business objectives.

The Senior Manager will lead ERP modernization, govern application development, integrations, and SQL administration, and partner with business and technology leaders to drive measurable outcomes across

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
10+ years of progressive experience in ERP, enterprise applications, software engineering, or business systems leadership.
5+ years of experience leading technical, application, development, or enterprise technology teams.
Demonstrated experience leading major ERP implementations, upgrades, modernization programs, or enterprise application transformations.
Experience supporting complex ERP environments within manufacturing, industrial, supply chain, or other operationally intensive organizations.
Strong understanding of enterprise business processes, including manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, inventory, finance, and related operations.
Experience with application development, integrations, enterprise architecture, vendor management, and technology portfolio management.
Working knowledge of SQL Server and database administration, including performance, high availability, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and security.
Demonstrated ability to develop technology strategies, manage significant investments, and communicate effectively with executive leadership.
Strong leadership, organizational change, stakeholder management, financial management, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the enterprise applications and ERP strategy, roadmap, and multi-year modernization plan.
Lead the evaluation and modernization of legacy ERP capabilities, applications, integrations, and supporting technologies.
Develop business cases, investment recommendations, and implementation strategies for major ERP and enterprise application initiatives.
Balance operational stability, technical debt reduction, business demand, and long-term transformation priorities.
Identify opportunities to simplify and standardize business processes, improve data quality, increase automation, and reduce manual or redundant activities.
Evaluate emerging technologies, automation, and analytics, to improve business capabilities and operational performance.
Lead and develop teams responsible for ERP development, application support, business analysis, integrations, and SQL database administration.
Establish portfolio governance processes to evaluate, prioritize, fund, and sequence technology investments.
Ensure effective management of application demand, project portfolios, development backlogs, resource capacity, and delivery commitments.
Monitor delivery performance and establish corrective actions when projects, programs, or operational services are at risk.
Partner with technical leaders to establish appropriate application architecture, engineering standards, integration strategies, and modernization practices.