Business Application Director - VP Applications Director CIO Europe

We are looking for our client, a really global multinational large company, in B2C Business

Services, with very high volume of clients & transactions the role of

Business Aplications Director- VP Applications Director- CIO- Europe

Role purpose

• Lead Backoffice solutions Programs in a complex environment
• Analyse and comprehend business needs and requirements to provide strategic

solutions

• Manage stakeholders’ project expectations, escalations and reporting to relevant areas

and within IT.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define and document project requirements and

submit proper requests of budgets for 5YP initiatives approval.

• Coordinate internal team to ensure there is a development and maintenance of

requirement documentation, including scope, objectives, functional specifications, and

use cases for User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

• Work with development and testing teams to ensure solutions meet project

requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead Backoffice programs and projects evolutions.
• Govern Backoffice solutions Programs (Procurement, HR, Sustainability, Legal,

Payments, OneERP, P2P), provide guidelines, reports, budget supervision.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand drivers, definition and evolution

of KPIs and scope of the projects.

• Control project budgets
• People management: Work actively and closely with Backoffice team and software

development teams (range 100 people)

• Perform estimation for new initiatives

Must have experience

• Extensive experience across all stages of the software development lifecycle.
• Project management experience in SAP S/4 HANA
• At least 8/10 years of experience in lead roles or similar in a large complex organisation

with a multinational environment in B2C business services, Airlines, Insurances, Retail,

Hospitality, Banks etc..

• Excellent level of English with good communication skills (oral & writting)
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Ability and flexibility to adjust to a fast-changing and demanding environment.

Other

• SAP Certification
• Jira/Confluence
• Travel needs: 20%
• Location : Europe and travelling EMEA

Our client is aware of the importance of people for the success of the organization, and is

aware that employee motivation is essential for the proper functioning of the organization. It

is committed to meeting the expectations of the people who make up the team, paying special

attention to their well-being and personal and professional development.