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Vice President, Enterprise Applications Sunstate Equipment Co.: Where Safety and People are Core Values
We care about our People and it shows!
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including plans with no employee premiums (plus HSA options with employer contribution)
401(k) with company match
Company-paid life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance
Paid time off, inclusive of vacation, paid holidays, and sick time
Weekly pay
Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources
- Employee recognition programs and growth opportunities
About the Role:
The Vice President, Enterprise Applications is a senior technology executive responsible for setting the strategic direction, governance model, and operational excellence standards for the company's enterprise application ecosystem.
This leader ensures that all enterprise platforms, field systems, data platforms, integrations, and business intelligence are aligned to business strategy, scalable for growth, and architected for long-term sustainability.
The VP will modernize legacy environments, reduce technical debt, strengthen data integrity, and build a disciplined product and delivery model that improves reliability, accelerates innovation, and enhances the employee and customer experience.
This role serves as a key strategic partner to Executive Leadership, translating business priorities into technology roadmaps while ensuring strong execution, financial stewardship, and governance.
Key Responsibilities:Enterprise Applications Strategy & Portfolio Governance
- Develop and own a multi-year enterprise applications roadmap aligned to corporate strategy.
- Establish governance frameworks that prioritize investments based on business value, risk mitigation, and operational impact.
- Rationalize and optimize the application portfolio to eliminate redundancy and technical fragmentation.
- Ensure architecture decisions support scalability, integration, security, and performance.
Modernization & Technical Debt Reduction
- Lead modernization of legacy systems through cloud adoption, SaaS optimization, and integration redesign.
- Implement preventative governance to reduce future technical debt.
- Establish architectural standards and lifecycle management processes.
- Improve system reliability, uptime, and performance metrics.
Delivery Excellence & Operational Discipline
- Oversee design, development, integration, testing, deployment, and ongoing support of enterprise systems.
- Implement disciplined product management and agile delivery practices.
- Establish KPIs for release quality, cycle time, defect rates, adoption, and user satisfaction.
- Ensure strong change management and stakeholder communication.
Data & Integration Strategy
- Lead enterprise data architecture strategy including governance, master data management, and integration standards.
- Ensure data integrity across systems and business functions.
- Oversee data conversion and migration initiatives during system implementations.
- Partner with business leaders to strengthen analytics and reporting capabilities.
Security, Risk & Compliance
- Ensure enterprise applications meet regulatory, security, audit, and operational requirements.
- Partner with Information Security and Infrastructure leaders to maintain strong risk controls.
- Establish controls to safeguard sensitive and proprietary information.
Leadership & Talent Development
- Build and lead high-performing teams across application development, architecture, integration, QA, and support.
- Develop succession pipelines and technical leadership bench strength.
- Establish clear performance standards, accountability, and execution discipline.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and operational excellence
Financial & Vendor Stewardship
- Develop and manage enterprise applications budget and capital planning.
- Oversee vendor selection, contract negotiation, and performance management.
- Optimize SaaS licensing models and third-party spend.
- Ensure strong ROI and measurable business value from technology investments.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field required.
- Master's degree (MBA or technical equivalent) preferred.
- 15+ years of progressive IT experience with at least 7–10 years leading enterprise application teams in a complex, multi-location organization.
- Demonstrated experience owning and executing large-scale ERP or enterprise system implementations.
- Experience modernizing legacy environments and leading cloud or SaaS transformation initiatives.
- Proven track record reducing technical debt and improving system stability and reliability.
- Experience leading cross-functional technology governance in partnership with senior business leaders.
- Background in capital planning, portfolio management, and technology investment prioritization.
- Experience managing multi-million-dollar budgets and complex vendor ecosystems.
- Experience building and scaling high-performing technical teams.
- Strategic Enterprise Thinking| Connects technology investments to measurable business outcomes.
- Execution & Delivery Discipline| Drives accountability, timelines, and operational rigor.
- Cross-Functional Influence| Partners effectively with Operations, Sales, Finance, HR, and Executive Leadership.
- Systems & Complexity Leadership| Navigates large-scale integrations and cross-platform dependencies.
- People & Culture Leadership| Builds high-performing teams and models company values.
- Change Leadership| Leads mindset shifts from reactive support to proactive product ownership.
Why Choose Us?
At Sunstate, every employee is valued, respected, and fairly compensated. More importantly, every employee has a voice that deserves to be heard. We are working hard to challenge the typical ways of business and develop an environment where our employees feel safe, comfortable, and look forward to coming to work. No matter which location you visit, you can't help but feel the close-knit work-family environment.
We have strategically and organically grown our company from within, promoting from the ground up and providing employees with opportunities to explore their different passions within our own walls. This culture allows our people to develop valuable, marketable skills they can use throughout their career. Plus, with benefits like Baby Bonding, My Holiday vacation time, and discounts on everything from movie tickets to cell phone bills, we're constantly evolving our resources to provide our people with tools to make their lives easier!Be YOU at Sunstate
At Sunstate Equipment, we are actively fostering a workplace culture where individuals of all identities and life experiences feel genuinely valued, respected, and appreciated. As a proud equal-opportunity employer, we wholeheartedly welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds and cultures. We recognize and celebrate the unique perspectives they bring, with the understanding that they are the fuel for the innovative ideas that drive the evolution of our industry
Sunstate Equipment Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer
A Drug Free Workplace and Participates in E-Verify
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