IT Applications Manager

• Own ERP implementation programs from discovery through deployment and stabilization:
• Document “as-is” processes and workflows end-to-end
• Partner with the business to design “to-be” processes
• Support ERP evaluation/selection (including options that may sit on/around Microsoft Dynamics)
• Lead implementation execution, governance, and cross-functional coordination
• Drive change adoption and stakeholder alignment (not just task tracking)
• Coordinate critical phases requiring presence (deployments, key milestones, UAT)
• Serve as the applications leader for a key business area-future application changes/updates flow through this role.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with business leaders and executive sponsors; communicate risks, tradeoffs, costs, and options clearly.
• Ensure application lifecycle discipline across strategize, architect, select, deploy, operate, evolve, and retire, with attention to reliability, access, and security.
• Identify when third-party support is needed and help oversee vendor selection and engagement.

What Success Looks Like (and What You Must Bring)

• You have owned major ERP implementations-not just supported a PMO, facilitated standups, or played a Scrum Master-only role.
• You can speak credibly about the realities of implementation pressure points (scope decisions, process conflict, adoption resistance, data, cutover, controls, downstream reporting impacts) because you’ve been accountable for outcomes.
• You operate as a business-facing implementation leader: you can lead process conversations, gain alignment, drive decisions, and keep delivery moving.
• You’re comfortable stepping into an IT leadership seat-partnering with executives, carrying influence, and managing competing priorities across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Strong track record leading large, cross-functional programs with full project teams, clear governance, and measurable delivery.

Preferred / Nice-to-Haves

• Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) experience (strong plus)
• ERP experience in manufacturing and/or operational environments
• Background in process improvement approaches (Lean, Six Sigma) is helpful, especially for documentation and optimization phases

Do you have experience in Software implementation?

Pulled from the full job description

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance, A growing organization is expanding its IT leadership team and hiring two (2) senior-level IT Applications Managers to help drive a make-or-break ERP transformation. This hybrid, permanent role offers up to $185k plus bonus based on experience and comprehensive benefits. This role is for someone who has personally owned ERP implementations end-to-end-from the moment work enters the system through downstream accounting/reporting outputs-acting as a true “right hand” to a key internal leader and bringing a high level of project ownership and accountability.

The initial focus is a major ERP implementation, with multiple additional enterprise initiatives expected to follow; this hire also supports longer-term succession planning as the team evolves., * Up to 15 days PTO to start

• Medical, Dental, Vision included
• 401(k): 3.5% match, fully vested immediately
• and more!, * 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance