Senior Entreprise Architect ERP

Overview

Employment Type:

Permanent;
Contract Duration:

At IATA, we represent over 350 airlines worldwide, striving to make aviation safer, smarter, more sustainable, and inclusive.

• Our Values are not just words on a page - they are the energy behind everything we do:
  ONE IATA - We collaborate across teams;
  TRUSTED - We do the right thing;
  INNOVATIVE - We make tomorrow better;
  INCLUSIVE - We embrace diverse perspectives.
• With over 30,000 courses available, we believe in continuous learning and support your growth in an ever-changing industry.
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion are our priorities. We are certified by the Equal Salary Foundation, offering equal pay and family-friendly policies.
• We encourage community involvement through volunteering and strive to make tomorrow better for aviation and our communities. We offer time off so you can support causes important to you.
• We promote work-life balance with flexible work options, including remote and hybrid work, a generous 'work from abroad' policy, and you get your birthday off!

Reporting to the Director Central Data Office and Architecture, and in collaboration with other stakeholders across IATA I&D and IATA Corporate Service teams, you will drive enterprise-level direction and governance of a multiyear, ERP (SAP) migration program delivered in partnership with one or more System Integrators. With a strong ERP domain background, you will ensure that technology investments deliver coherent, scalable, and business-aligned outcomes.

While day-to-day build activities will be led by SIs, you will ensure that all designs align with enterprise architecture standards, agreed roadmaps, and long-term business objectives.

Serve as ERP Architecture Authority:
Provide clear architectural direction for the SAP migration program, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and guiding system integrators and internal teams.

• Translate Strategy into Architecture:
  Engage senior stakeholders to convert business objectives into ERP target capabilities, principles, and an actionable architecture roadmap.
• Own and Govern ERP
  
  Roadmap:
  
  Maintain alignment across processes, data, integrations, security, and infrastructure while providing assessment and recommendations on the deployment options.
• Validate Solution Designs:
  Review and approve SI-produced designs for compliance with SAP best practices, enterprise standards, data governance, and non-functional requirements.
• Ensure End-to-End Integrity:
  Oversee integration across SAP modules and surrounding systems, preventing siloed or fragmented implementations.
• Lead Data Architecture & Migration:
  Collaborate with Data Governance to define master data ownership, quality standards, and migration strategy, including cutover sequencing.

• 8–10+ years in Enterprise Architecture roles for large-scale transformation programs, including deep ERP migration expertise (preferably SAP ECC → S/4
  
  HANA) and advanced application of Enterprise Architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
• Deep expertise in ERP-centric landscapes, including processes, data, and integration design.
• Proven ability to govern System Integrators, manage transition architectures, technical debt, and multi-release risks.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills to effectively support, guide, and collaborate with senior leaders and program sponsors.

Travel Required:

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