What you'll do:
As a Chief Enterprise Architect, you will develop a comprehensive enterprise architecture model for our customers aligning with their enterprise goals, collaborate with virtual account teams (VAT) as a transformation partner and lead activities such as:
- Guide customers through their cloud journey (with special focus on adopt and derive), starting with Enterprise archetypes and scaling digitally.
- Provide enterprise architecture guidance using RISE with SAP methodology and Clean Core principles to ensure that every customer benefits from SAP‘s cloud qualities.
- Act as the Transformation Partner for the CIO or other CxO, driving architecture effectiveness.
- Support adoption, identifying and mitigating technical adoption risks.
- Align customers and partners with SAP’s Clean Core strategy, accelerate BTP adoption and promote SAP best practices.
- Provide customer context to all teams, enhancing customer proximity and experience.
- Articulate the value of the designed target architecture and possible intermediate/ transition steps as well as provide guidance on the realization of the identified benefits
- Serve as a trusted advisor, ensuring secure, reliable, and flexible cloud environments for mission-critical processes.
What you'll bring:
- Transformation, Architectural & Solution Skills:
- Extensive Experience delivering enterprise business transformation projects and aligning customer priorities with target architecture and roadmap.
- In-depth knowledge of the SAP Solution Portfolio and Enterprise Architecture Framework (North Star).
- Experience with Business Technology Platform components (application development, automation, data and analytics, integration, AI) and practical experience with S/4HANA applications.
- Strong understanding of Cloud & Clean Core Strategy, familiarity with SAP LeanIX, Signavio, and Cloud ALM.
- Knowledge of SAP's Business AI roadmap, including identifying use cases and piloting AI-driven solutions to enhance business processes.
- Expertise in SAP Integration and Extensibility Advisory Methodologies.
Must-have requirements:
- 15+ years in customer experience roles (e.g., Program Manager, Architect), with experience in end-to-end architectural design for hybrid solution landscapes.
- Extensive knowledge of SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework and Toolset, and experience with BTP components and services such as application development, automation, data and analytics, integration, and AI capabilities.
- S/4HANA technical or/and SAP S/4HANA application/functional knowledge/experience.
- Proficiency in SAP Integration and Extensibility Advisory Methodologies and Clean Core principles.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and negotiation skills (in English) at the senior management and C-levels, both within an IT team and across business functions.
- Mindset for Strategic Thinking, Continuous Learning, and Business Acumen.
- Knowledge of on-premise and corresponding SAP cloud solutions.
- Professional training and certification (e.g., SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework featured by LeanIX EAM, SAP Certified Professional-Enterprise Architect [P_SAPEA_2023], TOGAF.
We win with inclusion
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.
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