Vice President of Enterprise Applications

Job title: Vice President of Enterprise Applications
Location: Chennai
Education: Bachelor’s / Master’s degree
Experience: 18 – 20 years

Roles & Responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise applications strategy and digital roadmap, ensuring alignment with the business objectives and priorities of the organization.
• Manage the full lifecycle of enterprise applications development, customization, integration, testing from planning and analysis to deployment and support.
• Establish and enforce best practices, standards, and methodologies for enterprise applications development, testing, quality assurance, security, and performance.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of enterprise applications professionals, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and customer satisfaction.
• Manage the budget, resources, and vendors for enterprise applications projects and initiatives, ensuring timely delivery and quality outcomes.
• Monitor and evaluate the performance, availability, and reliability of enterprise applications, ensuring compliance with service level agreements and regulatory requirements.
• Identify and resolve issues and risks related to enterprise applications, escalating as appropriate.
• Stay abreast of the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in enterprise applications, and evaluate and recommend innovative solutions and enhancements to meet the evolving needs of the organization.
• Communicate and present effectively the status, progress, and results of enterprise applications projects and initiatives to senior management and other stakeholders.
• Should have started and worked his/her career starting from Enterprise Application development, testing, deployment, and management, doing program management, delivery, and operation.
• Should have grown his/her career in this managing and supporting end to end enterprise application and grown at senior role.

Required and Desired skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field. Master’s degree preferred.
• Should have 18-20 years of experience in enterprise applications development, implementation, and management, with at least 8 years in a senior leadership role managing program, delivery and operation, application business requirement design and development, testing, development, and deployment.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering complex and large-scale enterprise applications projects on time, on budget, and on scope.
• Strong knowledge and experience in various enterprise applications platforms and technologies, such as various enterprise programming languages, API, integration and frameworks, ERP, CRM, BI, ETL, web services, cloud computing, etc.
• Excellent leadership, communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic, and collaborative environment.
• Ability to influence and negotiate with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Certifications in relevant enterprise applications technologies and methodologies are a plus.
• Must have experience in Java, .Net, DevOps, Python, Cloud, Microservices, SAP, Databases – MSSQL, MySQL or similar application development and maintenance.