SAP Expert Architecture Advisor 

Germany, Baden-Württemberg 

467041993

ENGAGEMENT SUPPORT ACTIVITIES:

to connect the dots across the entire SAP and non-SAP landscape, advising a Customer’s senior leaders and Executives towards a strategic future path or architecture. Key responsibilities include:

• Position the value of SAP in line with the customer’s priorities and strategic imperatives
• Execute business and business capability, application architecture and infrastructure assessment with customers and partners
• Definition and integration of business, data, application, and technical architecture domains. Engaging and orchestrating Specialised Architects,where required.
• Drive architecture governance and methodologies to ensure the consistency, communication, and cooperation between all domains of architectures
• Lead the target architecture & customer roadmap development ensuring feasibility within the customer landscape
• Align and evolve the Architectures and Roadmaps in line with the customer adoption plan in conjunction with broader customer and SAP architecture teams
• Proactively introduces new capabilities and innovation topics to address specific customer needs and extend the SAP footprint to simply the customer landscape

ACCOUNT-PLANNING & MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Strategize with the account team to plan for accounts and opportunities, including identifying target opportunities, support setting goals, and develop action plans
• Proficiency in adopting a challenger mindset, challenging customers' assumptions and providing insights that reshape their thinking and drive value driven solutions
• Consult/Advise Customer and S.I. on the best way to implement the To-Be architecture and deploy successful adoption plan

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• Proficiency in understanding the customer’s industry and specific business model to support in identifying new business opportunities, developing sales strategies, and executing plans to drive growth and revenue
• Build sound working customer relationships and establish self as trusted advisor

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• 10+ years as Solution, IT architect or Enterprise Architect
• Demonstrates experience in leading the enterprise architecture and cloud roadmap for large customers or engagements
• Knowledge of the capabilities of the SAP-reference-architectureor similar reference architectures
• Experience with creating and managing enterprise-wide formal frameworks and supporting repositories
• Ability to align and effectively communicate with customer IT and business organizations
• Expert knowledge/expertise on end to end processes/solution matching
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• English: proficient
• Business level language: expert
  

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Bachelor equivalent: Minimum requirement
• The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) Certification or samilar SAP certification or industry certification: minimum requirement
• Work in Large IT departments, Consulting firm or from leading software vendors as Enteprise Architect: Preferred
• Experience in IT application sales support for Business Application and/or IT technologies (Presales or samilar roles)
• Experience in large-scale solution implementations or software product development (preferably SAP)
• Masters equivalent: optional

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Requisition ID: 421824 | Work Area: Information Technology | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.

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