Job Title: VP of Enterprise Applications - Laboratory
Information Management System
Location: San Antonio, TX 78216, or Melville NY 11747
Perm/FTE Role
Job Summary
Looking for technical Leader who have done large scale
enterprise applications.
The VP will lead many projects including:
- Data warehouse and centralization of data, data cleansing, taking
multiple data systems and merging them into one
- 3rd party application implementation and configuration - they don't do a lot
of home grown building of apps, they use 3rd party apps and customize them
- LIMS experience is critical - Labware and LabVantage
- Salesforce configuration
- Great Plains
- Develop enterprise applications and platform
Job Description
VP of Enterprise Applications
Job Summary:
- The
VP of Enterprise Applications (EA) will provide technology vision and
leadership for the strategy and management of all company platforms
including LIMS, ERP, CRM along with Business Intelligence and
reporting.
- The
VP of EA will provide leadership and expertise in systems architect,
analyzing business requirements, developing application initiatives, and
managing a growing backlog of tasks for the engineering team.
- In
this key role, you will be charged with helping to build a technology
organization focused on delivering state-of-the-art technology solutions.
- The
ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and will interface with
the engineering teams and broader business alike to align business
priorities with technical initiatives.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Lead
and manage the Applications Development team through changing work
requirements and priorities, demanding deadlines, operational crisis
situations, as well as being able to keep pace with multiple concurrent
priorities.
- Develop
a 3-year roadmap for all key systems and achieve results that have
cross-functional, cross-district and System impact.
- Lead
and deliver complex software projects to business specifications on time
and within budget.
- Drive
communication consensus with key internal and external customers, ELT and
Board regarding applications.
- Make
decisions regarding the selection of new tools and technologies, adopting
a strategic approach that aligns with the long-term roadmap.
- Ensure
support teams follow best practices and agile methodologies.
- Identify
and mitigate risks related to application development, delivery, and
operations.
- Implement
strategies to ensure data security and compliance with relevant
regulations.
- Establish
and implement quality assurance and testing processes to ensure the
reliability and performance of applications.
- Lead
the establishment and continual improvement of application performance
metrics to measure health and status of critical systems.
- Collaborate
with multi-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of IT solutions
across the enterprise.
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s
degree in Computer Science or related degree. Master’s degree
preferred.
- 15
years of demonstratable experience in an application leadership role.
- Minimum
of 10 years’ experience managing a diverse and large applications team.
- Experiences
managing LabVantage and LabWare LIMS platforms, Great Plains ERP, and
Salesforce CRM.
- Transformational
and consolidation experience a strong plus.
- Experience
managing off-shore development and support teams.
- Software
architecture background with various systems: reporting, finance,
databases, custom applications etc.
- Has
a cloud-first approach, background in cloud architecture and modernizing
applications by migrating from on-prem to cloud.
Language Skills:
- Read,
analyze and interpret general IT instruction, applications or business
periodicals
- Write
reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
- Ability
to effectively present information and respond to questions from
employees, managers and potentially clients and customers
- Write
and follow procedures to make sure tasks are completed correctly
- Ability
to troubleshoot and work with local and remote users to successfully
resolve issues
