Director of Application Services - Kforce Inc.
South Bend, IN 46628
About the Job
- Author and communicate the IT application mission and goals that align with the business objectives and strategy of the company
- Develop and implement the IT application and information roadmap that involves needed resources, budget, and governance framework, ensuring the optimal use of people, effort, and compliance
- Manage and rationalize the application portfolio and other enterprise business applications, ensuring their availability, performance, security, and scalability
- Supervise, mentor, and build-out a team of systems analysts, programmers, and IT specialists, providing guidance, coaching, and feedback
- Evaluate and monitor the application portfolio, identifying opportunities for improvement, innovation, and transformation
- Manage the troubleshooting and resolution of any issues or problems with the applications
- Establish and enforce information governance policies and standards for the application portfolio, ensuring data quality, integrity, accuracy, and consistency
- Lead and support information governance initiatives and projects, such as quality assessment, lineage mapping, cataloging, classification, etc.
- Coordinate with the information governance council and other information governance roles to ensure alignment and collaboration on governance objectives and activities
- Promote information governance awareness and education across the organization and foster a data-driven culture
- Plan the maintenance and support of legacy applications that are large, monolithic, and difficult to modify, ensuring their compatibility with new business requirements and processes
- Lead legacy transformation projects that migrate legacy applications to more modern platforms, such as cloud-based solutions, using automated migration tools or refactoring techniques
Requirements:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
- At least 10 years of leadership experience, preferably in an electronic component, distribution and/or manufacturing environment
- Experience in implementing and managing information governance programs and projects
- Experience in managing legacy applications that are large, monolithic, or based on outdated technologies
- Experience in leading legacy transformation projects that migrate legacy applications to more modern platforms, such as cloud-based solutions
- Experience in ensuring the quality, performance, security, and scalability of transformed applications on new platforms
- Experience in any of the following: knowledge of Sales, Enterprise Resource Planning, HRIS, Middleware, and other enterprise applications, such as Microsoft Dynamics, Iptor ASW (preferred), Infor, Epicor, Boomi, etc. - not all of them are required
- Proficient in application programming, administration, and support tools and methodologies
- Proficient in automated migration tools or refactoring techniques to transform legacy applications
- Capacity to oversee the implementation of major application initiatives that advance a business transformation program while maintaining a legacy environment that continues to run the company
- Experience working in manufacturing or distribution (it can be any industry as long as the core area is manufacturing or distribution)
The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.
This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.