Manager IT Applications and Development

Job Description

Job Description

 

About Seyer Industries

Founded in 1957, Seyer Industries is a third-generation, family-owned manufacturer based in St. Peters, Missouri, specializing in complex components for the aerospace and maritime industries. Our capabilities include CNC machining, chemical processing, welding, painting, mechanical assembly, and specialized testing.

Culture is a cornerstone at Seyer. Mutual respect, integrity, accountability, employee welfare, operational excellence, and customer focus shape how we work. Employee longevity and low turnover reflect a workplace where people are trusted to contribute, improve, and grow.

The Opportunity

Seyer is seeking a Manager for IT Applications & Development to lead our enterprise applications and software development organization. This role combines people leadership, application stewardship, software engineering discipline, business partnership, and delivery management across a diverse manufacturing technology environment.

The Manager will lead a small, capable development team and help shape how Seyer implements, enhances, integrates, supports, and retires business applications and internally developed software. The role works closely with the Senior Solutions Architect and the Manager - IT Infrastructure & Operations within an IT governance model led by the CFO.

This is not simply a software development manager role. The position spans enterprise applications, custom software, integration, application lifecycle management, AI-enabled solutions, vendor stewardship, and business-facing delivery in a complex manufacturing environment.

What You Will Lead

• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop the IT Applications & Development team while establishing clear priorities, accountability, and professional growth.
• Provide technical and operational stewardship for enterprise applications, including ERP, HRIS, quality, manufacturing, engineering-supporting, portal, and related business systems as applicable.
• Lead implementation, enhancement, maintenance, support, modernization, and retirement of enterprise applications and internally developed software within approved priorities and architecture direction.
• Establish and continuously improve software engineering practices, including coding standards, code review, testing, documentation, source control, CI/CD, release practices, secure development, and technical debt management.
• Lead the full application lifecycle - from request intake, requirements, and design coordination through development/configuration, testing, user acceptance, release, production support, and retirement.
• Manage delivery capacity, backlogs, schedules, dependencies, and tradeoffs; communicate risks and constraints clearly to technical and business stakeholders.
• Partner with business process owners to translate business needs into practical technology solutions and improve adoption, usability, and operational performance.
• Lead implementation and operational lifecycle management of approved AI-enabled applications, automations, assistants, and agents, including appropriate business ownership, testing, monitoring, support, and cost awareness.
• Manage assigned application and software vendors, licensing, renewals, service levels, technical support relationships, and escalations.
• Maintain visibility into application portfolio health, including ownership, criticality, lifecycle status, integrations, cost, support model, technical debt, and planned investments.

How the Role Fits

The Manager - IT Applications & Development is the operating leader for applications, software engineering, delivery, and application lifecycle governance. The Senior Solutions Architect provides cross-functional technical architecture, integration and data-pattern leadership, technology standards, and design review. The Manager - IT Infrastructure & Operations provides the infrastructure, cybersecurity operations, identity, resilience, service, and platform foundation on which applications operate.

Enterprise technology strategy, investment prioritization, policy approval, risk appetite, and final decision rights remain with the CFO. The three IT leadership roles work collaboratively within Seyer's IT Governance Framework.

What We Are Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Approximately 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in software engineering, enterprise applications, systems integration, or related technology disciplines.
• Approximately 5+ years of progressively responsible technical leadership experience, including experience leading or managing software development and/or enterprise applications teams.
• Demonstrated experience implementing and supporting enterprise applications and managing application lifecycles.
• Experience establishing software engineering practices, delivery processes, application governance, and organizational standards.
• Strong business partnership skills and experience leading technology-enabled change.
• Manufacturing experience is strongly preferred; aerospace and defense experience is a plus.

Technical Environment & Capabilities

• The successful candidate should be comfortable leading in a modern development and enterprise application environment. Relevant experience may include:
• C# / .NET and modern application development practices
• Microsoft SQL Server / T-SQL
• JavaScript and modern front-end frameworks such as React
• REST APIs, JSON, systems integration, and enterprise data concepts
• Git/source control, CI/CD, testing, documentation, and secure software development
• Enterprise ERP and business application environments
• AI-assisted software development, automation, and AI-enabled applications

Leadership Profile

We are looking for a practical, business-minded technology leader who can balance innovation with discipline. The strongest candidates will be able to move comfortably between team leadership, business process discussions, application portfolio decisions, software delivery, vendor conversations, and technical tradeoffs while maintaining a clear focus on business value, reliability, security, and long-term maintainability.

Why Seyer

• Meaningful leadership role within a growing, privately held aerospace and defense manufacturer.
• Opportunity to influence the evolution of enterprise applications, custom software, AI, automation, and digital capabilities.
• Direct interaction with executive leadership and business stakeholders.
• Established internal development capability with room to mature processes, governance, and application strategy.
• Culture emphasizing accountability, collaboration, flexibility, positivity, work ethic, and integrity.

Compensation & BenefitsSeyer Industries offers a competitive compensation and benefits program including:

• Performance-based incentive opportunities
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) with Company matching contributions
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Professional development opportunities

Equal Employment Opportunity

Seyer Industries is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law.

All job offers are contingent on the successful completion of a pre-employment drug test and background check.