Your purpose at Stanley/Stella

The IT Application Manager Web Platforms is responsible for ensuring the performance, security, scalability, and continuous improvement of Stanley/Stella’s web applications and digital commerce platforms, while managing external partners, supporting business-driven roadmap initiatives, and driving innovation through modern technologies and AI.

You own the operational health of Stanley/Stella's web ecosystem, including Magento, Dealer APIs, Embedded Catalogue and future digital applications. While business teams own the product vision and roadmap, you act as the technical guardian of that roadmap, ensuring solutions are secure, stable, scalable and aligned with our technology standards. 
 
You are supported in that mission by strategic web partners providing dedicated development and support capabilities. Your role is to steer this extended team, drive operational excellence and leverage emerging technologies (including AI) where they create tangible business value.

Your role and impact

Service Ownership & Operations (40%) 

• Own the performance,stabilityand security of the web application landscape.
• Manage incidents, problems,releasesandapplicationlifecycle activities.
• MonitorKPIs,SLAsand platform health.
• Drive root cause analysis and continuous operational improvement.
• Ensure compliance with security and business continuity requirements.
• Identifyopportunities to automate operational processes and reduce manual effort.

 
Application Evolution & Technical Stewardship (20%) 

• Partner with Product Owners and business stakeholders on roadmap initiatives.
• Assess technical feasibility, risks,dependenciesand operational impacts.
• Ensure new capabilities are scalable,future-readyandmaintainable.
• Drive continuous improvement through modern technologies,automationand AI-enabled capabilities where relevant.

 
Partner & Vendor Management (20%) 

• Govern our strategic web partners and service providers.
• Steer external developers and support teams.
• Lead operational and service review meetings.
• Ensure knowledge,documentationandsupportreadiness aremaintained.

 
Architecture & Integrations (20%) 

• Ensure seamless integration with ERP, CRM, PIM, DataLakeand other core platforms.
• Contribute to architectural decisions andtechnologyevolution.
• Promote standardization,scalabilityand long-term sustainability.
• Assess how AI services,agentsand automation capabilities can be safely integrated into the digital ecosystem.

About you

Your profile: 

• 8+ years in Application Management, Service Management or Digital Platforms.
• Experience with business-critical web applications or e-commerce platforms.
• Strong vendor and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong alignment with ST/ST’s core values of Respect, Transparency, Entrepreneurship and Customer-Centricity.
• Can cope with a sometimes-demandingenvironment(scale-up context).

 
Technical Knowledge – must have’s: 

• Applicationlifecycle and service management.
• Web applications and digital commerce platforms.Magento / Adobe Commerce experience is a plus.
• APIs and system integrations.Affinity with product data management is highly appreciated.
• Monitoring,observabilityand release management.
• Exposure to modern web frameworks (e.g.React, TypeScript)andAI tooling(e.g.LLMs,Langfuse)
• Ability to engage confidently with developers,architectsand AI specialists on technical design and implementation topics.