Tech Applications Manager

Technical Applications Manager - Job Specification

Contract Details

• Contract Length: 6 months (initial)
• Location: Hybrid - 2 days onsite per week
• Preferred location: Warwick
• Other acceptable sites: Chorley or London
• Day Rate:
• Outside IR35: £600 -£650/day (TBC)
• Inside IR35: £700-£850/day (TBC)
• Clearance: Candidates must be eligible for BPSS

Role Purpose

The Technical Applications Manager will lead the Enterprise Applications (EA) team, ensuring reliable day-to-day service operations and delivery of minor enhancements across a diverse application estate. This role provides technically credible leadership, guiding the team through BAU support, small-scale improvements, and application lifecycle activities while supporting the integration of applications into a wider organisational environment. A strong architectural understanding, hands-on capability, and the ability to validate and steer technical designs are essential.

Key Deliverables

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Provide technically credible leadership across on-premise and legacy application architectures, including infrastructure, databases, middleware, and integration layers.
• Review and validate technical designs, ensuring best practice and alignment with architectural standards.
• Act as a hands-on technical escalation point, supporting resolution of complex technical issues.
• Connect and coordinate across multiple technical domains to ensure cohesive, efficient end-to-end operations.

Team Management

• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary team of approximately seven specialists (Oracle SMEs, virtual assistants, solution architects, analysts).
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee BAU operations (approx. 50% of the role), ensuring stability, availability, and performance of business-critical applications.
• Balance BAU responsibilities with project-based deliverables, ensuring quality and timeliness.

Application Operations & Maintenance

• Oversee the operational performance and maintenance of systems including:

• Oracle E-Business Suite
• Oracle Fusion
• Salesforce
• Microsoft platforms
• Power Platform
• SQL-based applications
• API and SFTP services
• Document Management and other critical applications

• Ensure timely execution of upgrades, patching, and vulnerability remediation to maintain an evergreen application estate.
• Support Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning and testing across the portfolio.

Collaboration & Partner Management

• Work closely with procurement, business stakeholders, and technology partners to manage third-party vendors (including major partners such as Oracle and Salesforce).
• Conduct regular service reviews and maintain effective relationships with external service providers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver reliable, scalable solutions.

Governance, Security & Compliance

• Ensure application services comply with ITGC controls, internal IT policies, and relevant industry regulations.
• Implement appropriate security measures to protect data integrity and mitigate cybersecurity risks.

Financial & Operational Management

• Manage budgets for SaaS subscriptions, operational expenditure, and external partner engagement.
• Support FinOps optimisation to maximise cost efficiency and resource utilisation.

What You Will Bring

Technical Expertise

• Deep technical understanding across on-premise, legacy, and modern application architectures.
• Experience spanning infrastructure, databases, middleware, and integration technologies.
• Strong working knowledge of Oracle EBS, Oracle Fusion, Microsoft technologies, Power Platform, SQL development, APIs, and SFTP services.
• Ability to produce technical designs when needed and validate architectural documentation created by others.

Leadership & Delivery

• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams in BAU and light project environments.
• Ability to balance strategic oversight with hands-on involvement—comfortable “rolling up sleeves.”
• Effective communication skills and the ability to build strong working relationships across technical and operational teams.

Personal Attributes

• Pragmatic, collaborative, and solution-oriented.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to guide teams through complex challenges.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities.
• Well-suited to a role offering development and growth within a senior technology function.