Director, Corporate Application Services

Covista•Lisle, IL

20h•$100,172 - $181,035•Hybrid

About The Position

Covista is a national leader in post-secondary education and a leading provider of professional talent to the healthcare industry. The Director, Corporate Application Services is the technology delivery and operational leader for Covista's corporate application portfolio. This role provides end-to-end accountability for the execution, integration, operational health, and sustainable support of enterprise platforms supporting Home Office functions. The Director leads people, vendors, platforms, and shared-services engagement; translates business portfolio priorities into an executable technology roadmap; and ensures major initiatives transition successfully into durable operations. The portfolio encompasses enterprise-wide capabilities including ERP/Finance, HRIS/HCM, Legal, and Corporate Affairs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
Ten (10) years of progressive IT experience, including leadership of enterprise or corporate application portfolios and complex technology delivery.
Specific experience with large-scale ERP & HCM system implementation required.
Five (5) plus years of people leadership and managerial experience, including responsibility for teams, budgets, vendors, and cross-functional delivery.
Demonstrated portfolio leadership across ERP/Finance, HRIS/HCM, Legal, Corporate Affairs, and related corporate applications.
Demonstrated ability to lead people and influence outcomes across shared, matrixed, and cross-functional teams.
Experience leading complex, multi-year enterprise transformation initiatives involving technology implementation and business process redesign, specifically in ERP and HCM.
Strong operational leadership across service ownership, incident and problem management, platform administration, vendor management, risk, and compliance awareness.
Strong understanding of enterprise integrations, APIs, AI, workflow, data management & reporting, and scalable application architecture.
Executive presence and consultative business partnership skills, with the ability to communicate strategy, risks, tradeoffs, and investment needs clearly.
Strong financial, procurement, contract, project, program, and resource-management capabilities.
Excellent written and oral communication skills, sound judgment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a complex enterprise environment.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in information technology, Business Administration, or related discipline.

Responsibilities

Provide technology delivery and operational accountability across the corporate application portfolio, including ERP/Finance, HRIS/HCM, Legal, and Corporate Affairs.
Translate portfolio strategy, roadmaps, and priorities into a sustainable execution and support model, partnering closely with business and digital leaders.
Integrate initiative delivery with ongoing application support so new capabilities transition into stable, supportable operations.
Attract, develop, and lead high-performing teams responsible for application delivery and operational support; establish clear goals, priorities, accountability, and succession readiness.
Influence across shared teams and coordinate engagement among Core Tech, development, data and analytics, shared services, vendors, and named program leads.
Create a collaborative, service-oriented culture that balances business responsiveness, technical discipline, and operational sustainability.
Lead the technology execution of complex, multi-year enterprise initiatives that combine platform implementation, integration, data, and business process redesign.
Establish delivery governance, decision paths, dependency management, risk escalation, and visibility across initiatives while preserving named accountability for major programs.
Partner with business leaders and delivery teams to assess options, define practical implementation approaches, and sequence work based on value, readiness, risk, and capacity.
Own service health and operational performance for corporate applications, including incident and problem management, platform administration, support transition, continuity, and continuous improvement.
Strengthen repeatable support practices, platform knowledge, controls, documentation, and service ownership across the portfolio.
Maintain appropriate awareness of enterprise risk, security, privacy, compliance, audit, and data-governance requirements; partner with accountable functions to address gaps and manage remediation.
Guide enterprise integration, API, AI, workflow, and data-management approaches that connect corporate platforms and reduce fragmented solutions.
Promote scalable architecture, reliable data flows, appropriate reuse, and clear ownership across enterprise systems and shared capabilities.
Ensure technical decisions support interoperability, maintainability, security, and long-term portfolio sustainability.
Build trusted, consultative relationships with executives and functional leaders; communicate technology choices, risks, tradeoffs, investment needs, and delivery status with clarity.
Prepare and administer budgets, oversee procurement and contracting, manage vendors, and apply disciplined cost-benefit thinking to investments and priorities.
Align the corporate application strategy and operating plan with Covista IT and Digital priorities, enterprise objectives, and evolving business needs.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Complies with all policies and standards.