Are you passionate about making a difference in the housing sector? If you enjoy influencing how digital estates supports the business, ensuring systems are effective, user-centered and consistently improving to meet organisational needs, this is the role for you.
The general Applications Manager will manage the entire lifecycle of varied applications for diverse, multi-vendor IT systems, acting as the bridge between IT teams and stakeholders to ensure applications are reliable, secure and cost-effective. The way we use applications and digital services is evolving. Cobalt has fully transitioned to a modern, cloud-based technology estate, giving us the foundations to deliver our ambitious Corporate Plan and Digital Strategy. With no legacy infrastructure or technical debt, we now operate within a clean, integrated digital ecosystem where applications, data, identity and security work seamlessly together.
Responsibilities
- Own and manage Cobalt’s core business applications and SaaS platforms as well as integrations, ensuring reliability, scalability, and consistency.
- Lead application roadmaps, upgrades, and continuous improvement.
- Work closely with digital, data, and security colleagues to deliver joined‑up outcomes.
- Champion application usability, adoption, and value across the organisation.
- Manage application roadmaps, change and testing, and hold suppliers accountable for service quality and value for money.
- Stake with operational teams to build trusted relationships and shape applications around real business needs.
- Share responsibility for standards, governance and resilience across the wider application estate, contributing to a modern, product‑led approach to applications management across the organisation.
Qualifications
- Experience working in housing associations.
- Creative thinking and ability to support the vision, values, and commitment to customers.
- Ability to work within a hybrid, flexible office arrangement.
Salary: circa £55,000 per annum, with some flexibility for the right candidate.
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