Applications Manager Jobs in North Carolina
Applications Manager jobs in North Carolina are in active demand, concentrated in healthcare IT, financial services, and enterprise software across a seniority range from junior implementation roles through director-level positions. Charlotte, Raleigh, and Durham are the primary hiring centers, with major employers like Bank of America, Duke University Health System, and Red Hat maintaining steady applications manager headcount across their enterprise and clinical systems teams. Sub-specialties seeing the strongest North Carolina demand include EHR and healthcare application management, cloud-based ERP systems, and financial platform administration. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Description Burns & McDonnell is seeking a Protection Applications Section Manager to lead and develop the Protection Applications team within the Transmission & Distribution Global Practice in the Mid-Atlantic Region. This position will report directly to the Mid-Atlantic Region’s Substation Department Manager.
The Protection Applications Section Manager will provide people leadership, technical direction, and organizational oversight for a team responsible for power system protection applications, protective relay settings and coordination, and related protection and control engineering. The team will support projects ranging from equipment replacements and brownfield modifications to greenfield substations, transmission system improvements, generation and large-load interconnections, and EPC projects.
The successful candidate will combine strong technical expertise in power system protection with a passion for developing people and building high-performing teams. This leader will be responsible for the people, technical capability, capacity, quality, and performance of the Protection Applications team, while helping position the organization for continued growth.
What You Will Do
People & Organizational Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing Protection Applications team that promotes employee ownership, accountability, collaboration, technical excellence, and professional growth.
- Direct and coordinate work assignments, staffing, and resource utilization to meet project requirements and established billability and performance goals.
- Establish clear performance expectations, provide meaningful feedback, and identify development opportunities for Employee-Owners.
- Partner with the Substation Department Manager and Recruiting Team to identify staffing needs, recruit talent, and develop the technical capabilities necessary to support current and future work.
- Identify and develop future technical and people leaders while building succession and technical depth within the section.
- Implement and support company, Global Practice, and regional initiatives while thoughtfully leading the section through change.
Technical Leadership & Project Execution
- Serve as a technical leader for power system protection applications, relay settings, coordination, and related protection and control engineering.
- Provide technical guidance for protection of transmission and distribution system equipment including buses, transformers, circuit breakers, capacitor banks, reactors, transmission lines, and distribution feeders.
- Lead and support power system modeling, short-circuit analysis, protective relay coordination, settings development, and design-basis documentation for projects through 500 kV.
- Provide technical oversight, design reviews, and quality control while supporting consistent application of client standards, industry practices, and Burns & McDonnell quality requirements.
- Partner with P&C design teams, Project Managers, and other technical disciplines to integrate protection philosophy, detailed design, construction, testing, commissioning, and energization.
- Support projects delivered through design-only, program, and EPC delivery models and help resolve complex technical or execution challenges.
Performance Focus
- Maintain visibility into workload, staffing demand, utilization, and capacity, proactively addressing resource and capability gaps.
- Achieve established targets and standards for financial performance, manage budgets and expenses.
- Communicate workload, staffing, and financial performance to the Substation Department Manager and project leadership.
- Drive continuous improvement through development of technical standards, processes, automation, tools, training, and lessons learned.
- Collaborate with Project Managers, Account Managers, Project Development, and technical leaders on proposals, staffing strategies, technical approaches, and strategic pursuits.
- Build relationships across Burns & McDonnell to leverage specialized expertise, balance workload, and expand capabilities available to the Mid-Atlantic Region.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, construction, or related degree from an accredited program and a minimum of five (5) years of related professional experience in design and/or project management.
- Previous leadership and/or management experience is preferred.
- Must demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to clearly and effectively present complex information to all levels of employees, management, and clients.
- Ability to thoughtfully and positively influence, lead, and manage change.
- Strong project management skills and a strategic perspective.
- Expert proficiency in applicable computer software.
Preferred Technical Experience & Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering strongly preferred.
- Professional Engineer (PE) licensure strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience in power system protection and control applications within the electric utility or industrial power industry.
