Data & Applications Manager

Do you have specific experience of managing the operation and improvement of business applications? Do you have further experience of data governance and management, including exposure to data and document management systems? If so then let Informed Recruitment help you to achieve your potential with an exciting opportunity for a Data and Systems Manager to support the operational management and ongoing improvement of business systems for an award-winning regeneration and property development organisation, a respected & established social enterprise in the midst of a digital transformation programme.

The main purpose of the role will be to take responsibility for the effective operation, governance, and continuous improvement of all business applications, balancing operational management with longer term planning, supplier management, and improvement. Your ongoing responsibilities will include ensuring that systems remain aligned with business requirements, are supportable & reliable; the provision of trusted information, data quality, and reporting; manage commercial enterprise, data and document management systems; ensure systems performance, service health and supplier delivery; coordinate implementations, upgrades, releases, configuration, testing and transition into support; maintain systems roadmaps and improvement planning; stakeholder engagement with business partners to understand need and shape system priorities; managing the data and systems administration team; as well as the maintenance of the support services, support models, access controls, ownership records, resilience and lifecycle arrangements, as well as all associated documentation.

Essential

• Significant commercial experience managing the operation and improvement of business applications (perhaps working in a Business Systems Manager, Applications Manager, Applications Team Lead, Applications Specialist, Applications Analyst, Systems Analyst or Product Manager/Lead/Owner capacity.)
• Service Management, Supplier Management & Performance, Support Models, and Application Lifecycle experience.
• Data Quality, Integrations, Reporting and Access Control experience.
• Coordination of systems roadmaps, implementation, upgrades, releases, configuration, testing, systems administration, security, and support experience.

Highly Desirable

• Comprehensive experience managing enterprise core line of business applications (CRM, Finance, HR & Payroll, etc).
• Specific experience of managing Document Management/EDRMS systems (Such as IDOX, NEC EDMS, Civica Digital360, Magiq, SharePoint, or similar.)

Desirable

• Data Governance
• Business Analysis
• Change Management
• BI Reporting (Power BI, SSRS, etc)
• Any suitable or relevant certifications (such as ITIL, PRINCE2, vendor/platform specific)

As an individual you will have excellent stakeholder management and skills and the ability to manage competing requirements and resources. You will be a strong communicator both verbally and in presentation with a strong focus on customer service. Alongside a competitive salary you will receive an impressive benefits package that includes bonus, pension, healthcare flexible working, generous leave entitlement and professional development. This is a hybrid opportunity based in Manchester with a 3-4 days on site alongside 1-2 days home working. If this role describes you, then please apply without delay for the opportunity to continue your career with a driven yet friendly organisation embarking on a period of system enhancements designed to provide a better service to customers.

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