Senior Manager, Business Applications

Tekion is disrupting the automotive industry with its cloud-native platform, connecting OEMs, retailers, and consumers. This Senior Manager role leads strategic planning, execution, and optimization of enterprise business applications to support operational excellence and business transformation. The role oversees cross-functional system initiatives, ensures platform scalability and integration, and guides a team in delivering high-quality application services aligned with organizational goals, leveraging cutting-edge technology, big data, machine learning, and AI.

Must Have

• Drive the roadmap and governance of key enterprise applications, aligning system capabilities with evolving business needs.
• Manage a team of business systems professionals across application support, enhancement, and solution delivery.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across departments (Finance, HR, Operations, Sales) to define application strategies and implement solutions that drive efficiency.
• Oversee complex application projects, including new implementations, integrations, upgrades, and migrations.
• Ensure high availability, performance, and security of business-critical systems through monitoring and continuous improvement.
• Lead the evaluation, selection, and management of application vendors and service providers.
• Promote standardization, data quality, and automation across platforms and workflows.
• Provide mentorship, structure, and performance development for team members and cross-functional project contributors.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in business applications or systems management, including 3+ years in a leadership or senior management role.
• Proven experience managing enterprise platforms (e.g., Salesforce, NetSuite, Workday, SAP, Oracle) and system integrations.
• Strong grasp of cross-functional business processes and how systems enable scalable execution.
• Track record of leading large-scale technology projects and optimizing complex application landscapes.
• Skilled in stakeholder engagement, change management, and vendor negotiations.
• Excellent leadership, strategic thinking, and cross-functional communication skills.

Good to Have

• Master’s degree preferred.

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive compensation and generous stock options
• 100% employer-paid top-of-the-line medical, dental and vision coverage
• Great benefits including unlimited PTO, parental leave and free snacks and beverages
• The opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds from Silicon Valley’s most dominant and successful companies
• Be part of an early stage, hyper-growth start-up with the opportunity to grow and prosper
• Work on the latest and coolest technologies – everything is home-grown and built ground-up
• A dynamic work environment with a strong sense of community and collaboration
• The open and transparent culture that encourages innovation, rewards performance and discourages hierarchy
• Exciting opportunities for career growth and development

Job Description

Leads the strategic planning, execution, and optimization of enterprise business applications to support operational excellence and business transformation. This role oversees cross-functional system initiatives, ensures platform scalability and integration, and guides a team in delivering high-quality application services aligned with organizational goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the roadmap and governance of key enterprise applications, aligning system capabilities with evolving business needs.
• Manage a team of business systems professionals across application support, enhancement, and solution delivery.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across departments (Finance, HR, Operations, Sales) to define application strategies and implement solutions that drive efficiency.
• Oversee complex application projects, including new implementations, integrations, upgrades, and migrations.
• Ensure high availability, performance, and security of business-critical systems through monitoring and continuous improvement.
• Lead the evaluation, selection, and management of application vendors and service providers.
• Promote standardization, data quality, and automation across platforms and workflows.
• Provide mentorship, structure, and performance development for team members and cross-functional project contributors.
• Job Complexity: Leads complex, multi-system initiatives with cross-departmental reach and strategic impact. Balances operational excellence with innovation in business technology.
• Required Supervision: Operates with strategic autonomy. Defines team vision, roadmap, and application priorities in collaboration with executive leadership.
• Expertise: Deep understanding of enterprise application ecosystems, process automation, and business alignment. Recognized for leading transformation through systems strategy and delivery.

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in business applications or systems management, including 3+ years in a leadership or senior management role.
• Proven experience managing enterprise platforms (e.g., Salesforce, NetSuite, Workday, SAP, Oracle) and system integrations.
• Strong grasp of cross-functional business processes and how systems enable scalable execution.
• Track record of leading large-scale technology projects and optimizing complex application landscapes.
• Skilled in stakeholder engagement, change management, and vendor negotiations.
• Excellent leadership, strategic thinking, and cross-functional communication skills.

Perks and Benefits

• Competitive compensation and generous stock options
• 100% employer-paid top-of-the-line medical, dental and vision coverage
• Great benefits including unlimited PTO, parental leave and free snacks and beverages
• The opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds from Silicon Valley’s most dominant and successful companies
• Be part of an early stage, hyper-growth start-up with the opportunity to grow and prosper
• Work on the latest and coolest technologies – everything is home-grown and built ground-up
• A dynamic work environment with a strong sense of community and collaboration
• The open and transparent culture that encourages innovation, rewards performance and discourages hierarchy
• Exciting opportunities for career growth and development