Director, Enterprise Applications

Summary Of Role

The Director, Enterprise Applications is a senior technology leader responsible for defining and executing the vision for the company’s enterprise application portfolio. This role provides strategic leadership over the enterprise systems including ERP, Product Lifecycle Management (Siemens Teamcenter/NX), and the complete portfolio of COTS applications that enable finance, operations, engineering, supply chain, and corporate functions. The Director sets the long-term enterprise technology roadmap, drives digital transformation initiatives with measurable business outcomes, and ensures enterprise applications serve as a competitive differentiator in the aerospace industry. This role requires strategic vision, proven leadership capabilities, deep technical expertise, and the ability to operate effectively in a high-growth aerospace startup environment.

Responsibilities

1. Executive Strategy & Vision
   • Define and drive the enterprise application vision and strategy in alignment with corporate goals, market dynamics, and emerging technology trends, serving as a key member of the IT leadership team.
   • Lead digital transformation initiatives that reimagine business processes, create competitive advantages, and enable the company’s growth trajectory from startup to scale.
   • Develop business cases and ROI models for major technology investments, presenting recommendations to C-suite and securing approval for strategic initiatives.
   • Establish governance structures, investment prioritization frameworks, and technology standards that guide decision-making across the organization.
2. Enterprise Portfolio Leadership
   • Own the complete lifecycle of enterprise applications from strategy through evaluation, implementation, optimization, and retirement across the technology portfolio.
   • Drive enterprise architecture evolution, ensuring scalability, integration, and alignment with business needs while managing technical debt and modernization efforts.
   • Ensure enterprise applications deliver measurable business value through metrics, dashboards, and regular business reviews with executive stakeholders.
3. Business Partnership & Transformation
   • Lead enterprise-wide business process transformation initiatives that span multiple departments, driving standardization, automation, and operational excellence.
   • Establish cross-functional governance councils and steering committees to align application strategy with business priorities and manage organizational change.
   • Build strong relationships with key suppliers and industry partners to identify technology collaboration opportunities and industry best practices.
4. Financial & Resource Management
   • Manage enterprise applications operating budgets, forecasts, capital expenditures, and investment portfolios.
   • Drive cost optimization initiatives while maintaining service quality, identifying opportunities to reduce total cost of ownership and maximize ROI on technology investments.
   • Lead contract negotiations with major vendors and service providers, establishing strategic partnerships that deliver value and mitigate risk.
5. Security, Compliance & Enterprise Risk
   • Establish and oversee security, compliance, and risk management frameworks for all enterprise applications, ensuring alignment with policies and regulatory requirements.
   • Lead compliance efforts for industry regulations (SOX, ITAR, EAR, CMMC) and quality standards (AS9100), serving as the application authority for the organization.
   • Oversee enterprise risk assessments, business continuity planning, and disaster recovery capabilities to ensure resilience of mission-critical systems.
   • Partner with legal, finance, and security teams to address audit findings, implement controls, and maintain certification requirements.

Qualifications

Required capabilities include strategic vision, proven leadership, deep technical expertise, and the ability to operate effectively in a high-growth aerospace startup environment. Additional preferred qualifications include:

• Experience leading enterprise applications (ERP, PLM, and a broad COTS portfolio) in complex organizations.
• Strong background in enterprise architecture, IT governance, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Ability to build business cases, ROI models, and present to C-suite executives.
• Experience with ITAR-controlled programs and aerospace industry quality standards is a plus.

Benefits & Compliance

Firefly offers benefits for employees, including health, dental, and vision plans with low deductibles, parental leave, educational reimbursement, short-term disability, and flexible PTO options.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, ITAR requirements apply. You must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment is governed by merit, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced by race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally protected status.

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