SAP Architect Lead — Solution Standards & Governance

Transport for NSW; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Transport for NSW is seeking a Senior Manager Equip - Solution Standards (SAP Architect Lead) to lead governance and solution assurance across Transport’s SAP landscape, ensuring designs meet enterprise standards. You will chair the Equip Design Endorsement Board, drive architecture governance, and provide pragmatic guidance to delivery teams to deliver scalable and secure SAP solutions.

This high-visibility role requires strong stakeholder engagement, the ability to influence executives, and a

Qualifications

• Strong experience in SAP solution architecture within a large and complex enterprise environment.
• Deep knowledge of SAP application best practices, architecture principles. (Clean Core)
• Experience establishing, rebuilding or improving architecture governance and design authority processes.
• Proven ability to engage and influence senior executives, boards, and diverse stakeholder groups.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated success in driving consistency, standards, and governance across technology teams.
• Experience balancing strategic thinking with pragmatic delivery outcomes.
• Tertiary qualifications in IT (or equivalent experience) and the ability to drive consistency, quality, and innovation across SAP environments are essential.

Responsibilities

• Chair/lead the governance forum from architecture submission of the solution to design throughout the approval process.
• Act as the gatekeeper, coach to the architects.
• Lead and continuously improve SAP architecture governance, solution standards, frameworks and ways of working across Transports equip landscape.
• Establish and Lead the Equip design governance forums ensuring high-quality solution reviews, decision-making, documentation and action tracking.
• Establish and maintain consistent SAP architecture standards and artefacts, design templates, principles and governance requirements.
• Support SAP solution architects, technical teams and delivery teams to interpret and apply architecture standards in practical delivery situations.
• Build strong relationships with business and technology stakeholders to influence strategic outcomes that are aligned with enterprise roadmaps and governance.
• Promote collaboration, consistency, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across the SAP architecture and delivery teams.
• Provide leadership and oversight for architecture reviews, decision-making, and technology investment initiatives.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and accountability within the architecture practice.
• Support organisational transformation initiatives by ensuring SAP solutions align with enterprise objectives and governance requirements.

Skills

SAP architecture

Governance leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Solution design

Enterprise standards

Education

IT degree or equivalent

Job description

Transport for NSW is seeking a Senior Manager Equip - Solution Standards (SAP Architect Lead) to lead governance and solution assurance across Transport’s SAP landscape, ensuring designs meet enterprise standards. You will chair the Equip Design Endorsement Board, drive architecture governance, and provide pragmatic guidance to delivery teams to deliver scalable and secure SAP solutions.

This high-visibility role requires strong stakeholder engagement, the ability to influence executives, and a