Role OverviewThe Director of Applications is a senior technology leader responsible for shaping and delivering the State of Maine's enterprise application strategy. In this role, you will partner closely with MaineIT's executive leadership, fellow directors, and agency partners to ensure that technology solutions effectively support statewide goals, deliver value, and enable long-term modernization.
What You Will Do
You will provide strategic direction and operational leadership for multiple application development and support teams. This includes setting vision and priorities, overseeing application portfolios, guiding modernization efforts, and ensuring reliable, secure, and high-quality application services across executive branch agencies.
Why It Might Be a Fit
Success in this position requires strong relationship-building and collaboration skills. You will serve as a trusted partner to agency leadership, negotiating priorities, balancing competing demands, and driving shared outcomes across organizational boundaries.
Requirements
- Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
- Ability to translate business needs into technology strategies and solutions that align with enterprise priorities.
- Solid understanding of application and system architecture, modern development practices, and secure, scalable solution design.
- Experience managing application portfolios, budgets, and multi-year investment planning.
- Skilled in vendor and contract management, including state procurement processes.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including relationship building, collaboration, negotiation, and strategic thinking.
- Ability to use data and analytics to guide decisions, evaluate risks, and improve performance.
- Strong adaptability with the ability to shift priorities, manage ambiguity, and respond to evolving agency needs.
- Proven leadership experience developing teams, driving modernization efforts, and leading organizational or technology change.
- Ability to contribute to enterprise planning, governance, and policy development across multiple agencies.
Benefits
- 13 paid holidays
- 12 days of sick leave
- 3+ weeks of vacation leave annually
- Vacation leave accrual increases with years of service
- Overtime-exempt employees receive personal leave
- Health insurance coverage
- Dental insurance
- Retirement plan
- Gym membership reimbursement
- Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness
- Living Resources Program
- Parental leave
- Voluntary Deferred Compensation
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