Sr Manager - IT Appl Dev
United Airlines
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United Airlines is seeking a Senior Manager of Application Development to lead the Corporate Finance Systems portfolio. You will drive finance transformation and ERP modernization, shape multi-year roadmaps, and ensure scalable, reliable platform operations.
You will partner with Finance, IT, and vendors to translate priorities into executable plans and measurable outcomes. You will manage production support for finance apps, govern ERP and reporting platforms, and communicate status, risks, and
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Engineering, Finance, or related field.
- 7+ years in application development, ERP modernization, or finance tech delivery.
- 3+ years in a leadership role managing cross-functional teams or vendors.
- Experience delivering finance transformation, including process modernization and data readiness.
- Proven experience leading full lifecycle ERP implementations such as Oracle Fusion, Oracle EBS, Workday, or SAP.
- Experience across delivery and support for enterprise finance apps; exposure to EPM, planning, reporting, and data integration helpful.
- Ability to work with senior finance stakeholders and tech leaders to define priorities and drive outcomes.
- Experience managing delivery, production support, release planning, and continuous improvement.
- Strong understanding of ERP-enabled finance transformation and core finance processes.
- Knowledge of ERP/EPM configuration, data quality, security, testing, and production support.
- Strong leadership to set direction, develop talent, and manage vendor delivery teams.
- Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication.
Responsibilities
- Lead finance transformation and ERP modernization initiatives across scope, schedule, budget, and risk.
- Ensure stable production support, issue resolution, release readiness, and continuous service improvement for finance apps.
- Provide clear status, risk, and decision updates to senior IT and business leadership.
- Govern ERP, EPM, reporting, reconciliation, close, data, and integration platforms.
- Guide solution design, data readiness, security, testing, and handoffs with architects and vendors.
- Build trusted relationships with finance, vendors, and technology partners; translate complex topics for executives.
- Drive alignment across stakeholders with competing priorities through problem solving.
- Manage priorities, resources, budgets, forecasts, and vendor commitments across workstreams.
- Ensure delivery standards in Agile, QA, security, and architecture; drive continuous improvement.
- Lead and develop high-performing teams and hold vendors accountable.
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The Senior Manager of Application Development will lead a Corporate Finance Systems portfolio focused on finance transformation, business process modernization, scalable application delivery, and reliable platform operations. The role partners closely with Finance, DT, enterprise architecture, data, security, and vendor teams to translate business priorities into executable technology roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
This leader brings strong experience delivering finance transformation initiatives in complex ERP environments, including ERP implementation or modernization, process redesign, data readiness, reporting enablement, operating model alignment, change adoption, and stabilization of critical finance capabilities.
The role requires a balance of strategic thinking and operational follow-through: shaping multi-year plans, leading complex delivery, managing production support for finance applications, influencing senior stakeholders, and presenting clearly to executive audiences.
Success in this role depends on strong leadership, interpersonal credibility, sound judgment, and the ability to build high‑performing teams that deliver with quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Lead the technology roadmap for finance transformation, ERP modernization, process redesign, reporting, data readiness, integrations, and long‑term scalability
- Partner with Finance and DT leadership to align business outcomes, funding, sequencing, and execution priorities
- Identify opportunities to simplify finance processes, strengthen controls, improve data flow, and enable automation or analytics
- Own delivery of finance transformation and finance technology initiatives across scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and business readiness
- Ensure stable production support, issue resolution, release readiness, and continuous service improvement for critical finance and ERP‑related applications.
- Provide clear status, risk, decision, and performance updates to senior IT and business leadership
- Provide governance across ERP, EPM, reporting, reconciliation, close, data, integration, and supporting finance platforms
- Guide solution design, legacy coexistence, integration decisions, data readiness, security, testing, and operational handoffs
- Work with architects, product SMEs, vendors, and finance stakeholders to evaluate options and manage trade‑offs
- Build trusted relationships with Finance, business process owners, vendors, and technology partners
- Translate complex business and technical topics into clear recommendations, executive‑ready presentations, decisions, and change enablement plans
- Drive alignment across stakeholders with competing priorities through strong interpersonal skills and practical problem solving
- Manage priorities, resource planning, vendor commitments, budgets, forecasts, business case updates, risks, and status reporting across transformation workstreams
- Coordinate internal and external dependencies to ensure committed outcomes are delivered with transparency and accountability
- Ensure Agile, QA, security, architecture, release, and operational standards are followed consistently
- Drive continuous improvement in delivery effectiveness, application reliability, integration patterns, reporting, and data controls
- Lead and develop high‑performing teams, set clear goals and operating rhythms, and manage vendor accountability
- Build the skills, capacity, and ownership model needed to support finance transformation and long‑term platform sustainment
- Bachelor's degree Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Finance or related field
- 7+ years of experience in application development, ERP implementation/modernization,enterprise systems implementation, or finance technology platform delivery
- 3+ years in a leadership role managing cross‑functional teams, vendor partners, or complex technology initiatives
- Experience delivering finance transformation initiatives, including process modernization, data readiness, reporting enablement, operating model changes, change adoption, and stabilization
- Proven experience supporting or leading full lifecycle ERP implementations or major ERP modernization efforts, such as Oracle Fusion, Oracle EBS, Workday, SAP, or similar enterprise platforms
- Experience managing enterprise finance applications across delivery and support; exposure to EPM, planning, reporting, reconciliation, close, data, or integration platforms is helpful
- Experience working directly with senior finance stakeholders and technology leaders to define priorities, manage trade‑offs, and drive business outcomes
- Experience managing application delivery and production support responsibilities, including issue escalation, release planning, service performance, and continuous improvement
- Strong understanding of ERP‑enabled finance transformation and core finance processes, including procure‑to‑pay, record‑to‑report, planning/forecasting, accounting close, reporting, and financial controls
- Knowledge of enterprise finance application management, including ERP/EPM configuration or enhancements, integrations, data quality, security/access, testing, releases, and production support
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to set direction, develop talent, hold teams accountable, and manage vendor delivery teams effectively
- Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust and influence senior business and technology leaders
- Strong executive communication and presentation skills; able to simplify complex information and communicate clear options, recommendations, risks, and decisions
- Understanding of enterprise architecture principles, integration patterns, data governance, scalability, security, and maintainability
- Hands‑on experience with Agile delivery, DevOps practices, QA discipline, and operational performance management
- Ability to balance strategic roadmap development with disciplined execution, issue resolution, and day‑to‑day operational follow‑through
- Master's degree Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Finance or related field
- Experience supporting ERP coexistence between legacy finance platforms and modern finance technology solutions
- Experience with both on‑prem and cloud‑based ERP or enterprise finance platforms
- Experience with finance applications such as Oracle EPM, Anaplan, or comparable platforms supporting planning, forecasting, financial close, reconciliation, reporting, or enterprise data management
- Experience presenting program status, risks, roadmaps, and recommendations to senior leadership or steering committees
- Demonstrates an understanding of the capabilities and limitations of generative AI tools and effectively leverages them for research, analysis, content creation, and problem solving. Applies critical thinking to validate AI‑generated outputs while adhering to company policies related to responsible AI use, data privacy, and security
The base pay range for this role is $140,600.00 to $183,108.00.
The base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long‑term incentive compensation awards.
You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges.
United Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law. We provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request an accommodation, contact JobAccommodations@united.com
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