Director, IT Application Delivery - Finance & Accounting

Director Of Application Delivery

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Your Opportunity

As the Director of Application Delivery, you will serve as an innovative thought leader and trusted advisor within Smithfield. In this role, you will lead the delivery and support of technology solutions across the business, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and driving impactful outcomes.

You will collaborate with business leaders, vendor partners, and cross-functional IT teams to coordinate and execute initiatives effectively. Success in this role depends on your ability to foster strong partnerships and promote teamwork across internal and external stakeholders.

Core Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership Provide technical leadership for solutioning and supporting applications across various functional groups.
• Strategic Alignment Partner with IT leadership to ensure strategic alignment and seamless execution of cross-functional projects and support efforts.
• Issue Escalation Serve as the escalation point for technical issues within assigned areas.
• Innovation Delivery Champion IT innovation, delivering transformative solutions that enhance business performance.
• Application Oversight Oversee the design, development, configuration, and coding of applications, ensuring technical excellence.
• Risk Management Ensure risk management and control execution are embedded throughout the development lifecycle.
• Stakeholder Communication Communicate decisions, priorities, and project updates to stakeholders at all levels.
• Opportunity Identification Identify opportunities to leverage technology for business value creation and cost reduction.
• Process Innovation Drive technology and process innovation across the global organization, ensuring continuity and scalability.
• Strategic Planning Develop strategic initiatives that are forward-thinking and deliver measurable value to the business.
• Relationship Management Manage relationships and projects across internal teams, vendors, and third-party providers.
• Continuous Improvement Promote a culture of continuous improvement within the IT organization.
• Vendor Oversight Manage strategic vendor partnerships and contracts in collaboration with Strategic Sourcing.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. May perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Supervisory Responsibilities

Relocation Package Available Yes

EEO Information

Smithfield is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment selection process, please call us at 757-357-1595.