We’re seeking a driven, organized, and curious IT applications leader to join our team. This role owns the management and enhancement of our enterprise-wide application stack, consisting of Saas products and proprietary applications in multiple development languages. This role will manage a team of technical and functional resources, internal and external, to create value in our organization through application enhancements, AI-focused initiatives, and comprehensive application redesign projects.

This highly visible role interfaces with executive leaders and end users and will own key stakeholder relationships across the business.

The ideal candidate has experience leading software development teams, owning AI-enablement initiatives, and collaborating with business stakeholders for highly technical projects. They thrive in environments where accountability and autonomy are high. This role is a player-coach type role, blending people and application leadership with individual contribution.

This role will collaborate with colleagues at all levels of the organization and embody our core values—THREAD: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Excellence, Accountability, and Drive.

- People Management & Cultural Leadership – 30%
- Application Portfolio Management – 40%




- Functional and/or Technical Contribution – 30%

Mandatory Skills and Experience

- 2-5 years in a technical or functional IT role focused on management or enhancement of Saas applications
- Experience in a wholesale distribution or manufacturing organization, preferably industrial
- Executive leadership engagement and communication
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Critical and strategic thinking, judgement
- Experience with broad-scale IT change management initiatives
- Working knowledge of generative and agentic AI systems
- Performance management, coaching, and feedback
- Management of consultants and contractors utilizing various contract terms
- Experience working with colleagues and vendors from different cultural backgrounds
- JIRA, Microsoft Office, Boomi, on premise SQL servers, EDI, SFTP/FTP, GitLab
- Experience using and implementing generative and agentic AI tools

Highly Desired Skills and Experience

- NetSuite, Epicor Tableau, on prem MSSQL, Smartsheets, Manage Engine, Tools Group, Avalara
- Java, JavaScript, .NET development experience
- Agile, scrum, waterfall methodology management

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