Senior Manager, Application Lifecycle

• Define and execute the Application Lifecycle Management strategy for Group & Enterprise Applications
• Establish the operating model, governance framework, processes and organizational capabilities for managing the GEA application landscape
• Build Application Lifecycle Management into a recognized enterprise capability supporting strategic decision-making and portfolio optimization
• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team spanning application governance, portfolio management, risk coordination, compliance, service ownership and application consolidation
• Establish governance forums, accountability models and management reporting
• Lead application consolidation and decommissioning across the GEA landscape
• Drive application portfolio simplification to reduce complexity, operational risk and cost
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture on lifecycle decisions, target architecture and technology strategy
• Influence investment and prioritization decisions across the application portfolio
• Establish the GEA Cockpit as the trusted management platform for portfolio, lifecycle, risk and operational oversight
• Improve transparency of application ownership, lifecycle status, compliance obligations, technical debt, risks and vulnerabilities
• Improve data quality, governance and reporting across ServiceNow, CMDB, Jira and associated tooling
• Establish governance for application risk, vulnerability and compliance management
• Ensure risks, audit findings and compliance obligations have ownership and remediation plans
• Partner with Security, Compliance and Risk functions to strengthen operational resilience and regulatory readiness
• Provide executive reporting to GEA leadership
• Build relationships with Directors, VPs and senior stakeholders across Global IT and business functions
• Influence without formal authority across a large, geographically distributed organization
• Represent Application Lifecycle Management in strategic forums, governance boards and leadership discussions
• Manage cross-functional dependencies, risks and opportunities

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise IT leadership, application governance, application portfolio management, IT strategy, service management or related disciplines
• Proven experience establishing or transforming enterprise-scale capabilities, operating models or governance frameworks
• Experience leading large-scale application transformation, rationalization, modernization or consolidation initiatives
• Strong knowledge of application portfolio management, lifecycle management, service ownership and IT governance
• Experience within global, complex and matrix-based organizations
• Strong understanding of risk management, cybersecurity governance, compliance and audit processes
• Experience translating complex technology landscapes into actionable executive insights
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and executive leaders
• Strong leadership experience with a track record of building high-performing teams
• Experience from logistics, transportation, supply chain or other asset-intensive industries preferred
• Experience supporting M&A integrations, technology consolidation, or large-scale transformation programs preferred
• Experience with ServiceNow, CMDB, Jira and modern IT governance tooling preferred

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Application Lifecycle Management, including governance frameworks, portfolio management, and risk coordination. Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and influence strategic decision-making across complex organizations.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Application Lifecycle Management
• Governance Frameworks
• Application Portfolio Management
• Risk Management
• ServiceNow

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Hard Skills

• Application Governance
• IT Strategy
• Service Management
• Application Transformation
• Application Rationalization
• Compliance Management
• Cybersecurity Governance
• Executive Reporting
• Data Quality Management
• Operational Resilience

Soft Skills

• Influencing Senior Stakeholders
• Building High-Performing Teams
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Relationship Management
• Strategic Communication

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