DescriptionAre you a hands-on technical leader who thrives on turning a legacy code base into a documented, modern, well-run application portfolio? Do you believe development should be directed, not just delegated? ACS is looking for a strategic, technically deep Sr. Manager of Applications & Data to own delivery across our application portfolio: ensuring quality, reducing vendor dependency, and building the internal capability that scales with us.
As the Sr. Manager of Applications & Data, you will serve as the technical owner of ACS's application portfolio, including our proprietary CRM, SaaS systems, installer and customer-facing tools, integrations, and our reporting and analytics environment. You will direct our contracted development partners, hold their work to a defined standard, and use AI-assisted development tooling to document and de-risk our legacy systems as we modernize.
Your work will directly impact delivery quality, technical debt, and vendor dependency; translating business requirements into systems that are built right and built to last.
Your objectives may be similar to:- Owning technical delivery across ACS's application portfolio and directing the vendor capacity that builds it.
- Executing ACS's modernization pathway, using AI-assisted tooling to document, de-risk, and progressively bring development work in-house.
- Owning the reporting and analytics environment to deliver reliable, real-time insight to the business.
Essential Functions(Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
Technical Delivery Ownership- Own technical delivery for the ACS application portfolio, including the ACS proprietary CRM, Quickbase, installer tools, customer-facing tools, and all integrations.
- Own the release schedule, deployment process, environments, and source control.
- Own technical testing, quality standards, and formal acceptance of all delivered work.
- Own production support escalation, root cause analysis, and technical debt reduction.
- Maintain the ongoing functionality of the ACS legacy system, directly and through direction of technology vendors, to maximize operational continuity.
- Execute change control in accordance with governance owned by the Sr. Director, escalating design-impacting changes for approval.
Development Vendor Direction- Direct all development vendor capacity, including scope definition, technical specifications, and work assignment.
- Independently size effort, validate vendor estimates, and challenge scope or pricing that isn't supported.
- Review code and deliverables, reject substandard work, and validate timesheets against delivered output.
- Ensure vendor work is delivered into ACS-owned repositories, environments, and standards rather than vendor-controlled environments.
- Reduce single-vendor dependency across all business-critical systems.
Application Modernization & AI-Assisted Development- Bring the legacy code base into AI-assisted development environments to generate architecture documentation, data flow mapping, business logic explanation, and technical debt identification.
- Convert undocumented institutional knowledge into written, searchable, company-owned technical documentation.
- Use AI-assisted development to accelerate enhancement, troubleshooting, refactoring, and testing of existing applications.
- Evaluate and recommend platform approach for new capability across custom development, low-code platforms, and configuration.
- Build internal delivery capability so a growing share of enhancement work is performed in house rather than purchased.
- Support planned, incremental migration of components to a modern stack with parallel operation rather than high-risk rewrite.
Architecture & Design Contribution- Develop and recommend application architecture, integration design, and data model approaches to the Sr. Director for approval.
- Implement within approved architecture and escalate any decision that alters approved patterns.
- Maintain API standards, integration patterns, and technical documentation across systems.
- Provide feasibility, effort, risk, and technical sequencing input on every business request before commitment.
- Plan and implement systems automation where it improves efficiency and reduces manual effort.
Data, Reporting & Analytics- Own the reporting and analytics environment, including Power BI data models, measures, refresh schedules, and report governance.
- Own data integrity, validation, and reconciliation between source systems.
- Own automation platforms including Power Automate and related workflow tooling.
- Supervise and develop the Jr. Data Analyst, retaining architecture and model ownership at the senior level.
Team & Partner Leadership- Provide day-to-day direction, priority setting, and performance feedback to development partner resources.
- Onboard, supervise, and develop internal technical staff.
- Establish and enforce development standards for documentation, testing, code review, and release management.
- Report delivery status, risk, and technical health to the Sr. Director on a defined cadence.
To excel in this role, you should possess the following qualifications:- 8+ years of experience in application development and delivery, including hands-on work with SQL Server, stored procedures, web application development, REST APIs, and system integrations.
- At least 3 years directing outsourced, offshore, or contracted development teams with accountability for delivery outcomes rather than task coordination.
- Demonstrated practical use of AI-assisted development tooling, with sufficient technical depth to validate and correct what those tools produce.
- Working experience with low-code platforms such as Quickbase, Power Platform, or equivalent, including judgment on when custom development is and isn't appropriate.
- Demonstrated ownership of source control, environments, release management, and software development lifecycle standards.
- Experience with business intelligence delivery, including Power BI data modeling and report governance.
- Experience documenting and modernizing legacy applications without full replacement.
- Background supporting operations-driven businesses such as field services, construction, distribution, or logistics preferred.
Benefits:- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Vacation (Planned Time Off)
- Sick/Personal (Unplanned Time Off)
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Commuter Accounts
- 401k with Employer match (up to 4% employer match!)
- Voluntary Short Term Disability
- Company Paid Life Insurance and AD&D
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
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