Senior Manager, Enterprise

Senior Manager, Enterprise Applications

Location:

2500 Windy Ridge Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia 30339

This role is hybrid, requiring in-office presence at our Atlanta headquarters four days per week.

The Senior Manager, Enterprise Applications reports to the Senior Director of Business Technology Solutions within the Information Services department. The position acts as a critical bridge between Altium Packaging’s senior business leadership—including the CFO, Controller, CAO, CCO, and other functional executives—and the internal and external technical resources that implement, support, and optimize the company’s enterprise application portfolio. The role combines strategic business analysis with technical fluency to evaluate, select, and govern a broad portfolio of SaaS and cloud‑based enterprise applications.

• Serve as the primary IT business partner to senior functional leaders across Finance, Procurement, Marketing, Customer Service, Sales, Legal, HR, and other corporate domains, translating complex business needs into clear technology requirements and actionable recommendations.
• Build trusted advisor relationships with direct reports and functional leaders across Finance, Accounting, Commercial, and related business functions, facilitating structured discovery sessions, solution presentations, and ongoing portfolio reviews to align technology solutions with business priorities.
• Develop and communicate business cases for technology investments, articulating ROI, risk, alternatives and strategic alignment in terms that resonate with executive audiences.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve business processes through technology, bringing relevant product intelligence and solution options to functional leaders before they ask.

• Partner with business leaders and functional stakeholders to provide input into the technical strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle governance for a broad portfolio of corporate enterprise applications spanning Finance, Procurement, Marketing, Customer Service, Sales, Legal, HR, and other non‑manufacturing functional domains.
• Evaluate, select, and onboard new cloud‑based, vendor‑sponsored solutions in partnership with business stakeholders, IT architecture, and security teams, ensuring seamless integration with the broader application ecosystem.
• Assess existing applications on an ongoing basis for relevant capabilities, vendor health, efficient processes, and cost‑effectiveness; recommend consolidation, replacement, or retirement where appropriate.
• Evaluate AI‑native and AI‑augmented solutions as legitimate alternatives to traditional SaaS applications when assessing new capabilities or replacements for current tools, and provide clear, evidence‑based recommendations to stakeholders.
• Maintain a current, prioritized application portfolio roadmap aligned with business strategic plans and budget cycles.

• Manage relationships with SaaS vendors, implementation partners, and managed service providers, including contract negotiations, performance accountability, and escalation management.
• Oversee all aspects of application implementation programs (e.g., scope, timeline, budget, resource management, risk, and stakeholder communications) from selection through go‑live and into steady‑state support.
• Ensure all applications meet Altium Packaging’s standards for security, compliance, data governance, and integration architecture in partnership with enterprise architecture and cybersecurity teams.
• Coordinate with the ERP program team and HRIS function on integration touchpoints, ensuring bolt‑on solutions are aligned and compatible with core platforms.

• Lead structured business requirements gathering and documentation efforts, working with business stakeholders, Business Analysts, and external implementation partners to define functional specifications for new capabilities and enhancements.
• Evaluate and challenge vendor proposals, ensuring proposed solutions genuinely address business requirements rather than over‑engineered or misfit alternatives.
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