Business Application Director

We are looking for a seasoned Business Applications Director who will frame design and drive our ambitious roadmap to bring the IS landscape to new heights. This role is critical in ensuring that our business applications not only meet current organizational needs but also anticipate future requirements driving the company toward greater efficiency and ultimately improving customers satisfaction.

If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for details and a proven track record in business application management we invite you to join our dynamic team.

Key responsibilities

As Business Application Director you will be responsible for overseeing the strategic planning implementation and management of business applications within the organization. This role ensures that business applications align with the companys goals enhance operational efficiency and support business processes.

Your main responsibilities will include: 

• Strategic Planning: Develop and execute the strategic plan for business applications aligning with organizational goals and objectives.
• Leadership: Lead mentor and manage groups of application developers analysts and administrators to ensure a delivery success rate of 95 for project completion and service delivery.
• Program Management and : Oversee the planning implementation and tracking of specific shortterm and longterm program related to business applications such as the setup of a stateoftheart ERP currently powered by Netsuite review the integration of our HR IS based on SAP SuccessFactors or integration of our M&A acquisitions in our IS landscape. Performance is key and our projects must be managed with a budget variance of no more than 10.
• Business Partnership: Work closely with Product Tech and department heads and other stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure that business applications support their goals.
• Be a change actor in the streamline of our processes and data flows (LeadToCash ProcureToPay RecordToReport HireToRetire): ensure seamless integration and data modeling to optimize business processes and realize a 15 improvement in processing time for key workflows within one year. Achieve customer satisfaction while considering scalability performance and UX/UI.
• Innovation: Stay updated with emerging technologies and trends in business applications to drive continuous improvement and innovation.

Qualifications :

• Experience: At least 8 years of experience in Business Applications with a minimum of 3 years in a leadership role overseeing business applications.
• Program Management: Proven experience in managing largescale business application projects with at least a successful deployment of a global ERP (Core Model) and a significant M&A integration.
• Business Acumen: Strong understanding of business processes and how business applications can enhance business performance.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in business applications software in various domains such as ERP systems CRM marketing HR and more.
• Leadership Skills: Strong leadership and team management skills with the ability to motivate and inspire a multicultural team.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• ProblemSolving Skills: Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
• Vendor Management: Experience in negotiating and managing vendor contracts and relationships.
• Fluency in English is mandatory French Spanish and Portuguese would be a plus.

Additional Information :

QIMA provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

This policy applies to all countries with no geographical limitations. Our policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime