SaaS & Business Applications Manager

As a SaaS & Business Applications Manager, you will own and mature Parloa’s internal SaaS and business application landscape, transforming a highly distributed environment into a centralized, scalable, and compliant platform that enables the business to operate efficiently. This role operates as an individual contributor with end-to-end ownership of the application portfolio. You will work in close partnership with IT Service Delivery and Security, ensuring applications are reliable, compliant, and aligned with business needs — while driving consolidation, optimization, and operational excellence. Areas of ownership: Own the SaaS & Application Portfolio: Take ownership of the lifecycle of all business applications, from onboarding to decommissioning. Establish and maintain a centralized view of the application landscape (600+ tools). Drive consolidation and rationalization to reduce redundancy and improve efficiency. Drive Business Alignment & Enablement: Partner with stakeholders across the business to understand needs and translate them into scalable application solutions. Ensure applications are aligned with operational workflows and business objectives. Act as the bridge between business, IT, and vendors. Lead Application Delivery & Change: Own implementation, rollout, and optimization of business applications. Manage upgrades, changes, and integrations in collaboration with IT Service Delivery. Ensure proper validation, testing, and release processes. Vendor & Supplier Management: Manage relationships with SaaS vendors, including performance, renewals, and contract optimization. Track usage, value, and licensing to support cost efficiency. Support commercial decision-making with data and insights (budget ownership sits outside the role). Governance, Risk & Compliance: Partner with Security to ensure applications meet SOC2 / ISO compliance requirements. Establish governance processes for onboarding, access, and lifecycle management. Maintain documentation, standards, and controls across the application portfolio. Knowledge & Operational Excellence: Build and maintain documentation, service catalogues, and usage guidelines. Improve internal adoption, usability, and supportability of tools. Introduce scalable processes aligned with ITIL principles where appropriate. How you'll work: Operate as a high-ownership IC with broad scope and autonomy. Collaborate closely with: Security (compliance, risk, controls) IT Service Delivery (operations, support, service processes). Navigate intentionally overlapping boundaries, ensuring clarity through collaboration rather than rigid ownership splits. Focus on building structure and maturity in a currently evolving environment. Who you are: Proven experience managing SaaS or business application portfolios in a scaling company. Strong understanding of application lifecycle management and IT service management concepts (e.g., ITIL). Experience working with vendors, contracts, and SaaS ecosystems. Ability to operate across technical and business domains, translating between stakeholders. Strong project ownership and delivery capability across multiple parallel initiatives. Experience working in environments transitioning toward enterprise maturity (compliance, scale, governance. Nice to have: Experience in SaaS-heavy, high-growth environments. Familiarity with SOC2 / ISO 27001 controls. Background in consulting or transformation roles. Exposure to tooling ecosystems (SSO, IAM, procurement, asset management). What success looks like (first 12 months): Measurable reduction in SaaS spend through consolidation and optimization Significant portion of applications centralized under structured ownership Clear governance model established for onboarding, lifecycle, and vendor management Improved visibility, documentation, and usability of the application landscape