Enterprise Applications Director

Enterprise Applications Director

£140,000 - £160,000

End User

Hybrid, London initially (Then more remote)

Shape IT are working with a large end user who are experiencing significant growth. This is a senior leadership role focused on aligning applications with business strategy, maximising technology value, and ensuring platforms remain secure, reliable, scalable and efficient as the organisation grows.

Key Responsibilities

• Application Strategy: Define and deliver the enterprise applications strategy, including platform roadmaps, standards and lifecycle governance.
• Operational Excellence: Oversee application performance, availability and support, driving service quality, automation and continuous improvement.
• Stakeholder Management: Partner with senior business and technology leaders to translate business needs into effective technology solutions.
• Transformation & Growth: Optimise enterprise platforms, support business growth and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and deliver value.
• People Leadership: Lead, develop and motivate a team of functional and technical specialists.
• Technology & Partners: Work with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity and third-party partners to ensure applications are secure, integrated and fit for purpose.
• Service Management: Embed strong incident, problem and change management practices, ensuring operational resilience and reliability.

About You

• Proven experience leading enterprise applications across multi-business and multi-platform organisations.
• Strong expertise in application strategy, lifecycle management, IT service management and modern cloud/SaaS platforms.
• Experience with enterprise technologies such as Oracle, Dynamics, Infor or SAP.
• A track record of leading teams, managing strategic technology partners and overseeing significant budgets.
• Experience balancing large-scale transformation with operational excellence.
• Knowledge of ITIL, Agile, DevOps and software development lifecycles.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• A collaborative, pragmatic leadership style with excellent communication and decision-making skills.

CLICK APPLY / send your CV to raimico.hitchen@shapeitrecruitment.co.uk