SAP Solution Architect

About Us

Do you want to boost your career and collaborate with expert, talented colleagues to solve and deliver against our clients' most important challenges? We are growing and are looking for people to join our team. You'll be part of an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment of 300,000 employees. Our dynamic organization allows you to work across functional business pillars, contributing your ideas, experiences, diverse thinking, and a strong mindset.

Are you ready?

The Team

Our ERP practice helps some of the largest global firms and most recognizable brands deliver value and business transformation enabled by digital ERP solutions and services. Our ERP services covering strategy, implementation, and innovation help clients deliver true value and achieve their transformation agenda.

The Role

Lead solution architecture for a S/4

HANA-based transformation program, addressing critical dimensions of business processes, data & analytics, applications, and technologies.

• Lead the definition of the Solution Architecture in challenging business transformation projects (overall solution design including end-to-end design, integrations, and data migration)
• Ensure that technical solutions, platforms, and systems satisfy business requirements and future needs.
• Develop and implement an enterprise roadmap for SAP S/4
  
  HANA and a suite of new solutions including leadership of the ERP non-functional roadmap and related enterprise-wide integration requirements.
• Provision digital capabilities to enhance and transform the business and to enable new business models.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and technical solutions for focus areas e.g. SAP S/4
  
  HANA, SAP Cloud Platform, digital platforms, Cloud Integration, API Management, AI, Advanced Analytics, and IOT.
• Ensure a well-structured and defined solution architecture framework - delivering to time, cost, and quality and within budget.
• Ensure adherence to solution governance and enterprise architecture principles and standards.
• Lead and participate in key governance forums including Architecture Review Boards, Program Boards, Change Control Boards, and Integration Management meetings.
• Active participation in business development and pre-sales activities, including proposals and responses to “Requests for Proposal” (RFPs) and “Requests for Information” (RFIs).
• Proactively manage, monitor, and report on the identification, impact, dependencies, risks, mitigations, and implementation status of solution architecture topics and areas for improvement; and own the resolution of solution architecture issues.
• Liaise with 3rd party providers and vendors as needed.
• Manage internal consulting resources, 3rd party provider resources, and contract resources.

You design and manage complete enterprise solutions. You demonstrate leadership of topics in the architect community and show a passion for technology and business acumen.

Responsibilities and Qualifications

• Extensive work experience in a consulting company, working in large-scale SAP transformation programs.
• Proven delivery capability for large-scale SAP-based transformation programs.
• Practical application of project management life cycle principles and methodologies (SAP Activate, including key concepts like Model Company, SAP Value Lifecycle Management, etc.).
• Experience with solution and enterprise architecture frameworks and models e.g. TOGAF.
• Considerable SAP solution architecture, familiar with typical solution challenges in a large-scale transformation program.
• Demonstrated skills in executing an Agile-based design and delivery approach.
• Ideally experienced in process analysis and business process design approaches.
• Solid understanding of major data objects and SAP enterprise structures.
• Solid understanding of a range of SAP applications including S/4
  
  HANA, e.g. IBP, MDG, etc.
• Solid understanding of applying technologies like Cloud, APIs, AI, and IOT.
• Experience in delivering SAP using a value-driven transformation approach.
• Superior client interaction skills: ability to build trusted relationships to design and implement solutions for transformation programs jointly with clients.
• Ability to inspire, convince, and influence to be able to gain…