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Archer · 11 hours ago

Head of Business Systems

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$288K/yr - $360K/yr

10+ years exp

Archer is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California, focused on advancing sustainable air mobility through all-electric aircraft. The Head of Business Systems will lead the enterprise technology solutions, ensuring integration across various corporate functions to enhance efficiency and decision-making as the company scales into production and operations.

AerospaceAir TransportationElectric VehicleManufacturing

No H1B

Responsibilities

Own the full lifecycle of Archer’s enterprise application ecosystem including (examples):

Finance (ERP modules, FP&A, procurement workflows)

Supply Chain and Operations (inventory, planning interfaces, vendor management, quality systems connectivity)

People & Workplace (HRIS, ATS, LMS, Legal, Compliance, H&S)

Commercial & Front Office (CRM, sales operations tooling)

Corporate productivity platforms and workflow systems

Ensure these systems converge toward a coherent, secure, scalable application backbone that reduces complexity and supports Archer’s rate and certification goals

Create a single enterprise roadmap that links system evolution to Archer’s operating and financial plans

Define clear product boundaries, drive architectural simplification, and rationalize duplicative tools

Translate business needs into structured, intentional capability development with crisp prioritization

Serve as the primary technology partner for Archer’s corporate functions

Work closely with CFO, CHRO, COO/Supply Chain leadership, Legal, and Commercial teams to ensure systems drive efficiency, compliance, and data quality

Enable tight integration between engineering, manufacturing, and back-office processes

Stabilize and mature core systems, eliminating papercuts, manual workarounds, and fragmented workflows

Establish disciplined change management, clear data governance practices, and measurable SLAs

Ensure systems meet audit, regulatory, and financial control requirements

Lead a cross-functional Business Solutions team including product managers, analysts, solution architects, and configuration specialists

Build a culture of curiosity, speed, user-centricity, and measurable outcomes

Partner with the CIO’s Platform Engineering, Data, and Cyber teams to align architecture, standards, and security

Qualification

Enterprise applications leadershipFunctional understanding of FinanceSupply Chain expertiseHR/People systems knowledgeProduct-oriented team buildingOperational efficiency improvementStakeholder influenceAerospace industry experienceManufacturing industry experienceRegulated industries knowledge