Director of IT Applications Portfolio and Mergers and Acquisitions

7 days ago

Katy, Texas, United States U.S. Silica Full time

The Director of IT Applications Portfolio and Mergers and Acquisitions will be responsible for leading the IT Applications organization through periods of significant change and building a high-performing organization and technology portfolio that can support the company's growing suite of products and services.

This includes developing an application strategy aligned with the overall IT strategy, managing the successful development and implementation of large-scale initiatives, and enabling business growth through the creative and effective use of information technology.

The role reports directly to the Chief Information Officer and will be responsible for commercial off-the-shelf applications, ERP systems, middleware, custom applications, field operations applications, kiosk systems, reporting platforms, data warehouses, and enterprise architecture.

In addition, this role will be responsible for mergers and acquisitions of application portfolios from other companies.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provides direction, oversight, and coordination of staff including application managers, technical leads, developers, business analysts, administrators, project managers, as well as external vendors.
  • Manages disaster recovery, business continuity, and policy evaluation, authoring, and enforcement as pertains to the application portfolio.
  • Ensures integrity of the applications portfolio, databases, and infrastructure that they run on.
  • Establishes and manages a set of performance metrics to measure, monitor, and improve performance of Applications organization.
  • Establish service level agreements (SLAs) with key constituencies and manage to those SLAs.
  • Establishes appropriate security processes and procedures for all aspects of the Applications working closely with the Director of Security and other IT leaders.
  • Participates in the development and documentation of IT strategies and plans and formulates the Applications strategy and multi-year roadmap; manages successful execution of the roadmap with course corrections and adjustments as required.
  • Oversee the design, development, and implementation of organizational information systems and software applications.
  • Ensure the maintenance, support, and upgrading of existing systems and applications.
  • Manage the deployment, monitoring, maintenance, development, upgrade, and support of IT systems/applications and associated hardware.
  • Reporting and Data Warehouse:
    • Work with stakeholders to define business and systems requirements for new information technologies, particularly in the areas of BI, analytics, and data warehousing.
    • Work with different business units at the director level or above to align the business and IT.
    • Ensure the efficient utilization of data resources across different business units.
    • Develop maintenance schedules for BI and data warehousing systems.
    • Develop, implement, and maintain all key BI and data management policies and procedures, including those for BI/DW architecture.
    • Manage the deployment, monitoring, maintenance, development, upgrade, and support of BI/DW systems, including data architecture, data integration, high availability, security, and data privacy.
    • Define the short-term and long-term strategies for the corporate BI/analytics program to ensure effective delivery of information that meets current and future requirements.
    • Oversees the architecture team, including the recruitment, development, and maintenance of the architecture staff.
    • Works on highly complex projects that require in-depth knowledge across multiple specialized architecture domains.
    • Leads the EA review board and ensures that the solutions are compliant with target-state architecture models.
    • Mergers and Acquisitions:
      • Develop comprehensive plans to integrate IT systems that are part of mergers and acquisitions.
      • Participate in due diligence efforts to evaluate strategic fit and potential synergies of IT applications and systems.
      • Lead IT transformation initiatives to support digital innovation and operational efficiency.
      • Works with the CIO and Technology Leadership Team on organization-wide technology planning, budgeting, impact analysis, and risk management.
      • Manages relationships with key vendors and negotiates contracts.
      • Performs hands-on technology implementations and support functions as required.
      • Manage IT department operational and strategic planning, including business requirements, project planning, and organizing and negotiating the allocation of resources.
      • Analyze existing operations and make recommendations for the improvement and growth of the applications portfolio and IT systems.
      • Conduct research and remain current with the latest technologies and solutions in the applications and enterprise architecture space.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree.
  • Minimum of 10 years overall experience in IT with a focus on full cycle SDLC of applications, reporting platforms, middleware, enterprise architecture, and M&A.
  • Must possess strong leadership and change management skills including experience leading and managing large teams.
  • 5+ years of overall project management lead experience with mission-critical projects that involve significant business and technology changes.
  • Demonstrated skills in planning, organizing, prioritizing, and delivering IT projects.
  • Demonstrated experience developing and negotiating partnerships with external vendors/suppliers with expertise managing outsourcing service agreements.
  • Strong technical background with broad knowledge of application systems and a solid understanding of common applications, frameworks, and technologies (ERP, CRM, COTS, OCI, Azure, OIC/SOA, .Net, etc.).
  • Well-versed in current and emerging technologies with the ability to implement major technology solutions that create value without putting the organization at risk.
  • Ability to hire, manage, develop, lead, motivate, and retain a highly professional technical staff.
  • Experience leading and managing complex M&A activities and projects.
  • Creative problem-solving and ability to think outside the box to help solve problems and identify process improvements.

Technical Skills:

  • Oracle J.Edwards.
  • Salesforce.
  • Oracle Integration Cloud.
  • Oracle SOA Suite.
  • .Net Custom Applications.
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
  • Azure.
  • ETL Works.
  • Expo.
  • Azure Data Warehouse.
  • Oracle DB.
  • SQL Server DB.
  • Windows.
  • Linux.

Travel Requirements:

Silica is an equal opportunity employer for all without regard to race, gender, color, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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