DIRECTOR OF ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS (INTERNAL)

When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields - each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders.

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences - then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

The Director of Enterprise Applications will work closely with Chugach Government Solutions stakeholders, business process owners and Digital Solutions leadership team to effectively translate business strategy and objectives into technological capability through a portfolio of enterprise application products. The Director drives strategy and manages resources to ensure best-in-class solutions that are of high quality, cost-effective, innovative, and sustainable.

This position is open to Chugach Employees, Chugach Shareholders and Chugach Descendants ONLY.

Work Model: Remote

• Strategic leadership: Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for enterprise applications that supports our organization's business goals and objectives. Own, maintain and promote awareness of the application strategic roadmap with measurable business outcomes and OKRs.
• Leadership of digital transformation efforts: Identify opportunities for innovation and improvement, while overseeing ongoing implementation of multiple, overlapping large application initiatives.
• Team leadership and development: Leads and develops a team of Product Managers across multiple enterprise application products. Establishes consistent product management standards (vision, discovery, roadmaps, OKRs, lifecycle and adoption metrics), coaching PMs to deliver measurable outcomes and improved stakeholder satisfaction.
• Business engagement: Develop productive relationships with business leaders across our organization to influence how applications can enable new sources of value. Conduct regular surveys of stakeholders' satisfaction with applications, publish the results and, where necessary, implement action plans to improve satisfaction.
• Portfolio management: Oversee the management of our enterprise applications portfolio, ensuring it meets current and future business requirements. Define product vision, success metrics, and value realization for enterprise application products; ensure roadmaps tie to measurable business outcomes. Identify opportunities for system modernization, integration, automation and rationalization. Facilitate and govern quarterly portfolio prioritization with business stakeholders. Own the final ranked backlog after input and constraint analysis.
• Operational excellence: Safeguard the reliability, availability and performance of our enterprise applications. Implement best practices for application life cycle management, including development, deployment, maintenance and support. Serve as executive incident leader for critical application outages. Establish and track reliability SLIs/SLOs and continuous improvement targets (e.g., incident reduction, MTTR, release success rates).
• Vendor management: Establish and maintain strong relationships with key vendors and partners. Maintain deep awareness of strategic vendors' roadmaps and align them to CGS priorities.
• Risk management and compliance: Work with our internal governance team to ensure enterprise applications comply with all relevant laws, regulations and industry standards. Oversee risk management processes to identify, assess and mitigate risks associated with applications, integrations, and data platforms.
• Budget management: Develop and own the budget for enterprise applications including licensing, services, and staffing, ensuring optimal allocation of resources and cost-effectiveness.

Accountable For:

• Ensuring applications and data flows support DFARS/NIST 800-171/CMMC requirements and are audit-ready for government contracting environments.
• Following CGS, LLC safety practices and workplace conduct standards.
• Maintaining compliance with CGS policies, procedures, and operational protocols.
• Performing additional duties as required

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, business administration or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in IT, with at least five years' experience leading multiple cross-functional teams across a portfolio of enterprise applications.
• Proven track record of leading digital transformation initiatives and implementing large-scale IT projects.
• Extensive experience with ERP, CRM, DW and other business-critical applications.
• Demonstrated success in vendor and stakeholder management.
• Ability to pass any employment background checks and/or drug testing.
• Valid state Driver's License with acceptable driving record pertinent to the position.

• A master's degree or MBA is highly preferred.
• Prior experience within a government contractor or federal acquisition environment.
• Experience building or scaling product management practices in enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001, NIST SP 800-171, CMMC, or other compliance frameworks related to IT controls.
• Familiarity with federal cost accounting standards and budgeting in a project-driven organization.

Working Conditions:

• This position is primarily performed in an office setting using standard office equipment.
• Work may require occasional weekend work, evening work and travel.

Physical Requirements:

• Work requires the ability to operate a computer and work in a standard office environment
• Effectively communicate information in verbal and written form, read and review information and charts, perform analytical thinking skills, and use sound judgment.
• Work may require occasional weekend work, evening work and travel.

CGS will provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Chugach Government Solutions or any of its subsidiaries, please email ada@chugachgov.com

Equal Employment Opportunity:
Chugach is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, disability, genetic factors, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.