VP, Application Technology

Waterton Search•Chicago, IL

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Provide executive leadership and strategic direction for enterprise-wide application support across Waterton Corporate and Community platforms. Responsible for application support of daily operations, application lifecycle management, and user adoption to ensure effective use of business & enterprise systems.

Requirements

8-12+ years of experience in application support, IT operations, or enterprise systems with leadership responsibility.
Experience overseeing both support functions and training programs preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead enterprise application support across Corporate and Community systems (Level I–III)
Lead, mentor and enhance the performance of the Business Systems Support and Enablement team
Oversee the Yardi enterprise account. Yardi is used extensively at the Corporate and Community levels.
Oversee Application help desk operations, ticket management, and SLA performance including: Actively monitoring the status of all open tickets. Priority setting for the team. Workflow reviews and improvements to the help desk processes.
Evaluate support tickets and trends to determine training gaps and needs.
Monthly reporting.
Drive continuous improvement using ticket trends, analytics, and training gaps
Manage the application set-up and launch of newly transitioned assets.
Manage all SharePoint functionality associated with the Corporate office as well as that associated with the AUM (communities).
Work closely with the Operations Leadership team and the EVP Technology in establishing ongoing technology priorities at our communities.
Partner with the Waterton Operations leadership team in all projects, support and application training initiatives.
Own the full lifecycle of applications: implementation, integration, optimization
Work with Operations in establishing and implementing an enterprise training and development strategy for all supported applications
Manage vendor relationships and system support for all software providers.
Partner with project teams to define training requirements for implementations
Parter with the Data and Business Analytics teams in support of all data requirements/needs.
Work closely with the Enterprise Systems team around user access/provisioning, system security, and compliance.
Lead stakeholder engagement from field teams to executive leadership
Provide effective management of associates through timely, candid and constructive feedback.
Develop associates to their fullest potential, providing challenging opportunities that enhance career growth.