Consultant Application Rationalization

• Lead structured 2-week Application Rationalization (ART) sprints through four phases:

• Discovery Application landscape mapping
• Rationalization Cost, contract, overlap, and risk analysis
• Disposition Decision
• Actionability Assessment

• Assign disposition outcomes for each application:

• Keep & Invest
• Contain
• Consolidate
• Replace
• Retire

• Enforce mandatory sprint exit criteria:

• Documented disposition decision
• Named application owner
• Defined next step (Execute / Defer / Close)
• Recorded risks and assumptions

• Measure sprint performance based on decisions completed, not applications reviewed.

Portfolio Analysis & Procurement Partnership

• Partner with Procurement teams to map the enterprise application contract landscape, including licensing, renewals, and vendor consolidation opportunities.
• Perform portfolio assessments across:

• Total Cost of Ownership (license, support, infrastructure)
• Application utilization and business value
• Functional redundancy and overlap
• Risk posture and compliance exposure
• Contractual positioning

• Maintain accurate application inventory by enriching CMDB/APM data with lifecycle information.
• Identify consolidation opportunities and support technical debt remediation initiatives.

Stakeholder Engagement & Governance

• Collaborate with global application owners and business stakeholders to validate assumptions, data accuracy, and business impact.
• Facilitate alignment on complex disposition decisions across organizational boundaries.
• Present concise, executive-ready recommendations to leadership teams, governance forums, and Architecture Review Boards (ARBs).
• Participate in weekly intake triage to prioritize and route work into ART pipelines, DART queues, delegated decisions, or backlog.

ATLAS Continuous Improvement

• Support maturation of ATLAS intake processes, sprint cadence, and rationalization methodologies.
• Establish enterprise application lifecycle standards and governance practices.
• Contribute to reporting on portfolio health metrics, rationalization velocity, and cost avoidance outcomes.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years of experience in:

• Enterprise Architecture
• Application Portfolio Management (APM)
• IT Strategy or Technology Transformation

• Proven success delivering enterprise-scale application rationalization initiatives.
• Strong understanding of rationalization frameworks such as Gartner TIME or equivalent disposition models.
• Expertise in:

• Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis
• Business value scoring
• Multi-dimensional portfolio assessment across large environments (500+ applications).

• Experience partnering with Procurement on licensing optimization, vendor consolidation, and contract alignment.
• Working knowledge of enterprise portfolio tools (e.g., ServiceNow APM/CMDB).
• Experience leading or coordinating globally distributed teams.
• Excellent communication and executive presentation skills with the ability to translate complex portfolios into decision-ready recommendations.
• Proven ability to operate in fast-paced, time-boxed delivery environments., * Experience supporting large-scale IT transformation programs, carve-outs, or TSA/separation initiatives.
• TOGAF certification or equivalent enterprise architecture experience.
• Familiarity with cloud migration assessment frameworks (e.g., 6R migration model) supporting disposition decisions.

Core Competencies

• Application Portfolio Rationalization
• Enterprise Architecture Strategy
• Technology Governance
• Vendor & License Optimization
• Stakeholder Management
• Agile Sprint Leadership
• Data-Driven Decision Making