- Experience with protective relay settings, coordination, short-circuit studies, and power system modeling.
- Experience with protection and control applications for substations ranging from 69 kV through 500 kV.
- Experience with ASPEN OneLiner, Electrocon CAPE, SEL AcSELerator, GE Enervista, or comparable protection engineering platforms.
- Experience providing technical leadership, design review, and quality control for protection engineering projects.
- Experience mentoring and developing engineers at varying levels of experience.
- Experience supporting construction, testing, commissioning, and energization of substation projects.
- Knowledge of FERC and NERC requirements related to electric utility reliability is preferred.
- Knowledge of IEC 61850 and its implementation is preferred.
This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.
EEO/Disabled/Veterans
Job Engineering
Primary Location US-NC-Raleigh
Other Locations US-VA-Richmond, US-DC-Washington
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time
Req ID: 264834
Job Hire Type Experienced #LI-JNH #T&D
Description Burns & McDonnell is seeking a Protection Applications Section Manager to lead and develop the Protection Applications team within the Transmission & Distribution Global Practice in the Mid-Atlantic Region. This position will report directly to the Mid-Atlantic Region’s Substation Department Manager.
The Protection Applications Section Manager will provide people leadership, technical direction, and organizational oversight for a team responsible for power system protection applications, protective relay settings and coordination, and related protection and control engineering. The team will support projects ranging from equipment replacements and brownfield modifications to greenfield substations, transmission system improvements, generation and large-load interconnections, and EPC projects.
The successful candidate will combine strong technical expertise in power system protection with a passion for developing people and building high-performing teams. This leader will be responsible for the people, technical capability, capacity, quality, and performance of the Protection Applications team, while helping position the organization for continued growth.
What You Will Do
People & Organizational Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing Protection Applications team that promotes employee ownership, accountability, collaboration, technical excellence, and professional growth.
- Direct and coordinate work assignments, staffing, and resource utilization to meet project requirements and established billability and performance goals.
- Establish clear performance expectations, provide meaningful feedback, and identify development opportunities for Employee-Owners.
- Partner with the Substation Department Manager and Recruiting Team to identify staffing needs, recruit talent, and develop the technical capabilities necessary to support current and future work.
- Identify and develop future technical and people leaders while building succession and technical depth within the section.
- Implement and support company, Global Practice, and regional initiatives while thoughtfully leading the section through change.
Technical Leadership & Project Execution
- Serve as a technical leader for power system protection applications, relay settings, coordination, and related protection and control engineering.
- Provide technical guidance for protection of transmission and distribution system equipment including buses, transformers, circuit breakers, capacitor banks, reactors, transmission lines, and distribution feeders.
- Lead and support power system modeling, short-circuit analysis, protective relay coordination, settings development, and design-basis documentation for projects through 500 kV.
- Provide technical oversight, design reviews, and quality control while supporting consistent application of client standards, industry practices, and Burns & McDonnell quality requirements.
- Partner with P&C design teams, Project Managers, and other technical disciplines to integrate protection philosophy, detailed design, construction, testing, commissioning, and energization.
- Support projects delivered through design-only, program, and EPC delivery models and help resolve complex technical or execution challenges.
Performance Focus
- Maintain visibility into workload, staffing demand, utilization, and capacity, proactively addressing resource and capability gaps.
- Achieve established targets and standards for financial performance, manage budgets and expenses.
- Communicate workload, staffing, and financial performance to the Substation Department Manager and project leadership.
- Drive continuous improvement through development of technical standards, processes, automation, tools, training, and lessons learned.
- Collaborate with Project Managers, Account Managers, Project Development, and technical leaders on proposals, staffing strategies, technical approaches, and strategic pursuits.
- Build relationships across Burns & McDonnell to leverage specialized expertise, balance workload, and expand capabilities available to the Mid-Atlantic Region.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, construction, or related degree from an accredited program and a minimum of five (5) years of related professional experience in design and/or project management.
- Previous leadership and/or management experience is preferred.
- Must demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to clearly and effectively present complex information to all levels of employees, management, and clients.
