Job Description

IT Applications Manager

Location: Glasgow | Full Time | Permanent

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced

IT Applications Manager

to join a dynamic and growing organisation. Reporting to the Group IT Director, you will be responsible for managing the enterprise applications landscape, ensuring the effective deployment, maintenance, and support of business-critical systems.


This role will lead a geographically dispersed team and oversee vendor relationships while driving system improvements, ensuring application reliability, and delivering high levels of user satisfaction.


You will play a key role in shaping the organisations future applications landscape, contributing to digital transformation initiatives and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and develop a multi-location Applications team responsible for ERP and other key business applications. Collaborate with the Enterprise Architecture team to review and optimise the applications landscape. Simplify a complex applications environment while supporting critical business requirements. Manage the full lifecycle of key business applications, ensuring their availability, reliability, and performance. Oversee application-related budgets and vendor relationships. Partner with the IT Project Management Office to plan and coordinate application-related projects and changes. Ensure the Applications team meets service level targets and delivers high colleague satisfaction. Act as a key contact for internal stakeholders and external vendors regarding applications. Ensure application security, compliance, and alignment with IT governance. Stay informed about emerging technologies and assess opportunities for business improvement.

Skills & Experience

Essential:

Proven experience in an IT applications management or leadership role. Experience leading multi-geographical teams. Strong knowledge of enterprise applications and ERP solutions. Experience in digital transformation, including cloud and SaaS migration. Solid understanding of application integration and cloud technologies. Proven project management skills. Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Desirable:

Experience within regulated industries, ideally life sciences. Exposure to M&A activities and the associated systems integration.

If you are an experienced IT Applications Manager looking to lead impactful projects in a supportive and evolving environment, we would love to hear from you