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The Director of IT Systems works collaboratively with the technology leadership team to define the architecture and integration roadmap for HR and Finance platforms and tools. Provides technical leadership and direction for diverse and complex applications. Implements architecture principles, enterprise services and standards, reusable components and patterns and reference architectures to reduce overall system maintenance and development costs, while simultaneously optimizing the solutions and tools applicability, performance, reliability, expandability and availability of the solution.

Responsibilities:

• Establish - maintain the solution and integration strategy for HR, Finance, and other Corporate Shared Services domains
• Recommend and assist in the evaluation of emerging technologies.
• Facilitate enterprise architecture involvement and support including participation in the enterprise technology architecture groups, identification and dissemination of technology standards and partnering to ensure adherence to enterprise technology policies and roadmaps.
• Organize and lead internal and external resources necessary execute projects related to advancing the business and technical capabilities of the assigned application portfolio.
• Reviews technical designs and architectural decisions to ensure sound decisions are being made.
• Develop and implement integration standards, efficiencies, and process improvements
• Onboard, coach and develop a team of system analysts, configurators, developers, and testers necessary to implement and maintain the assigned application portfolio.