Digital Strategy Manager

Lead the definition, delivery, and ongoing support of corporate applications and development capabilities across LATAM, ensuring Finance, People & Culture, and Legal needs are met. Serve as IT lead for SAP implementation activities, oversee Level 2 support for legacy systems, and drive simplification toward a resilient digital core.

Champion consistent development practices, governance, and value delivery to enable efficient, secure corporate operations region-wide.

Responsibilities

• Lead SAP implementation support and coordinate functional/technical activities for Finance, P&C and Legal
• Manage Level 2 support for legacy corporate applications across LATAM (Including Mexico CFDI)
• Oversee development PODs and application delivery for corporate capabilities
• Drive application modernization and simplify digital core landscape
• Ensure alignment with central IT architecture, security and compliance standards
• Stakeholder engagement and business relationship management.
• Governance, change and release management for corporate applications
• Vendor and contract management for application development and support
• Cost control and budgeting for LATAM corporate application portfolio
• Team development and capability growth for development and support staff

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 10+ years in IT application development and support roles
• 5+ years managing teams in multinational environments.
• Experience leading application programs supporting Finance, HR/P&C and Legal functions.
• Experience with SAP implementations (functional/technical coordination) and cutover activities.
• Proven background in Level 2/3 support models for legacy enterprise applications .
• Track record managing cross-country delivery in LATAM or similar multi-country regions.
• Experience building and supervising development PODs/teams and vendor-managed resources.
• Strong stakeholder management with business process owners, regional leads and central IT.
• Strong knowledge with agile delivery, DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with IT governance, incident/change/problem management and SLA frameworks.
• Budgeting, vendor contracting and service management experience.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize technical debt, modernization and business requests.

Specific Knowledge

• Knowledge of SAP modules relevant to Finance, HR/P&C (e.g., FI/CO, HCM/SuccessFactors) and integration patterns.
• Strong understanding of corporate application landscapes , ERPs, payroll, Mexico CFDI and tax/localization considerations in LATAM.
• Experience with legacy application support, troubleshooting, and migration strategies.
• Familiarity with integration middleware, APIs, batch processes and data synchronization.
• Knowledge of secure application development practices, identity and access management.
• Understanding of cloud platforms (Azure) and hybrid architectures.
• Experience with modern development stacks, microservices, and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Proficiency with CI/CD tools, automated testing and release management.li>
• Basic knowledge of data governance, master data management and reporting/BI needs for corporate functions.
• Understanding of regulatory/compliance requirements for HR, Finance and Legal across LATAM.
• Familiarity with ITSM tools (ServiceNow/Jira Service Management) and incident management workflows.
• Awareness of cost optimization and license management best practices.

Schedule: Monday to Friday, from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Modality: Full-time, 100% payroll, Hybrid in Mexico City (3 days on site, 2 days home office)

Salary: $90,000 a $106,000 MXN gross monthly

Year-end bonus: 33 days
Savings fund: 13% (up to the legal limit)
Grocery vouchers: 13% (up to the legal limit)
Meal vouchers: Equivalent to 20 UMAs per month
Vacation: According to the law
Vacation bonus: 100%
Major Medical Expenses Insurance: Coverage up to 700 times the General Minimum Wage (SMGM)
Life Insurance: Equivalent to 48 months of base salary for natural death and 96 months for accidental death
Annual bonus: 20% of annual salary
Pension plan: Available after 1 year of service

20% commercial bonus

Corporate car with a budget of $597,148.42 MXN

About the Company

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