Associate Director Enterprise Applications

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston Massachusetts USA.

Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe serving the transportation infrastructure environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrows needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.

If you do not meet every requirement or your experience is slightly different that what we have listed we still encourage you to apply!

The Director Digital Applications is responsible for leading the strategy delivery and operational excellence of application platforms supporting Global business operations with a core emphasis on integrated application centric environments. The role is in charge of defining delivering and continuously improving the organizations core digital application landscape. This role ensures that core platforms are robust scalable secure and aligned with business strategy enabling operational excellence and digital transformation.

The role reports to the CDIO and is part of Digital leadership team.

How You Will Make an Impact:

Strategy & Leadership

• Define and drive the digital core application strategy and roadmap aligned with business priorities.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on technology capabilities and transformation opportunities.
• Lead the transition from legacy systems to modern integrated cloud-based platforms.

Application Portfolio Management

• Own and manage the end-to-end lifecycle of core applications (e.g. ERP CRM SCM HRM).
• Rationalize and optimize application landscape to reduce complexity and total cost of ownership.
• Ensure systems are fit-for-purpose standardized and scalable across regions and business units.

Delivery & Transformation

• Lead major digital transformation programs as required.
• Ensure delivery excellence through strong program governance risk management and change management.
• Drive agile and product-based operating models for continuous improvement.

Operations & Service Excellence

• Ensure high availability reliability and performance of all core applications.
• Oversee application support model (internal teams and external partners).
• Define and monitor KPIs/SLAs for service delivery and user satisfaction.

Data Integration & Architecture

• Ensure seamless integration across systems and end-to-end process consistency.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture to maintain a clean scalable and secure architecture.
• Support data integrity and enable data-driven decision making.

Stakeholder Management

• Manage strategic relationships with key customers (internal and external) and system integrators.
• Ensure continuous value realization from the applications
• Engage with senior stakeholders globally to drive adoption and alignment.

Team Leadership

• Build and lead a high-performing global team of application experts product owners and delivery leads.
• Develop talent capabilities and succession pipelines.
• Foster a culture of innovation accountability and collaboration.
• Enable effective cross-functional ways of working across the Digital workforce to drive integrated planning prioritization and delivery

What You Will Bring To Cabot:

Leadership & Strategic Thinking

• Visionary mindset with the ability to translate strategy into execution
• Strong decision-making and prioritization skills

Business Acumen

• Deep understanding of end-to-end business processes
• Ability to link technology investments to business outcomes

Execution Excellence

• Strong program and project management capabilities
• Results-driven with a focus on delivery and impact

Stakeholder Influence

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to navigate complex matrixed organizations

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Drives adoption of new technologies and best practices
• Promotes automation standardization and simplification
• Demonstrated knowledge in magic quadrants (SAP ORACLE JDE WD Sales force). Look at app manager JD

Education/Experience

• Bachelors or masters degree in information technology Engineering Business or related field.
• 1015 years of experience in applications and digital transformation.
• Proven leadership in managing large-scale ERP/HRIS transformations.
• Strong understanding of business processes across Finance HR Supply Chain Manufacturing.
• Experience leading global cross-functional teams.
• Strong expertise in cloud technologies integrations and modern application architectures.
• Demonstrated ability to operate at executive level and influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience with outsourcing and vendor management models.

How We Will Support Your Success

• The pay range for this role is $192150 - $278700. The actual compensation offered to the successful candidate will depend on the candidates skill qualifications experience and addition this position is eligible for an annual bonus based on your performance and company performance.
• In addition to base salary all positions are eligible for health benefits on the first day of employment annual bonus based on company performance local benefits and opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Dynamic Flexible Hard Working Team Environment We are busy collaborative growing and we are doing really meaningful work.
• Feedback we are committed to giving and receiving feedback in a direct and open fashion.
• Support you are part of a team and deserve to feel encouraged and supported. You will be part of a team that cares about you personally and professionally. Our success depends on your success.
  

At Cabot we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons battery materials aerogel fumed metal oxides inkjet colorants masterbatches and conductive compounds.

Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy Creating for Tomorrow we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability today and into the future.

EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled/RC14001
Realizing we function better together than individually Cabot Corporation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that embraces our differences and to empower employees to achieve exceptional results without consideration of sex race color religion national origin citizenship age disability marital or veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for employees and applicants disabilities or religious beliefs and practices in accordance with applicable law.

Cabot is committed to supporting and maintaining a safe and environmentally focused working environment. All employees are expected to uphold this commitment in every position.

Nondiscrimination Policy with Respect to Discussion of Pay
This is to advise that it is the policy of Cabot Corporation not to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about discussed or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This policy however shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as part of that employees essential job functions (such as in payroll or HR) discloses the compensation of such other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information unless that disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge in furtherance of an investigation proceeding hearing or other action including an investigation conducted by Cabot or otherwise as required by law.

Pre-Employment Drug Testing and Background Checks
Cabot is proud to operate as a drug-free workplace. All applicants conditionally offered a position must (a) complete and pass a background check and (b) complete a drug test and receive an acceptable test result. For certain manufacturing quality and production positions a pre-employment physical may be required.