Principal Enterprise Architect RISE Montreal Canada

SAP; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 188,000 - 321,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect based in Montreal to guide customers through their cloud journey and provide enterprise architecture guidance. This role requires a strong understanding of SAP's solutions and excellent communication skills, especially in managing C-level partnerships. The successful candidate will contribute to digital transformation initiatives and ensure alignment with customer business goals within the framework of SAP's strategies.

Benefits

Constant learning and skill growth

Great benefits

Flexible working models

Qualifications

• 10 years in customer experience roles with end‑to‑end architectural design.
• Extensive knowledge of SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework and Toolset.
• S/4HANA technical or application knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Guide customers through their cloud journey.
• Provide enterprise architecture guidance using RISE with SAP methodology.
• Act as the Transformation Partner for C-level executives.

Skills

Enterprise business transformation

SAP Solution Portfolio

Cloud strategy

Communication skills

Bilingual French/English

Education

10 years in customer experience roles

Tools

SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP)

S/4HANA

Job description

We help the world run better

At SAP we keep it simple: you bring your best to us and we bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

Principal Enterprise Architect – RISE

Meet Your Team

Join our dynamic SAP Enterprise Architects team within the new SAP Customer Services & Delivery board. We lead digital transformation using cutting-edge SAP technologies, advance the RISE with SAP initiative promoting Clean Core principles and accelerating SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) adoption. Our mission is to simplify and modernize IT landscapes, reducing complexity and operational costs while fostering innovation and efficiency to support evolving business needs.

What you’ll do:

• 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 every customer benefits from SAPs cloud qualities.
• Act as the Transformation Partner for the CIO or other CxO driving architecture effectiveness.
• Support adoption, identifying and mitigating technical adoption risks.
• Enhance impact on customers' business goals by driving value realization through solution adoption and consumption of capabilities.
• Bundle customer expectations and align business goals in a tangible enterprise‑level success plan to monitor and validate KPIs & value drivers, enabling value‑driven business transformation with a value framework.
• Serve as a trusted advisor ensuring secure, reliable, and flexible cloud environments for mission‑critical processes.
• Through governance involve and engage relevant stakeholders within and outside the customer organization to enhance value realization, establishing a common perspective on customer business goals and value drivers across solution areas to provide customer context to all teams, enhancing customer proximity and experience.
• Align customers and partners with SAP's Clean Core strategy, accelerate BTP adoption, and promote SAP best practices.

What you bring:

• 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.
• Understanding of SAP's value framework, value drivers, and business case creation with e.g. VLM (SAP value lifecycle manager).

Transformation Architectural & Solution Skills

• 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.
• Understanding of SAP's value framework, value drivers, and business case creation with e.g. VLM (SAP value lifecycle manager).

Must‑Have Requirements

• 10 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.
• Proficiency in SAP Integration and Extensibility Advisory Methodologies and Clean Core principles.
• S/4HANA technical or/and SAP S/4HANA application/functional knowledge/experience.
• Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills (in English) at the senior management and C‑level within an IT team and across business functions.
• Mindset for Strategic Thinking, Continuous Learning, and Business Acumen.
• French bi‑lingual.

Nice‑to‑Have Requirements

• 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 PSAPEA2023 TOGAF) as a plus.

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Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end‑to‑end business application software and related services for database analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide we are purpose‑driven and future‑focused with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion focuses on health and well‑being and flexible working models, helping ensure everyone, regardless of background, feels included and can run at their best. At SAP we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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Qualified Applicants

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, etc.), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or disability in compliance with applicable federal, state and local legal requirements.

Pay Transparency

SAP believes the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAP’s commitment to pay equity. SAP provides the annualized compensation range inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target for the career level applicable to the posted role. The targeted combined range for this position is 188,500 - 320,300 CAD. The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidate will be within that range dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process. Any SAP variable incentive includes a targeted dollar amount and any actual payout amount is dependent on company and personal performance.

Role Interaction

Due to the nature of the role which involves global interactions with SAP entities as well as with employees and stakeholders in Canada, functional proficiency in English is required for positions based in Quebec.

AI Usage in the Recruitment Process

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Requisition ID: 439941 | Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services | Expected Travel: 0 - 70% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid