American Bureau of Shipping

Director, Corporate Business Applications

American Bureau of Shipping$130K — $180K *
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of IT experience, including 8+ in senior IT leadership roles
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Management, or related field
  • Proven success in large-scale enterprise applications transformations
  • Deep experience with enterprise application platforms and SDLC lifecycles
  • Strong understanding of business processes across finance, HR, and operations
  • Expertise in system integrations and cloud-based enterprise platforms
  • Working knowledge of ABS Health, Safety, Quality, and Environmental Management System

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the enterprise applications strategy and roadmap
  • Lead global enterprise application implementations and enhancements
  • Oversee the stability and operational support of the applications ecosystem
  • Provide leadership for non-ERP enterprise platforms
  • Partner with senior leaders to drive adoption and deliver measurable value
  • Build and lead a high-performing Enterprise Applications organization
  • Drive process improvement and data-driven decision-making
  • Establish strong governance and collaboration between IT and business teams

Benefits

  • Medical insurance (PPO and HD)
  • Dental and vision insurance
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Savings Account (FSA)
  • Life insurance and disability leave programs
  • Parental leave program
  • Paid holidays and vacation time
  • Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
  • 401K plan with company match
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Director, Corporate Business Applications is accountable for defining and executing the global enterprise applications strategy, ensuring alignment with business priorities and long-term growth objectives. Reporting to the VP Applications Services, this role provides leadership across a diverse applications portfolio, including ERP, CRM, CLM, and proprietary platforms, while guiding senior leaders and global teams through complex transformation initiatives.

A core mandate of this role is to lead and refine the enterprise applications consolidation and modernization strategy, validating roadmaps, supporting product selection, sequencing global deployments, and balancing near-term optimization with long-term investment.

What You Will Do:
  • Define and execute the end-to-end enterprise applications strategy (current and future state), including roadmap, implementation, optimization, and lifecycle management across ERP and other core platforms.
  • Lead global enterprise application implementations and enhancements, ensuring on-time delivery, budget discipline, quality outcomes, and strong stakeholder engagement.
  • Oversee the stability, performance, security, and operational support of the enterprise applications ecosystem, including upgrades, integrations, vendor management, and incident/problem management.
  • Provide strategic and operational leadership for non-ERP enterprise platforms (e.g., CRM, CLM, Marketing, Finance, HR, Legal), ensuring fit-for-purpose capability, process alignment, and a scalable global support model.
  • Partner with senior business leaders as a trusted advisor to identify opportunities, drive adoption, and deliver measurable business value; innovate on and identify opportunities and educate the business where modern technology solutions can add value or achieve stated goals.
  • Build and lead a high-performing, global Enterprise Applications organization, including talent development, performance management, and budgeting.
  • Drive process improvement, automation, and data-driven decision-making through improved analytics, reporting, and governance.
  • Establish strong governance, compliance, and SDLC disciplines while fostering effective collaboration between IT and business teams.


What You Will Need:

Education and Experience
  • Experience: 15+ years of IT experience, including 8+ years in senior IT leadership roles with strong people management responsibility in complex, global environments.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Management, Program Management, Product Management or a related field.


Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Experience: 15+ years of IT experience, including 8+ years in senior IT leadership roles with strong people management responsibility in complex, global environments.
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in IT, Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, or related field required
  • Transformation Leadership: Proven success leading large-scale enterprise applications transformations (ERP and non-ERP) in dynamic, multi-region organizations, including process standardization, change management, and adoption.
  • Enterprise Applications Expertise: Deep experience leading, implementing, and supporting enterprise application platforms through full SDLC lifecycles and complex integrations/data migrations
  • Business & Technical Acumen: Strong understanding of end-to-end business processes across finance, HR, and operations, with the ability to translate between business and technical stakeholders.
  • Enterprise Platforms: Expertise in system integrations, cloud-based enterprise platforms, and adjacent systems such as Salesforce, ServiceNow, and modern data platforms (Microsoft Fabric, Databricks preferred).
  • Working knowledge of the ABS Health, Safety, Quality, and Environmental Management System.


It Would Be Nice If You Had

Professional or chartered engineer license.

Reporting Relationships:

The incumbent reports to the VP, Application Development, and will have direct reports.

Notice:

This position requires access to information that is subject to control by the Export Administration Regulations and/or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. Any offer of employment shall be contingent upon the Company's verification that the candidate is a "U.S. Person" or upon the receipt of all necessary export licenses or authorizations that may be required by U.S. export control laws. "U.S. Persons" are defined as U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents (i.e., "green card" holders), or any individual granted protected status under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. a7 1324b(a)(3)), including asylees and refugees. In the event a candidate refuses or cannot otherwise provide the necessary information for the Company to determine whether such licenses may be required, or for the Company to obtain any required licenses, the Company shall maintain the exclusive right to discontinue the application process and/or withdraw any contingent offer that has been made.

About Our Benefits

ABS Bureau proudly offers a variety of industry-leading benefits designed to enhance the life and well-being of our employees and their families. These benefits include, but are not limited to, medical insurance (PPO and HD), dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Savings Account (FSA), life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, disability leave programs, parental leave program, paid holidays, and paid vacation time. The Company provides an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) that offers support in personal wellness, including work-life services. ABS Bureau also offers a 401K plan with a generous company match, subject to plan requirements.

Notice

ABS and Affiliated Companies (ABS) will not pay a fee to any third-party agency without a valid ABS Master Service Agreement (MSA) authorized and signed by Human Resources. Any resume, CV, application, or other forms of candidate submission provided to any employee of ABS without a valid MSA on file will be considered property of ABS, and no fee will be paid.

Other

This job description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job of the incumbent. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the principal job elements essential for making a fair decision regarding the pay structure of the job. #ogjs

About American Bureau of Shipping

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) is a classification society, with a mission to promote the security of life, property and the natural environment, primarily through the development and verification of standards for the design, construction and operational maintenance of marine-related facilities. ABS is the largest classification society globally, with more than 200 offices in 70 countries. The organization was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Spring, Texas.
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