Director, Enterprise and Analytics Virginia Economic Development Partnership · Bristol, Virginia, VA

Director, Enterprise Applications and Analytics

Virginia Economic Development Partnership

Bristol, Virginia, VA Full Time Manufacturing and Production Posted 08/25/2026

Director, Enterprise Applications & Analytics

• Develop and execute the strategic roadmap for enterprise applications, ensuring alignment with business goals and growth initiatives.
• Lead the selection, implementation, enhancement, and support of enterprise platforms, including ERP, CRM, HCM, supply chain, finance, manufacturing, and collaboration systems.
• Establish governance, standards, and best practices for application architecture, integration, security, and lifecycle management.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize business processes and system performance.
• Manage vendor relationships, software licensing, contracts, and service-level agreements.

• Define and lead the organization's data and analytics strategy.
• Oversee enterprise reporting, dashboards, data warehousing, business intelligence, and self-service analytics capabilities.
• Partner with business stakeholders to identify KPIs, performance metrics, and actionable insights.
• Promote data governance, data quality, and data stewardship across the organization.
• Leverage advanced analytics and emerging technologies to support strategic business objectives.

• Lead IT due diligence efforts for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic partnerships.
• Assess acquired companies' application landscapes, infrastructure, data assets, and business processes.
• Develop and execute integration strategies, roadmaps, and transition plans for acquired entities.
• Direct application consolidation, ERP integration, data migration, master data harmonization, and business proce ss standardization initiatives.
• Collaborate with executive leadership to ensure successful post-acquisition integration while minimizing operational disruption.
• Identify and capture synergies, cost savings, and operational efficiencies through technology integration.

• Build, mentor, and develop high-performing teams responsible for enterprise applications, integrations, reporting, and analytics.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Establish performance goals, career development plans, and succession planning for team members.
• Manage departmental budgets, resource planning, and project prioritization.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership and functional stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into technology solutions that drive measurable out comes.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives supporting growth, scalability, and operational excellence.
• Ensure compliance with security, privacy, regulatory, and audit requirements.

• API management and REST/SOAP web services
• ETL/ELT tools and data migration methodologies
• Enterprise architecture frameworks and best practices
• SaaS application management
• Application modernization and cloud migration
• Business Intelligence platforms, including visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Qlik
• Data warehousing and data lake architectures
• Data governance and data quality frameworks
• SOX, GDPR, CCPA, and regulatory compliance requirements

• Successful delivery of enterprise application initiatives on time and within budget.
• Increased adoption and business value realization from ente rprise systems.
• Improved data quality, reporting accuracy, and analytics maturity.
• Successful acquisition integrations with minimal business disruption.
• Reduction in application complexity and technical debt.
• Improved operational efficiency through automation and process optimization.
• High stakeholder satisfaction and business partnership effectiveness
• Budgeting and purchase tracking as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field.
• 7+ years of progressive experience managing enterprise applications,…