Manager, Digital Logistics Platforms

If you are currently an employee of Herc Rentals, please apply using this link: Herc Employee Career Portal Founded in 1965, Herc Rentals is one of the leading equipment rental suppliers in North America with 2025 total revenues reaching approximately $4.4 billion. Herc Rentals’ parent company, known as Herc Holdings Inc., listed on the New York Stock Exchange on July 1, 2016, under the symbol “HRI.” Herc Rentals serves customers through approximately 607 locations and has about 10,000 employees in North America as of June 30, 2026. Job Purpose The Manager, Logistics IT Platforms will be responsible for leading the delivery, support, and continuous improvement of technology platforms that enable Herc Rentals’ logistics operations. This role will partner closely with business stakeholders, operations leaders, and technical teams to ensure logistics applications and related systems across all platforms mobile and web effectively support scheduling, dispatch, fleet movement, transportation workflows, and operational efficiency across the enterprise. This leader will oversee platform enhancements, defect resolution, backlog prioritization, and project execution for logistics-related applications. The role requires strong knowledge of agile delivery methodologies, business process analysis, application lifecycle management, and collaboration across cross-functional teams. The successful candidate will bring experience managing technology initiatives in a structured IT environment, driving quality and execution, and ensuring platforms continue to meet evolving business needs. How You Will Make a Difference Drive Platform Delivery: Ensure timely delivery of system enhancements, projects, and defect resolutions that support logistics operations and improve business performance. Support Operational Excellence: Partner with logistics and operations teams to align technology capabilities with business priorities, field needs, and service expectations. Improve Quality and Stability: Oversee application quality, release readiness, issue tracking, and continuous improvement efforts across logistics platforms. Strengthen Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with business users, technical teams, QA, and support resources to ensure business requirements are translated into effective solutions. Provide Leadership and Visibility: Deliver regular updates to business and IT leadership on project progress, priorities, risks, and overall platform health. What you will do... Business and Platform Leadership Understand and communicate business requirements for logistics platforms, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and operational priorities. Partner with Logistics, Operations, Fleet, vendor partners, and IT teams to identify opportunities for process improvement, innovation, and better platform performance. Support the strategic direction and roadmap for logistics-related applications and ensure priorities are aligned with business value. Serve as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, translating operational needs into actionable plans. Backlog, Enhancement, and Defect Management Manage platform backlogs, enhancement requests, and defect prioritization to support timely and effective delivery. Oversee agile delivery activities including planning, story refinement, sprint support, and release coordination. Track production issues and defect resolution efforts, ensuring timely follow-up, root cause visibility, and appropriate communication with stakeholders. Support the planning and execution of enhancement cycles, maintenance releases, and system updates. Project Delivery and Oversight Provide oversight for logistics IT projects, including scope, milestones, risks, open items, and resource coordination. Collaborate with technical teams and external or offshore resources to ensure deliverables meet business needs, quality standards, and timelines. Monitor project progress and ensure dependencies, issues, and…

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