Application Portfolio Manager

About This Role

This role strategically oversees a company's software applications by maintaining an inventory, assessing their business value and technical health, and deciding whether to maintain, upgrade, replace, or retire them. The Application Portfolio Manager aligns the application portfolio with business objectives, improves performance, reduces costs, and mitigates risks.

Responsibilities

• Compile and maintain a comprehensive inventory of all software applications, documenting their costs, performance, and technical health
• Ensure the application portfolio supports and aligns with the organization's overall business and strategic goals
• Analyze the portfolio to identify redundancies, duplicate applications, and underused or obsolete software to eliminate waste and consolidate where possible
• Manage the lifecycle of applications, making decisions on whether to maintain, upgrade, replace, or retire them based on value and strategy
• Work closely with stakeholders across different departments, including IT, finance, business units, enterprise architecture, and procurement, to gather information and ensure alignment
• Work hand in hand with Business Architecture to ensure that portfolio provides a full picture of the application lifecycle
• Facilitate the intake, prioritization, and readiness of new application initiatives and requests
• Develop and maintain roadmaps for the application portfolio, tracking future forecasts and commitments
• Analyze costs and identify risks associated with the application portfolio to optimize investments and improve the technology stack
• Align work to the technology target state as defined by the Enterprise Architecture team

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years of combined time spent doing analysis of process/systems or planning/managing implementations
• 2+ year of experience generating documentation
• Strong writing and analytical skills
• Clear communication both to business and IT stakeholders
• Excellent presentation skills tailored to the audience with demonstrated ability to distill abstract and complex information into a simple-to-understand delivery
• Demonstrates alignment with ESL’s Core Values, mission, vision, and Purpose to help our community thrive and prosper

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years of combined time spent doing analysis of process/systems or planning/managing implementations. 2+ years of experience generating documentation. 3 years working on analysis of technology related systems or planning implementation of technology systems.

Nice to Have

• Degree in Information Systems or technology related field preferred
• 3 years working on analysis of technology related systems or planning implementation of technology systems
• Demonstrated ability to manage communication and expectations of technical and business teams
• Requirements gathering
• Analysis of technical requirements
• Evaluation of high level technical requirements
• Experience writing technical documentation

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits