IT Applications Team Lead (Male/Female)
Job description
We are looking for an IT Applications Team Lead to lead our applications team (6 people) across Slovakia and Hungary.
This is a player-manager role. You will work closely with business stakeholders and stay involved in key solution and integration topics. You will help turn business needs into clear priorities, drive major application changes, and ensure our systems are reliable, supportable and aligned with business goals.
This role is not intended to be directly involved in routine technical systems support, regular on-call, or standard IT operations or troubleshooting.
What you will do:
✅ Lead the applications team and set clear priorities
✅ Build strong relationships with business stakeholders across Slovakia and Hungary
✅ Lead major incidents, critical changes, go-lives and hypercare when needed
✅ Turn business demand into realistic application roadmaps and delivery priorities
✅ Lead solution design and integration discussions for major changes
✅ Oversee the application portfolio, including ownership, lifecycle, risks and support model
✅ Drive standardisation across shared applications
✅ Manage key application vendors and escalation paths
✅ Strengthen ownership clarity, back-up coverage, documentation and runbooks
Please send your CV in English language.
Benefits
Performance-based bonus
Meal allowance above legal requirements – €162 net per month (€8.10 per day), even during vacation
Travel allowance – €0.15/km, up to €160 per month
Extra vacation days – minimum of 25 days for all employees
Contribution to the 3rd pillar pension plan – up to €80 per month
Sick leave support – financial assistance during illness
Special Occasion Contributions – for life events such as weddings, childbirth, and other important moments.
Additional leave for special occasions – e.g., wedding, birth of a child
Professional training and development – support for your career growth
Company events & Multisport card – sports and social events
Annual salary review – at least once per year
Danucare program – focused on health and well-being
Extra pay beyond legal requirements – for overtime, weekends, and holidays
Loyalty rewards – bonuses for work anniversaries
Referral bonus – €750 for recommending a new colleague
Recreation allowance – according to legal requirements and beyond.
Additional benefits – as per the collective agreement #danucemfamily
Personality requirements
➡️ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field
➡️ Master's degree preferred
➡️ Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in IT, with at least 5 years in applications, business systems, or solution delivery
➡️ Experience leading teams, workstreams, or application capabilities in a multi-stakeholder environment.
➡️ Ability to lead solution design for business applications and major enhancements
➡️ Good understanding of integration concepts, interfaces, data flows, and system dependencies
➡️ Working knowledge of ERP, CRM, plant-facing, customer-facing, or other core business applications relevant to Danucem
➡️ Language:
English: Fluent (required)
Slovak: Fluent (required)
Hungarian: Advantage
Brief description of the company
At Danucem, we believe that construction can be more resilient, more sustainable, and more people‑focused. Our materials are part of the places where people live, work, and relax – and our employees leave their mark on projects that shape both communities and the landscape.
We are a major producer of cement, concrete, and aggregates in Slovakia. We operate cement plants in Rohožník and Turňa nad Bodvou, as well as several concrete plants, quarries, and gravel pits. Together with our subsidiary companies – ecorec, TransPlus, and Premac – we form a strong group engaged in the production of alternative fuels, prefabricated elements, logistics, and concrete paving.
Since 2015, we have been part of CRH, a global leader in building materials, operating in 37 countries and employing more than 90,000 people. Thanks to this, we have a stable background, international know‑how, and at the same time we maintain our local character.
For more information please see our website www.danucem.com