Director of Applications Management
Posted Jun 9, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about the application portfolio you've managed. How many systems, how large a team and what was the biggest challenge?
What they are checking: Whether their scale and experience match leading enterprise applications for a global manufacturer.
Tell me about a time you led a major system upgrade or migration. What went wrong and how did you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they can lead large changes and are honest about problems rather than describing only success.
How do you develop managers and technical staff on your team?
What they are checking: Whether they invest in people and build bench strength rather than only managing the work.
What would you do
A critical manufacturing system goes down across several sites. What does your team do in the first hour?
What they are checking: Whether they have a clear incident process with communication to the business and focus on restoring production.
Business leaders want more changes than your team can deliver. How do you prioritize?
What they are checking: Whether they run a transparent intake and prioritization process instead of serving whoever is loudest.
About the work
How do you decide which applications to invest in, maintain or retire?
What they are checking: Whether they use business value, cost, risk and technical health to manage the portfolio deliberately.
How do you manage ERP, MES and other systems so they work together for a contract manufacturer?
What they are checking: Whether they understand integration across planning, production and quality systems is where problems often hide.
How do you work with software vendors and managed service partners to hold them accountable?
What they are checking: Whether they manage contracts and service levels firmly while keeping a working partnership.
Plexus builds regulated products. How does that affect how you manage changes to applications?
What they are checking: Whether they understand validation and change control for systems that support medical and aerospace production.
How do you measure whether your applications organization is doing a good job?
What they are checking: Whether they track meaningful measures like uptime, user satisfaction and delivery against plan.
How do you handle security and access concerns in business applications used across many countries?
What they are checking: Whether they consider security, access control and data rules as part of running applications.
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