Job Title:  Senior Manager, Global IT and Business Applications

This is a hands-on leadership role to shape the Atlas technology roadmap, rationalize and modernize the application environment, improve business processes, and work directly with business and division leadership. The role will lead a global IT team and service providers while maintaining accountability for reliable and secure site IT operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Applications

• Rationalize the application portfolio by identifying duplication, unsupported or outdated systems, and opportunities to consolidate, replace, or retire applications.
• Lead application upgrades, replacements, integrations, cloud or SaaS transitions, and other modernization initiatives.
• Improve business processes through applications, data, integration, automation, and approved AI tools.
• Select and manage software vendors and implementation partners.

Business Leadership

• Serve as the primary IT partner to Atlas leadership and global sites.
• Set priorities with the business based on value, operational needs, risk, and capacity.
• Develop and manage the Atlas technology roadmap, annual IT plan, and budget.
• Build and present business cases for technology investments.

IT Operations and Controls

• Own service levels, operational escalations, and provider performance.
• Ensure reliable and secure infrastructure, network, and end-user services across Atlas locations.
• Ensure IT general controls, access reviews, software approvals, and audit and SOX requirements are managed.
• Maintain clear ownership and follow-through for critical incidents, vulnerabilities, business continuity, and disaster recovery.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science, business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Eight or more years of progressive IT experience, including leadership of ERP and business applications.
• Experience in an industrial or discrete manufacturing company with global, multi-site operations.
• Working knowledge of end-to-end business processes in ERP, such as quote-to-cash, procure-to-pay, plan-to-produce, and service.
• Experience leading at least one ERP upgrade, replacement, integration, or major application initiative through go-live, with hands-on involvement in requirements, testing, and issue resolution.
• Experience partnering with cross-functional teams to set priorities and influence decisions.
• Experience managing service levels, escalations, critical incidents, and provider performance.
• Experience leading IT employees and service providers across multiple sites, including at least one location outside the US.
• Experience owning IT general controls and SOX compliance in a public or SOX-compliant company.
• Working knowledge of infrastructure, networking, and cybersecurity, sufficient to oversee them and hold providers accountable.
• Basic proficiency in deploying AI, RPA and other automation tools
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-marking, work quality, and to reduce costs.  The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.