Great Minds · 10 hours ago
Senior Director, IT Product Product Management and Engineering
Great Minds is a high-growth, mission-driven organization founded by educators in 2007. The Senior Director, IT Product Product Management and Engineering is responsible for the portfolio of enterprise applications that fuel the organization, ensuring alignment with business objectives and driving measurable outcomes.
Education
Responsibilities
Lead the strategy, planning, and governance of enterprise applications to align with the organization’s long-term business goals
Build, manage, and own outcomes for the multi-year roadmap of strategic systems initiatives for enterprise applications, ensuring alignment with business priorities
Develop and continuously evolve application strategies to drive growth, profitability, operational efficiency, and competitive differentiation in response to industry trends, emerging solutions, and evolving business needs
Establish, maintain, and communicate the enterprise application roadmap; partner with business units to prioritize initiatives, secure resources, and remove obstacles
Drive end-to-end delivery of enterprise application initiatives, including change management across people, processes, and technology
Oversee multiple concurrent projects and programs, ensuring they are executed on time, within scope, and with clear, measurable business impact
Collaborate closely with functional owners, technology teams, and product leaders to influence architecture decisions and deliver secure, scalable, and intelligent solutions to address critical business challenges
Set clear performance metrics (e.g., adoption, satisfaction, stability, ROI) for enterprise applications and regularly report on progress and outcomes to executive stakeholders
Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team responsible for enterprise applications, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Partner with IT Business Operations, Security, and Finance on vendor selection, contract negotiations, licensing optimization, and risk management for enterprise application providers
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience managing or owning enterprise applications in a complex business environment
5+ years of proven experience leading teams responsible for enterprise application portfolios (e.g., CRM, ERP, finance, or supply chain systems) in a mid- to large-scale organization
Strong strategic and analytical problem-solving abilities, with a track record of designing and executing application strategies that deliver meaningful business outcomes
Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders, secure alignment across diverse teams, and drive executive-level decisions
Expertise in enterprise application governance, including standards and lifecycle management, and ensuring solutions are resilient, scalable, secure, and aligned with business needs
Excellent communication skills, with experience presenting in executive forums and producing clear, compelling strategic recommendations and reports
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
Preferred
Experience working within companies with complex supply chain needs
Company
Great Minds
A group of education leaders founded the non-profit Great Minds in 2007 to define and encourage content-rich comprehensive education.
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