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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Director, Corporate Application Services - **Company:** Covista View all jobs - **Location:** Plainfield, IL, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $100,172.0 - $181,035.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Application Portfolio Management, Application Services, Human Resources Information System (HRIS), Data Streaming, Systems Integration, Data Strategy, Information Technology, Enterprise Integration, Data Management - **Published:** September 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/us420f1ec9cad4eb93e004d0728c092f5e/eaa ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Business, or a related field. Required. * Master's degree in information technology, Business Administration, or related discipline. Preferred. * Ten (10) years of progressive IT experience, including leadership of enterprise or corporate application portfolios and complex technology delivery. Specific experience with large-scale ERP & HCM system implementation required. * Five (5) plus years of people leadership and managerial experience, including responsibility for teams, budgets, vendors, and cross-functional delivery. * Demonstrated portfolio leadership across ERP/Finance, HRIS/HCM, Legal, Corporate Affairs, and related corporate applications. * Demonstrated ability to lead people and influence outcomes across shared, matrixed, and cross-functional teams. * Experience leading complex, multi-year enterprise transformation initiatives involving technology implementation and business process redesign, specifically in ERP and HCM. * Strong operational leadership across service ownership, incident and problem management, platform administration, vendor management, risk, and compliance awareness. * Strong understanding of enterprise integrations, APIs, AI, workflow, data management & reporting, and scalable application architecture. * Executive presence and consultative business partnership skills, with the ability to communicate strategy, risks, tradeoffs, and investment needs clearly. * Strong financial, procurement, contract, project, program, and resource-management capabilities. * Excellent written and oral communication skills, sound judgment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a complex enterprise environment. ## Description Covista is a national leader in post-secondary education and a leading provider of professional talent to the healthcare industry. The Director, Corporate Application Services is the technology delivery and operational leader for Covista's corporate application portfolio. This role provides end-to-end accountability for the execution, integration, operational health, and sustainable support of enterprise platforms supporting Home Office functions. The Director leads people, vendors, platforms, and shared-services engagement; translates business portfolio priorities into an executable technology roadmap; and ensures major initiatives transition successfully into durable operations. The portfolio encompasses enterprise-wide capabilities including ERP/Finance, HRIS/HCM, Legal, and Corporate Affairs. Corporate Applications Portfolio Leadership: * Provide technology delivery and operational accountability across the corporate application portfolio, including ERP/Finance, HRIS/HCM, Legal, and Corporate Affairs. * Translate portfolio strategy, roadmaps, and priorities into a sustainable execution and support model, partnering closely with business and digital leaders. * Integrate initiative delivery with ongoing application support so new capabilities transition into stable, supportable operations. People and Cross-Functional Leadership: * Attract, develop, and lead high-performing teams responsible for application delivery and operational support; establish clear goals, priorities, accountability, and succession readiness. * Influence across shared teams and coordinate engagement among Core Tech, development, data and analytics, shared services, vendors, and named program leads. * Create a collaborative, service-oriented culture that balances business responsiveness, technical discipline, and operational sustainability. Business Transformation and Delivery Leadership: * Lead the technology execution of complex, multi-year enterprise initiatives that combine platform implementation, integration, data, and business process redesign. * Establish delivery governance, decision paths, dependency management, risk escalation, and visibility across initiatives while preserving named accountability for major programs. * Partner with business leaders and delivery teams to assess options, define practical implementation approaches, and sequence work based on value, readiness, risk, and capacity. Operational Excellence: * Own service health and operational performance for corporate applications, including incident and problem management, platform administration, support transition, continuity, and continuous improvement. * Strengthen repeatable support practices, platform knowledge, controls, documentation, and service ownership across the portfolio. * Maintain appropriate awareness of enterprise risk, security, privacy, compliance, audit, and data-governance requirements; partner with accountable functions to address gaps and manage remediation. Integration, Automation, and Data Strategy: * Guide enterprise integration, API, AI, workflow, and data-management approaches that connect corporate platforms and reduce fragmented solutions. * Promote scalable architecture, reliable data flows, appropriate reuse, and clear ownership across enterprise systems and shared capabilities. * Ensure technical decisions support interoperability, maintainability, security, and long-term portfolio sustainability. Executive Business Partnership and Financial Leadership: * Build trusted, consultative relationships with executives and functional leaders; communicate technology choices, risks, tradeoffs, investment needs, and delivery status with clarity. * Prepare and administer budgets, oversee procurement and contracting, manage vendors, and apply disciplined cost-benefit thinking to investments and priorities. * Align the corporate application strategy and operating plan with Covista IT and Digital priorities, enterprise objectives, and evolving business needs. * Performs other duties as assigned. * Complies with all policies and standards. ## Related Videos - [It's all about the Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/425-it-s-all-about-the-data) - [Empowering People in a Digital World: HR’s Next Big Chapter](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1813-empowering-people-in-a-digital-world-hr-s-next-big-chapter) - [Hacking Your Vacation: Using Data for Fun](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/585-hacking-your-vacation-using-data-for-fun) - [Python-Based Data Streaming Pipelines Within Minutes](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1233-python-based-data-streaming-pipelines-within-minutes) - [How to govern Vibe Coding for the Enterprise](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100290-how-to-govern-vibe-coding-for-the-enterprise) - [Data Governance in the Era of AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1622-data-governance-in-the-era-of-ai) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [System change: restart as developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/39-system-change-restart-as-developer) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Best Paying Jobs in Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/256-best-paying-jobs-in-technology) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers)