Sr. Director, AI Business Architecture & Enterprise Adoption

Job Summary

Reporting to the CIO, the Sr. Director of Enterprise Applications will lead the strategy, business alignment, delivery, and optimization of enterprise applications supporting Finance, Supply Chain, HR and Legal. This leader will oversee multiple functional application areas and provide direction to global teams responsible for business relationship management, requirements definition, solution architecture, application development, implementation, support, and continuous improvement.

As a senior member of the IT leadership team, the Sr. Director will partner with business and technology leaders to translate enterprise priorities into scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions. The role will shape multi-year application strategies, guide portfolio prioritization, influence investment decisions, manage strategic vendor relationships, and lead through directors, managers, employees, contractors, and implementation partners.

This leader will help shape NetApp's future operating model by leveraging enterprise applications, AI, automation, and digital capabilities to accelerate enterprise transformation, improve business performance, and deliver measurable business outcomes.

The successful candidate will act as a trusted strategic advisor to executive leaders, bringing an external perspective on emerging technologies, enterprise platforms, AI innovation, intelligent automation, and industry best practices. NetApp seeks a collaborative, forward-looking leader who can build a service-oriented organization recognized by the business as a trusted partner for innovation, operational excellence, and measurable business impact.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise applications portfolio supporting Finance, Supply Chain, HR, Legal, and related business capabilities, ensuring alignment with business priorities, IT strategy, security requirements, and enterprise architecture.
• Define and lead the multi-year enterprise applications strategy, including future-state architecture, platform modernization, application rationalization, AI integration, and business capability roadmaps.
• Partner with senior business and IT leaders to define priorities, evaluate trade-offs, align investments, and deliver measurable business outcomes.

Product Operating Model & Governance

• Define and evolve the operating model governing how business functions and IT jointly prioritize, fund, govern, deliver, and continuously improve enterprise application capabilities.
• Establish clear decision rights, accountability models, governance processes, investment frameworks, and performance measures across Finance, Supply Chain, HR, Legal, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Data, and AI organizations.
• Establish a product-based approach across the enterprise applications portfolio, emphasizing product vision, roadmap management, adoption, user experience, value realization, and continuous optimization.

Delivery & Operational Excellence

• Lead global teams responsible for business relationship management, requirements definition, solution architecture, application development, integration, implementation, support, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with enterprise architecture, data, cybersecurity, and infrastructure teams to modernize, simplify, secure, and scale the enterprise applications ecosystem.

AI, Automation & Digital Transformation

• Drive adoption of AI-enabled tools, intelligent automation, predictive insights, and workflow optimization across enterprise applications and business processes.
• Launch and oversee AI pilots and transformation programs in partnership with data, security, legal, architecture, and business leaders to ensure responsible, compliant, and value-driven adoption.
• Identify opportunities to improve business performance through process simplification, automation, analytics, and modern digital capabilities.

Outside-In Innovation & Technology Leadership

• Continuously benchmark enterprise application capabilities against industry leaders, emerging technologies, and best practices.
• Maintain awareness of trends in ERP modernization, AI innovation, intelligent automation, digital workflows, composable architectures, SaaS platforms, and enterprise technology ecosystems.
• Translate external insights and market intelligence into actionable strategies that improve agility, employee experience, operational efficiency, and enterprise competitiveness.
• Serve as a thought leader across enterprise technology disciplines while helping shape NetApp's long-term digital transformation agenda.

Vendor & Talent Leadership

• Manage strategic vendor and implementation partner relationships, including contract negotiation, roadmap alignment, performance management, service levels, and delivery outcomes.
• Recruit, develop, and retain high-performing leaders and teams, including managers, architects, analysts, developers, service managers, product leaders, and AI-enabled application talent.
• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, continuous learning, and customer-focused service delivery.

Job Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant technology, enterprise applications, ERP, or business systems experience, including 5+ years of people management responsibility.
• Proven experience leading enterprise applications teams across multiple business functions, ideally including Finance, Supply Chain, HR and Legal and related domains.
• 5+ years of experience with Oracle ERP implementations, lifecycle management, integrations, enhancements, and support; Oracle ERP Cloud experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through managers, senior technical leaders, employees, contractors, vendors, and implementation partners in a global or matrixed environment.
• Strong understanding of enterprise application strategy, SaaS/cloud platforms, integration architecture, data flows, application lifecycle management, and operational support.
• Experience identifying, launching, or scaling AI-enabled tools, automation programs, analytics capabilities, or intelligent workflow solutions.
• Knowledge of emerging trends in AI, machine learning, intelligent automation, PaaS, SaaS, cloud computing, and digital technologies.
• Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business terms and influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience with SOX, GDPR, audit controls, data governance, cybersecurity, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Proven ability to attract, develop, and retain high-performing teams while fostering a culture of accountability, transparency, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Compensation:
The target salary range for this position is 227,800 - 338,800 USD. The salary offered will be determined by the candidate's location, qualifications, experience, and education and may be outside of this range. The range is based on 'On Target Earnings’ (OTE) representing the total potential earnings, which is the sum of the base salary and potential commission earned when performance targets are achieved. Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards, reflecting a variety of factors, and include a comprehensive benefits package. This may cover Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Retirement or Pension Plans, Paid Time Off, various Leave options, employee stock purchase plan, and/or restricted stocks (RSU’s). These offerings are subject to regional variations and governed by local laws, regulations, and company policies. We will provide detailed information about the specific benefits for your region during the recruitment process.