Job Description
The Applications Manager oversees application strategies and project initiatives, ensuring team performance and alignment with business goals. This role includes leadership and subject matter oversight of enterprise platforms, with a strong emphasis on Workday and UKG, supporting their implementation, optimization, and ongoing performance. This individual plans, manages, directs, and coordinates all activities to ensure a stable information environment, efficient workflows, and responsiveness to clinical, research, and educational operational needs. Drives optimization of applications, including Workday and UKG, to achieve enterprise goals for patient safety, workforce effectiveness, and quality health outcomes across the continuum. Cost effectively manages projects and analyst workloads to ensure timely implementation, effective resource utilization, and alignment with enterprise strategic and operational priorities. Develops and implements policies, procedures, and processes that support transparency, engagement, collaboration, and innovation in system design, particularly within HRIS and workforce management platforms. Monitors maintenance and performance of supported applications, including Workday and UKG, and reports critical issues and needs to leadership. Facilitates building, planning, problem solving, and prioritization discussions with application teams, information technology specialists, clinicians, and leadership to ensure alignment and successful delivery of enterprise initiatives.
