Director of Enterprise Applications

Job Summary

Provides leadership for the Enterprise Applications department and oversees daily operations that include management of third-party enterprise applications, administrative systems, departmental staff, and department budget. Establishes an iterative secure software development process that supports building or purchasing enterprise applications. Promotes innovation and serves as the College's liaison for Enterprise Applications for internal and external stakeholders. Establishes metrics for monitoring performance and develops and executes a continuous improvement plan.

Essential Functions

• Maintain strong relationships with leaders across the College; participate in the College's IT governance process
• Create a strategy that aligns enterprise applications with the needs of the College
• Prioritize enterprise application projects and use project management best practices to execute projects
• Implement an iterative software development process that creates value for the College
• Maintain an enterprise application portfolio, manage the department's budget, and determine the feasibility of new projects
• Ensure quality control and assurance of department processes, IT service management best practices, software engineering, and other policies, standards, and procedures
• Coordinate a plan for communicating changes to the college community
• Innovate and integrate enterprise applications to meet the needs of the College
• Use information security best practices when building, buying, and maintaining enterprise applications
• Direct the work and priorities of the enterprise applications team
• Serve as the College's enterprise applications liaison for internal and external stakeholders
• Use an iterative software development process to maintain enterprise applications throughout the life of the applications
• Coordinate the purchasing process and ongoing contract management for enterprise applications
• Implement a continuous improvement plan utilizing metrics
• Perform other duties as assigned.