Director, Enterprise Applications

About this role

Crescent is a differentiated U.S. energy company committed to delivering value through a disciplined, returns-driven growth through acquisition strategy and consistent return of capital. Our long-life, balanced portfolio combines stable cash flows from low-decline production with a deep, high-quality development inventory.

Crescent is a top three producer (by gross operated production) in the Eagle Ford basin. Crescent’s leadership is an experienced team of investment, financial and industry professionals that combines proven investment and operating expertise . For more than a decade, Crescent and our predecessors have executed on a consistent strategy focused on cash flow, risk management and returns.    Through disciplined and accretive investments, we have successfully tripled the size of our company since going public in December 2021 while maintaining a strong balance sheet. 

The Director of Enterprise Applications is responsible for the strategy, governance, optimization, and lifecycle management of Crescent Energy’s enterprise SaaS application portfolio. This role serves as the primary steward of business applications across corporate functions, ensuring technology investments are aligned with business objectives, appropriately governed, cost-effective, and positioned to deliver maximum business value.

The Director will partner closely with business leaders to evaluate, select, onboard, and optimize enterprise applications while driving application rationalization efforts to reduce redundancy, control SaaS sprawl, and improve technology effectiveness across the organization. This leader will serve as a trusted advisor to functional stakeholders, helping business teams leverage modern SaaS platforms while maintaining alignment with enterprise architecture, security, data, and support standards.

Key Responsibilities: • Enterprise Application Portfolio Management • Own the strategy, governance, and lifecycle management of Crescent’s enterprise application portfolio, including ERP, accounting, land, HR, procurement, legal, and other business-critical SaaS platforms. • Maintain a comprehensive inventory of enterprise applications, including ownership, business purpose, costs, utilization, risks, and lifecycle status. • Develop and maintain enterprise application roadmaps aligned with business priorities, technology strategy, and organizational objectives. • Evaluate application effectiveness and business value, recommending enhancements, consolidations, replacements, or retirement as appropriate. • Ensure enterprise applications remain aligned with corporate architecture standards, business processes, and long-term strategic objectives.  

• Application Lifecycle Management & Rationalization • Establish and maintain governance processes for evaluating, approving, onboarding, and managing enterprise SaaS solutions. • Serve as the primary technology advisor during business led software evaluations and vendor selection activities. • Coordinate cross functional reviews involving Cybersecurity, Data & Information Management, Legal, Procurement, Compliance, and Enterprise Services. • Define standards and processes for application onboarding, vendor oversight, lifecycle management, and technology stewardship. • Promote disciplined software acquisition practices to ensure consistency, security, scalability, and operational effectiveness across the enterprise.  

• Application Rationalization & Optimization • Lead the enterprise application rationalization program to reduce redundancy, eliminate underutilized technologies, and control SaaS proliferation. • Continuously assess application utilization, business value, total cost of ownership, and strategic alignment. • Identify opportunities to consolidate platforms, standardize capabilities, and improve technology efficiency. • Develop metrics and executive reporting that provide visibility into portfolio health, utilization, risk, and investment effectiveness. • Champion a “buy before build” philosophy that prioritizes adoption of standard SaaS capabilities over custom solutions.  

• Business Partnership & Technology Enablement • Serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders on application strategy, process improvement, technology investments, and vendor capabilities. • Partner with stakeholders to identify opportunities for improved business outcomes through better utilization of enterprise applications. • Facilitate application optimization initiatives that improve adoption, streamline workflows, and maximize return on technology investments. • Support organizational change management and adoption efforts associated with new enterprise technologies. • Help business functions navigate the evolving SaaS landscape while maintaining alignment with enterprise governance standards.  

• Vendor Management & Commercial Oversight • Develop and manage strategic relationships with enterprise software vendors and service providers. • Participate in contract reviews, renewal discussions, and vendor performance evaluations. • Ensure vendor roadmaps, support models, and product strategies align with Crescent’s long-term business and technology objectives. • Partner with Procurement and Legal teams to support software negotiations and contract governance. • Oversee the application lifecycle by coordinating the onboarding, implementation, transition, and retirement of enterprise applications, ensuring alignment with architecture standards, security policies, vendor obligations, and business requirements.  

• Cross-Functional Collaboration • Partner with Data & Information Management teams to ensure enterprise applications can effectively participate in the broader enterprise data ecosystem. • Collaborate with AI & Automation teams to identify opportunities for workflow automation, process optimization, and emerging technology adoption. • Work closely with Cybersecurity & GRC to ensure security reviews, risk assessments, and compliance requirements are

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