IS Applications Lead

Salary: £36,000 - 76,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong experience leading enterprise application environments
• Proven SAP applications governance and support experience
• Knowledge of Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Power BI
• Strong understanding of ITIL, change management, and IT General Controls
• Experience managing outsourced suppliers and third-party vendors
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience delivering application and SAP-related projects
• Degree in IT, Business, or equivalent commercial experience

Responsibilities:

• Lead the operational delivery of our enterprise applications estate
• Own SAP governance, change, and release management
• Manage third-party application vendors and outsourced service providers
• Oversee application architecture, performance, security, and resilience
• Deliver application upgrades, implementations, and transformation projects
• Coordinate testing, UAT, and deployment activities
• Manage major application incidents and service escalations
• Support audits, IT General Controls, and compliance activities
• Drive application lifecycle management across on-premise and SaaS platforms
• Manage software licensing, renewals, and commercial agreements
• Work closely with Cyber, Infrastructure, and business stakeholders to improve security and operational maturity

Technologies:

• Azure
• Support
• ITIL
• Microsoft 365
• Power BI
• SAP
• Security
• Office 365
• Cloud

More:

We are supporting a leading organisation in the search for an experienced IS Applications Lead to take ownership of a complex enterprise applications landscape, with SAP at its core. This is a hands-on leadership position based in Barrow-in-Furness, requiring a minimum of 4 days onsite per week. The contract is inside IR35, and you will play a key role in managing outsourced partners, driving governance, and ensuring our business-critical applications remain secure, resilient, and high performing.

last updated 31 week of 2026