Business Architect jobs in United States, California, Long Beach

What you'll do

As an Cloud ERP Adoption and Experience Office Architect, you’ll:

· Act as a thought leader, developing and implementing adoption frameworks across the organization.

· Identify key customer segments and create targeted campaigns (1:Many, 1:Few, 1:1) to boost license consumption, product feature usage, and innovation adoption.

· Manage programs using the Missions Framework, tracking ROI and impact.

· Collaborate with cross-functional teams across ASC, Product, Presales, S-CSMs, and EAE’s to ensure seamless execution.

· Build and manage communities to foster knowledge sharing and thought leadership.

· Monitor partner progress and establish feedback loops to drive continuous improvement.

What you bring

· Strong delivery experience with a background in a specific LoB/Industry.

· Keen interest in learning new tools and exploring emerging topics with a growth mindset.

· Proven ability to manage renewals, reduce churn, and drive adoption.

· Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing global initiatives in a matrix environment.

· Strategic mindset with the ability to influence senior leadership.

· In-depth knowledge of SAP Cloud ERP solutions, Cloud Technology, and BTP.

· Knowledge of RISE with SAP Methodology and SAP Business Suite is a plus.

· Exceptional communication skills to create impactful campaigns and engage diverse audiences.

Work Experience & Additional Skills

· 16+ years of experience in Services, Product Management, Sales, or Pre-Sales.

· Prior experience in designing and implementing end-to-end On-Premise and Cloud Solutions.

· Ability to work effectively across virtual, global teams.

· Fluency in English (written and spoken) and willingness to travel globally.

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Job Segment:Cloud, ERP, Pre-Sales, Developer, Consulting, Technology, Sales

Expectations & Tasks

Advise – your role is to advise customers and work with them to enable them to be successful with SAP. With your knowledge of SAP and SAP products, you could:

• Support customers in defining and planning their Intelligent Enterprise roadmap, using as much of standard SAP processes and content, with a focus on Data, Analytics and Finance.
• Support customers to accelerate their projects and roadmap execution, by supporting the set-up of Design Authority Boards providing directions and guidance.
• Participate in Design Authority Services delivery to guide and advise customers in the execution of projects and programs.
• Support customers to align project and program execution with their strategy.
• Advise and support customers in their business transformation by focusing on process excellence and automation, infused by Business AI across the SAP product portfolio and accelerated by SAP Best Practices and Industry references.

Design – our customers design processes and work on implementations. Partners may have a role in this, as well as SAP, where we safeguard their success. As part of your role, together with a team, you:

• Support the customers in their business, process and technology designs, by aligning the work of a team of architects.

Sales and Business Development Support – your role is to help our Services Sales staff in commercial activities. This translates to:

• Promotion of the SAP brand, SAP products and SAP best practice approaches
• Supporting sales in the evaluation process
• Identification of SAP Services leads and opportunities

Implementation – in some cases we assist customers with specific needs in implementations. We assist by providing guidance and advisory, which leads to:

• Support management of the implementation phase
• Provide leadership of a team of analysts and functional consultants
• Be a solution advisor to customer/partner analytic- and data teams
• Undertaking team planning and performance monitoring tasks when required

Education & Qualifications / Skills & Competencies

Required skills:

• Experience with SAP Cloud Solutions focusing on Data & Analytics with a Finance background.
• Experience of operating at Domain Architect level & knowledge of SAP Architecture.
• Proven working experience with analytics and data management solutions in an enterprise SAP environment
• Experience of SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)
• 2nd experience on DWC and/or Data Intelligence would be highly appreciated
• Proofed Knowledge by some years working in the area of SAP Data Warehousing, Datasphere, Data Management as consultant, end- or power user, developer. (SAP certified associate: Data Engineer - Data Fabric – Data Mesh)
• Team player, who can collaborate with Sales, Presales and other stakeholder to ensure smooth operation.
• Experience on Data Mesh and Data Fabric architectures
• As Data & Analytics Architect you will focus on Analytics Architecture with a Finance data & processes background
• Have an Architect approach to helping customers to design E2E Solution Concept
• Actively participate in delivery roles to show how SAP modern solutions can be taken into use
• Manage internal and external 3rd party vendor teams on the solution approach defining process
• Build trusted advisor relationship with customer stakeholders
• Work as Counterpart for Client to understand business context, IT landscape, business and technical requirements
• Work as Counterpart of SAP Sales and Account teams to present the benefits and value proposition of the solution.
• Work together with Sales in demand creation by attending customer or prospect meetings to present SAP’s Services capabilities and delivery approach.
• Drive solution strategy and create win proposals responding to client’s business requirements.
• Business and Commercial acumen.
• Effective communication skills.
• Business communication in both English and Dutch .

