Red hat Principal Architect Source-to-Pay 

India, Karnataka 

9831251

What will you do:

• Collaborate with S2P (Source-to-Pay leadership to build a common vision and architecture based on Red Hat’s transformation strategy

• Develop and maintain technical roadmaps and as-is architectural views for all S2P-related technology stack to support the S2P business strategy.

• Support and contribute to prioritization and planning efforts that help realize the S2P technology roadmap.

• Develop future-state technical architectures ensuring adherence to enterprise standards in areas such as security, compliance, resilience, and integrations.

• Maintain close relationships with business and technology stakeholders, including product owners, platform architects, and delivery teams, to understand goals and requirements.

• Identify opportunities to apply technology advances to achieve business outcomes and guide proofs of concept and business case activities.

• Support project management/Scrum processes for strategic initiatives, including prioritization, sequencing, dependency analysis, and risk mitigation.

• Serve as a consultative point of contact for technical delivery teams managing applications within the S2P portfolio.

• Engage with S2P vendors and system integrators

• Participate in architectural review activities to assess impacts and ensure adherence of target architectures, focusing on S2P-related capabilities.

• Provide direction and definition for solutions that support overall business strategy.

• Participate in and lead the realization of key initiatives.

• Stay informed on industry innovations, trends, and approaches, and apply those insights to Red Hat’s S2P strategies.

• Contribute to elevating the architectural consulting discipline through coaching and mentoring.

What will you bring:

• 10+ years in SAP Ariba architectural roles with deep technical and business process expertise.

• Proven record of delivering solutions through the SAP Ariba ecosystem, optimizing, and transforming key Source-to-Pay (S2P) enterprise capabilities.

• Experience with common applications that support the S2P capabilities.

• Demonstrated ability to define and maintain strategies and technical/business roadmaps, including in complex delivery partnerships.

• Strong experience in integrating solutions across multiple systems.

• Proven ability to assess and manage the impacts of change on other areas of the business.

• Experience with capability-based planning and prioritization techniques.

• Superior written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to apply past experience to anticipate and mitigate risks.

• Proficiency in modern techniques like design thinking and storytelling to foster alignment and urgency around future-state goals.

• Ability to execute with speed and bring a sense of urgency to drive impact.