- Ability to thoughtfully and positively influence, lead, and manage change.
- Strong project management skills and a strategic perspective.
- Expert proficiency in applicable computer software.
Preferred Technical Experience & Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering strongly preferred.
- Professional Engineer (PE) licensure strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience in power system protection and control applications within the electric utility or industrial power industry.
- Experience with protective relay settings, coordination, short-circuit studies, and power system modeling.
- Experience with protection and control applications for substations ranging from 69 kV through 500 kV.
- Experience with ASPEN OneLiner, Electrocon CAPE, SEL AcSELerator, GE Enervista, or comparable protection engineering platforms.
- Experience providing technical leadership, design review, and quality control for protection engineering projects.
- Experience mentoring and developing engineers at varying levels of experience.
- Experience supporting construction, testing, commissioning, and energization of substation projects.
- Knowledge of FERC and NERC requirements related to electric utility reliability is preferred.
- Knowledge of IEC 61850 and its implementation is preferred.
This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.
EEO/Disabled/Veterans
Job Engineering
Primary Location US-NC-Raleigh
Other Locations US-VA-Richmond, US-DC-Washington
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time
Req ID: 264834
Job Hire Type Experienced #LI-JNH #T&D
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The qualifications that appear most often in applications manager jobs across North Carolina.
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or a related field required
- Three or more years managing enterprise applications such as ERP or CRM platforms
- Demonstrated experience with ITIL frameworks and application lifecycle management
- Proficiency coordinating cross-functional teams across business and technology stakeholders
- Experience with healthcare information systems preferred for roles in North Carolina hospital networks
- Relevant certifications such as PMP, ITIL Foundation, or Salesforce Administrator are frequently preferred
Applications Manager Jobs in North Carolina: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a applications manager in North Carolina?
Most applications manager roles in North Carolina require a bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or business information systems, typically followed by several years in application support or systems administration. North Carolina does not issue a state license for this role, so employers rely on industry credentials like ITIL Foundation, PMP, or platform-specific certifications from vendors like SAP, Oracle, or Salesforce. Building experience within a North Carolina healthcare system, university, or financial institution is one of the most common paths into management.
How much do applications managers make in North Carolina?
Applications managers in North Carolina earn a median of about $172,860 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $108,280 for the lowest 10% to over $287,840 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire applications managers in North Carolina?
Employers hiring applications managers in North Carolina right now include Grifols, Renesas, and Hitachi Rail, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. North Carolina's concentration of major hospital networks, large financial institutions headquartered in Charlotte, and enterprise technology firms in the Research Triangle makes it one of the more consistently active states for this role.
Which North Carolina cities have the most applications manager jobs?
Raleigh, Durham, and Asheville account for the largest share of applications manager openings in North Carolina. Charlotte drives volume through its concentration of major banks and financial services firms, while Raleigh and Durham benefit from the Research Triangle's dense cluster of technology companies, universities, and large healthcare networks that all run significant enterprise application environments.
Are there remote applications manager jobs in North Carolina?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 67% of applications manager openings tied to North Carolina are remote or hybrid as of October 2026, reflecting how much of the work involves platform configuration, vendor coordination, and stakeholder communication rather than hands-on hardware. Roles focused on cloud-based ERP, CRM, or financial platforms tend to have the most remote flexibility, while positions tied to on-premise healthcare systems often require at least some on-site presence.
How can I get hired as a applications manager in North Carolina with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving into an application support analyst or junior systems administrator role at a North Carolina healthcare network, university, or financial institution, then building toward management. Large North Carolina employers like Duke Health, UNC Health, and Wells Fargo regularly hire for entry-level IT roles that sit directly below applications management. Earning a vendor certification in a platform like Salesforce, ServiceNow, or Epic gives candidates without experience a concrete, employer-recognized credential that opens those first doors.
Where can I find and apply to applications manager jobs in North Carolina?
You can find and apply to applications manager jobs in North Carolina on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings across the state. Search the listings to see what is available right now, find roles that match your background, and apply directly to the ones that fit.
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