Senior Director, IT Product Management and Engineering

• Lead the strategy, planning, and governance of enterprise applications to align with the organization’s long-term business goals
• Build, manage, and own outcomes for the multi-year roadmap of strategic systems initiatives for enterprise applications, ensuring alignment with business priorities
• Develop and continuously evolve application strategies to drive growth, profitability, operational efficiency, and competitive differentiation in response to industry trends, emerging solutions, and evolving business needs
• Establish, maintain, and communicate the enterprise application roadmap
• partner with business units to prioritize initiatives, secure resources, and remove obstacles
• Drive end-to-end delivery of enterprise application initiatives, including change management across people, processes, and technology
• Oversee multiple concurrent projects and programs, ensuring they are executed on time, within scope, and with clear, measurable business impact
• Collaborate closely with functional owners, technology teams, and product leaders to influence architecture decisions and deliver secure, scalable, and intelligent solutions to address critical business challenges
• Set clear performance metrics (e.g., adoption, satisfaction, stability, ROI) for enterprise applications and regularly report on progress and outcomes to executive stakeholders
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team responsible for enterprise applications, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Partner with IT Business Operations, Security, and Finance on vendor selection, contract negotiations, licensing optimization, and risk management for enterprise application providers

• 10+ years of experience managing or owning enterprise applications in a complex business environment
• 5+ years of proven experience leading teams responsible for enterprise application portfolios (e.g., CRM, ERP, finance, or supply chain systems) in a mid- to large-scale organization
• Strong strategic and analytical problem-solving abilities, with a track record of designing and executing application strategies that deliver meaningful business outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders, secure alignment across diverse teams, and drive executive-level decisions
• Expertise in enterprise application governance, including standards and lifecycle management, and ensuring solutions are resilient, scalable, secure, and aligned with business needs
• Excellent communication skills, with experience presenting in executive forums and producing clear, compelling strategic recommendations and reports
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)

Preferred: experience working within companies with complex supply chain needs