VP, IT Applications

Blue Yonder Title

Vice President, IT Applications

Location:

US - Remote

***Ability to travel up to 25% depending on location***

Overview:

Blue Yonder is seeking a VP IT Applications. This position will be reporting into the Chief Information Officer and will lead, with a team, all aspects of Application Delivery, Data Management, Business Application and Data Strategies including Business Transformation, Cognitive and Generative AI.

Scope:

Responsible for leading all aspects of configuration, development and support for internally created or vendor supplied application software, including the development methodologies, technologies (language and support tools), development, testing hardware/software environments, change and configuration management and management of the application staff and project workload.  This position will also be responsible for coordinating with all lines of business on their application requirements.

What you will do:

• The VP Applications will interface closely and develop strong partnerships with internal stakeholders, executive leadership, internal department heads, vendors and partners.
• Accountable for performance, relationships, contracts and cost structures pertaining to delivery of technology solutions supporting our internal business.  
• The ideal candidate is a self-starter with strong technical and business acumen which placed equal balance on business enablement and customer service.
• Continuous improvement of existing processes and solutions with an innovative mindset that will lead to efficiencies, increased compliance and reduction in overall support needs via automation.
• This global role will lead resources across all geographic regions while driving a cultural shift to DevOps and Agile delivery.
• Partner with C-suite and their direct leadership teams to create a robust Business Capability and Enterprise Application roadmaps. Drives awareness, marketing of the roadmap and supporting projects while aligning with overall corporate objectives. Take the abstract of this roadmap down to threads of executional framework.
• Aligns with key stakeholders to refine business cases and success criteria for emerging projects, ensuring that initiatives align with technical roadmaps while delivering anticipated ROI.
• Oversee the success of Application Development projects in alignment with Enterprise portfolio and integrated with Blue Yonder short term and long-term goals.
• Work closely with cross functional teams to understand current and future requirements; suggest solutions and alternatives – Transformation of business processes through technology.
• Routinely engages with external resources, peers and partners to bring innovative, external best practice ideas to all areas of Blue Yonder business.
• Implementation of standards, methods, and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the precision and reliability of applications, software, data and other technology solutions.
• Establish and operationalize business value driven metrics, operational metrics and SLAs to support reliable, efficient operating capabilities.
• Manage large programs, capital and operating budgets.
• Ensure Application Development initiatives and projects are well executed, striving to make and meet commitments while measuring ROI realization.
• Cultivate a deep breadth of team leadership and technical talent to deliver results and support future growth with business continuity and succession in mind.
• Able to attract, develop and retain talent while building high performing software development teams.
• Able to foster a Say/Do culture, one of transparency, a sense of purpose among the team and stakeholders while establishing clear accountabilities and metrics.

What we are looking for:

• BA/BS or MS degree in computer science, engineering, applied math; advanced degree preferred Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field preferred
• 15+ years of senior leadership experience, preferable working with technologies within the SaaS and High-tech industries.
• 10 Years+ experience in CRM, CLM, L2C, HRIS platforms is a must.
• Prior experience with Workday, Salesforce, Microsoft Azure, ServiceNow, Snowflake is required
• A minimum of 5 years working in the High-tech industry.
• Has successfully led development and delivery of multiple complex business technology solutions into production that have achieved or surpassed business goals.
• Experience developing and supporting mission critical applications optimized to run in the cloud or virtualized environments.
• Deep knowledge of data architecture, system architecture, technical design, system and software development technology.