IT Manager lll

The Riverside County Information Technology has an exciting opportunity for an IT Manager III to support the Enterprise Applications Bureau (EAB) in Riverside.

The IT Manager III will lead the Enterprise Applications Bureau responsible for the County's PeopleSoft Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) environment.

This position oversees two supervisors who manage teams of application developers and business systems analysts supporting PeopleSoft Human Capitol System (HCM), Financials, and Procurement.

The manager provides strong leadership, mentorship, and performance management to ensure effective team operations and foster a collaborative, growth-oriented culture focused on continuous improvement.

The role is responsible for the overall stability, performance, and integrity of the PeopleSoft environment, including system administration, integrations, reporting, patching, upgrades, and issue resolution.

The IT Manager III strengthens coordination with internal RCIT teams such as the Call Center, PeopleSoft System Administration, and Database teams to improve communication, shared understanding, and cross-team effectiveness.

Additional responsibilities include ensuring compliance with County security policies, audit requirements, and regulatory standards; maintaining operational uptime and continuity for mission-critical ERP functions; and driving both temporary and long-term solution delivery in partnership with key stakeholders such as Human Resources (HR), Auditor-Controller (ACO), and Purchasing.

The manager leads system optimization, automation, and modernization efforts aligned with industry best practices, including organizing improvement sessions and ensuring that resulting action items are implemented.

The position also oversees vendor and consultant engagements and ensures effective stakeholder communication and satisfaction across departments.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience working with PeopleSoft ERP or similar ERP platforms in a public sector or large enterprise environment, with proficiency across Financials, HCM, Budgeting, Procurement, Payroll, and related functional areas.

Strong understanding of PeopleSoft architecture, integrations, APIs, and data exchange between enterprise systems is essential, along with familiarity with PeopleTools and Oracle or SQL Server database platforms.

Preferred qualifications include demonstrated success leading ERP implementations, upgrades, modernization initiatives, or enterprise-wide enhancements.

Candidates should have experience managing security, compliance, and audit requirements within ERP systems, including role-based access and segregation-of-duties considerations.

The ideal candidate balances operational support with strategic planning and roadmap development for long-term ERP sustainability.

Strong leadership experience overseeing cross-functional teams of developers and business systems analysts is highly desired, including performance management, mentoring, and...