Interim Assistant Director, Applications Development & Support

Interim Assistant Director, Applications Development & Support

Our client is seeking an experienced Interim Assistant Director, Applications Development & Support to lead critical application operations, strengthen service delivery, and drive operational improvements. This hands-on leadership opportunity is ideal for a technology professional who excels at managing technical teams, maintaining business-critical systems, and improving processes to ensure reliable performance and long-term operational success.

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• Location: Downey, CA
• Compensation: This job is expected to pay about 85-95/HR
• No Visa Sponsorship Available for this role

What You ll Do:

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee daily application development, maintenance, integrations, ERP operations, production support, and system releases to ensure reliable service delivery.
• Lead and mentor technical teams, manage workloads, coordinate vendors, and establish clear performance expectations and accountability.
• Maintain operational continuity for critical business applications, proactively resolving incidents, service disruptions, and delivery challenges.
• Identify and implement improvements across IT service management, testing, documentation, release management, and operational workflows.
• Develop operational plans, monitor service performance, and provide reporting on project milestones, resource capacity, risks, and improvement initiatives.

What Gets You the Job:

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Applications Manager, Assistant Director, Enterprise Systems Manager, ERP Operations Leader, or similar hands-on IT leadership role.
• Strong background managing application development, production support, system integrations, databases, ERP platforms, and release management.
• Demonstrated success leading technical teams, managing vendors, overseeing service delivery, and implementing operational improvements.
• Solid understanding of IT service management (ITSM), incident and problem management, change control, resource planning, and performance reporting.
• Experience supporting mission-critical enterprise applications, with public sector, education, government, or similarly complex environments preferred.

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