Application Manager - Birmingham

Application Manager - Birmingham

Salary: £46,000 - £55,000 + 20% Flexible Benefits Fund

Hybrid working available

An experienced Senior Application Lifecycle Manager is required to join a leading organisation and take ownership of the strategy, governance and operational management of a complex enterprise application portfolio.

In this role, you will lead the development and implementation of application life cycle management practices, ensuring applications are effectively managed from deployment through to retirement. You will be responsible for driving operational efficiency, application optimisation, governance controls and service improvements across a diverse technology landscape.

You will work closely with architects, service management teams, business stakeholders and third-party suppliers to ensure applications remain secure, supported and aligned with business objectives. The role will also focus on application rationalisation, licensing optimisation and the continuous improvement of application services and processes.

Key skills and responsibilities:

• Extensive experience overseeing Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) within complex enterprise environments
• Experience developing and delivering application life cycle management strategies and frameworks
• Strong knowledge of application life cycle methodologies, tools and governance processes
• Experience leading application portfolio rationalisation and optimisation initiatives to improve operational and financial efficiency
• Ownership of application versioning, deployment, maintenance, change management and retirement processes
• Experience maintaining and developing Application Service Catalogues
• Ability to identify application upgrade, consolidation and modernisation opportunities in collaboration with architecture teams
• Strong understanding of technology service management and the delivery of business-critical application services
• Experience implementing risk management processes and controls across application environments
• Ability to advise senior stakeholders on application strategy, priorities, risks, issues and remediation activities
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence decisions and drive outcomes across business and technology teams
• Experience managing third-party suppliers and service providers responsible for application support and life cycle activities
• Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall and Lean delivery methodologies
• Understanding of emerging technology trends and their impact on enterprise application environments
• Experience ensuring applications and services meet evolving user and business requirements
• Ability to drive continuous improvement initiatives across application services, governance and operational processes

Interested? Please submit your updated CV to Dean Sadler-Parkes at Harvey Nash for immediate consideration.