Corporate Applications Manager
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
Are you an experienced technology professional with a passion for leading teams, managing complex systems, and ensuring seamless operations across business applications?
Stockport Homes Group is looking for a Corporate Applications Manager to join our team and play a pivotal role in maintaining and developing our ICT applications portfolio.
As the Corporate Applications Manager, you will be responsible for the support, development, and effective use of ICT applications that are integral to Stockport Homes Group. You will lead a team of talented System Managers and System Officers, ensuring that all business-critical applications are reliable, efficient, and provide value for money. Your leadership will ensure the ongoing maintenance and development of our technical infrastructure, ensuring it meets both operational and strategic goals.
You will play a key role in ITIL service management, ensuring that application availability meets agreed service levels, while also ensuring that applications remain compliant with cybersecurity standards. You will collaborate with both internal teams and external delivery partners to evaluate, plan, and implement enhancements and upgrades across the SHG’s technology.
In this role, you will:
- Lead and manage the Systems Team, ensuring the ongoing maintenance, enhancement, and upgrades of all operational ICT systems.
- Oversee access control and data security within the data warehouse, applying robust security measures.
- Act as the operational lead on large-scale software implementation projects, including the development of SHG’s housing management system.
- Ensure systems meet capacity and availability requirements, identifying and addressing any shortfalls.
- Plan and manage technical hardware upgrades and connectivity, working closely with suppliers and service partners.
- Lead on achieving and maintaining Cyber Essentials Plus certification, focusing on IT security policies and controls.
- Provide proactive guidance to stakeholders on system upgrades, ensuring service availability is maintained.
- Foster strong relationships across teams to drive continuous improvement.
Our ideal candidate would have:
- Experience with housing management systems, processes, and technologies.
- Strong knowledge of SQL and cloud technologies.
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience managing a team with various technical disciplines.
- Experience in leading ICT services for large-scale projects and enabling Continuous Service Improvement.
- Proven ability to implement cybersecurity policies and manage core business systems.
- Excellent communication skills, with a focus on building relationships across business areas and 3rd Parties.
- A technology-related degree or equivalent professional experience.
If you’re a driven and ambitious leader with a desire to improve service delivery, join us at Stockport Homes Group and help us shape the future of our business systems.
The SHG “Be You” approach sums up our belief that everyone has the right to be who they are, and to be that person at work, in line with SHG’s Values. We’re always looking to improve diversity within our teams to enhance this culture and to be truly representative of the communities we work in.
We understand that if you don't meet every requirement, you may be hesitant to apply but we still want to hear from you and encourage you to submit an application detailing your experiences, achievements, and the value you can bring to our team.
We encourage you to apply early! We may close the vacancy sooner if we find the right candidate.
Closing date: Tuesday 15th October
Interview date: Friday 18th October
About Us
Stockport Homes is Stockport’s largest landlord and a management organisation which acts as landlord for both Stockport Council’s social housing and our own property portfolio. But we’re more than just so-called rent collectors. We’re an award-winning, trailblazing public sector company that strives to transform lives by offering tenants advice and support on health and wellbeing, finance, youth engagement, employment and education opportunities as well as help in the home.
At Stockport Homes we believe in being ambitious, making a difference in our local communities, and serving our customers with passion. We believe in approaching problems with innovation, in respecting our partners, colleagues and customers and in striving for excellence.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. The SHG “Be You” approach sums up our belief that everyone has the right to be who they are, and to be that person at work, in line with SHG’s Values. We appreciate the strength we gain from having and supporting our diverse teams. Diversity contributes to our inclusive culture and allows us to be truly representative of the communities we work in.
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