Sr. Applications Administrator – Planview

Early Warning®•Scottsdale, AZ

1d•$94,000 - $118,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is responsible for the administration, support, optimization, and strategic evolution of the Planview platform and related portfolio, project, resource, and financial management processes at Early Warning. The position serves as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Planview and associated business processes, partnering with stakeholders across Technology, Finance, and PMO functions to ensure the platform effectively supports organizational planning, execution, governance, and reporting needs. The role is responsible for application architecture, configuration, integrations, reporting, vendor management, user adoption, and continuous process improvement. The Senior Application Administrator will also provide support for additional assigned enterprise applications as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Finance, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
5+ years of experience administering enterprise SaaS applications.
Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of management and staff.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and process improvement skills.
Demonstrated experience gathering business requirements and translating them into technical solutions.
Experience supporting vendor-provided enterprise applications.
Experience managing application upgrades, integrations, testing, and vendor relationships.
Self-starter with the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.
Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
Knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC), project management, and portfolio management concepts.

Nice To Haves

3+ years of experience administering Planview solutions
Experience with Planview APIs, integrations, and data exchange mechanisms.
Experience integrating Planview with Jira, Workday, ServiceNow, ERP, HRIS, or data warehouse platforms.
Experience configuring and supporting portfolio, project, demand, resource, and financial management capabilities.
Experience managing application security, permissions, roles, workflows, and governance controls.
Experience with reporting tools such as Power BI.
Understanding of project accounting, capital planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial governance concepts.
Experience working directly with business stakeholders, PMOs, Finance, and Technology organizations.

Responsibilities

Act as owner, primary administrator, and subject matter expert for Planview and assigned application(s), including portfolio, project, resource, and demand/capacity management processes.
Provide application and system support for assigned application(s), including expert-level troubleshooting, root cause analysis, escalation to internal teams or vendors, and issue ownership through resolution.
Architect, configure, and optimize Planview solutions to meet business requirements while maintaining scalability, security, data integrity, and alignment with administration best practices.
Design, implement, and maintain integrations between Planview and enterprise platforms including Jira, Workday, financial systems, reporting tools, data warehouses, and other third-party applications.
Establish and maintain governance, standards, controls, policies, procedures, and documentation for application administration, configuration, security, data management, and user support.
Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, scorecards, and portfolio reporting standards to support executive decision-making and operational management.
Analyze business processes, application incidents, and customer needs to identify root causes, inefficiencies, automation opportunities, and process improvements; implement solutions using platform capabilities, APIs, and workflow tools.
Lead application enhancement and implementation projects including requirements gathering, configuration, testing, deployment, change requests, user documentation, training, and adoption support.
Manage application lifecycle activities including performance monitoring, capacity planning, upgrades, patches, roadmap planning, license utilization, budget forecasting, procurement requests, vendor renewals, and vendor relationships.
Provide timely and accurate status reporting, support audits and compliance activities, and uphold the company’s commitment to protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

Benefits

Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans
Company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA)
Pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral on the 401(k) Retirement Plan immediately upon eligibility.
Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees
Generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees
11 paid company holidays
Paid volunteer day
12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Maven Family Planning support (egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work).