Key Areas of Responsibility:

Design

• Detailed design of customer business processes based on SAP product-family, and customer specific development, that maps to the current or future customers process-, application- and system landscape
• Preparing and running workshops with subject matter experts and other staff, including. preparation of formal presentations, to define processes and agree functional design of SAP implementations Analysis of business processes, information flows and functional requirements, documenting these to a high standard
• Design architecture based on process requirements, application, and system landscape
• Analyze and define requirements for customer-specific development needs or integration requirements
• Review of business processes and corresponding mapping into IT architecture
• Define customer-roles to execute the business processes
• Conducting one-to-one interviews for information gathering purposes

Implementation

• Support management of the implementation phase
• Provide leadership of project team, undertaking team planning and monitoring tasks if required

Experience

• Extensive SAP implementation experience in multiple industry sectors
• Extensive experience of operating at Solution Architect level or willingness to build path
• Knowledge of SAP Cloud Architecture, SAP Cloud Solution(s), and/or SAP HANA would be a distinct advantage
• Familiarity with SAP Activate methodology, and with SAP implementation tools such as SAP Solution Manager would be a distinct advantage.

Preferred skills

• Finance & Architecture Knowledge & Experience eg. APQC, Signavio, LeanIX
• Experience on cooperating with architects on an Enterprise Architect level
• Experience in Finance, Controlling, Tax and Treasury

Work experience

• Extensive SAP implementation experience (5+ years) in multiple industry sectors.

Location

• Healthy combination of Den Bosch Office, at customers primarily in the Netherlands and working from home. This role is based in the Netherlands and we are not able to consider candidates who will require a relocation.

Expected travel

• Expected travel abroad is between 10-25%. We try to work as much as possible at Dutch customers, sometimes that means some travel abroad like to Walldorf.

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We win with inclusion

Requisition ID: 415236 | Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.

Job Segment:Cloud, Developer, ERP, Data Architect, Solution Architect, Technology, Data

What you'll do

Key Responsibilities:

• Investigate and resolve complex, real-world customer issues related to SAP BTP.
• Provide technical problem-solving and debugging expertise.
• Recommend technical solutions and develop workarounds where needed.
• Properly document communications and actions for customer issues in SAP’s CRM system.
• Use SAP and third-party tools to diagnose issues on customer systems.
• Participate in shift work, including weekends, as scheduled.
• Continuously learn and master SAP software used by industries, governments, and multinational companies.

Technologies Supported:

• UX/UI and mobile-based technologies
• SAP FIORI
• Gateway
• Relational databases
• Operating Systems

What you bring

Education and Experience:

• University degree or college diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Business Information Systems, Engineering, Science, or Mathematics preferred (but not required).
• 2-5 years of experience in a technical role, preferably in Software support or Development.
• Experience with an Enterprise Software company preferred.

Skills and Competencies:

• Strong IT affinity and technical aptitude to troubleshoot customer issues effectively.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and customer service skills.
• High proficiency in English (spoken and written).
• Programming skills preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Open and professional communication style.
• Strong team player who learns and adapts quickly.
• Customer-centric mindset with a passion for delivering high-quality solutions.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment with a cloud-first mindset.

Career Development and Growth

SAP is committed to supporting your professional growth and development:

• Career Progression: SAP provides the tools and resources to help employees grow in their careers.
• Training: A structured development plan combining on-the-job learning and formal training ensures continuous skill development.
• Global Exposure: Collaborate with global teams and gain exposure to diverse industries and customer environments.

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Job Segment:ERP, Cloud, Technical Support, Computer Science, Software Engineer, Technology, Engineering

1. : meet with mentors, make new friends across the globe and create a thriving personal network.
2. Project-driven experience: gain cross-functional skills from our virtual and in-person learning sessions, diverse subject matter experts, and project deliverables.
3. Gain visibility: with SAP Internship Experience Program in your title, you’ll have a global network of SAP leaders, entrepreneurs and career development opportunities at your fingertips.

What you’ll do:

São Paulo, Brazil

As an intern in BAC, you will:

Have the chance to gain a deep insight into controlling department. You will support the whole spectrum of controlling activities: from master data management to complex analysis and reporting. You will contribute to help SAP make optimal financial decisions driving sustainable growth.

Your assistance will be expected in the following matters:

• Support the team in various recurrent activities such as month- and quarter end closing, forecasting, budgeting as well as reporting to management
• Support with master data maintenance & clean-up
• Support the team on ad hoc reporting and analysis requests
• Process documentation & publication om SAP internal platforms
• Proactively communicate & interact with the team members & internal stakeholders
• Contribute to BAC initiatives on driving simplification, standardization & automation of key controlling processes
• Assist with presentations and meetings.
• Other operational activities

Who you are:

We’re looking for someone who takes initiative, perseveres, and stay curious. You like to work on meaningful innovative projects and are energized by lifelong learning.

• University studentin Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Accounting or comparable
• Fluent in English, both written and verbal
• Computer skills: good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills, problem solving and listening skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Able to thrive in a fast pace entrepreneurial and evolving environment
• Critical business judgment and time management skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Quality and result-oriented, proactive attitude

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