Enterprise Architect SAP

Next Ventures; Augsburg; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Bonus payments

Company pension

Professional development

Flex mobility benefits

On-site EV charging

Fitness and wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Next Ventures is seeking an experienced Enterprise/Solution Architect to lead the SAP S/4HANA architecture for a global industrial technology group. In a hybrid Augsburg-based role, you will shape the future SAP landscape and govern transformation programs.

You will collaborate with business stakeholders and technical teams to define standards, design complex interfaces, and drive an architecture roadmap aligned with cloud, security and integration strategies.

Qualifications

• Eight+ years in SAP or enterprise architecture roles.
• Involved in multiple SAP S/4HANA implementations or transformations.
• Strong knowledge of SAP solutions and integration.
• Familiarity with TOGAF and cloud-platform design.

Responsibilities

• Own the SAP S/4HANA technical architecture end-to-end.
• Translate business requirements into a scalable target architecture.
• Develop and manage the architecture roadmap for SAP landscape.
• Define governance frameworks and best practices.
• Perform architecture reviews across transformation projects.
• Align SAP architecture with cloud, security, and integration strategies.
• Design SAP integrations with third-party systems.
• Advise stakeholders and senior management as trusted architect.
• Support critical SAP transformation decisions.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA architecture

Enterprise architecture

Solution architecture

Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

German/English proficiency

Education

TOGAF certification

SAP Certification

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE or related

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

SAP BTP

SAP Fiori

SAP Integration Suite

Job description

Enterprise/Solution Architect – SAP S/4HANA (m/f/d)

Location: Augsburg region / Hybrid

Employment: Permanent, full-time

Industry: International manufacturing and engineering group

The company

Our client is a globally established industrial technology group delivering highly engineered, mission-critical solutions across demanding civilian and public-sector markets.

As part of a major international SAP S/4HANA transformation, the company is looking for an experienced Enterprise/Solution Architect to define and govern its future SAP architecture.

Your responsibilities

• Take overall responsibility for the technical architecture of the SAP S/4HANA landscape.
• Translate business requirements, enterprise architecture principles and technical standards into a scalable, future-ready target architecture.
• Develop and manage the architectural roadmap for the future SAP system landscape.
• Define and enforce architectural standards, governance frameworks and best practices.
• Conduct architecture and solution-design reviews across transformation projects.
• Align the SAP architecture with the organisation’s cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity and integration strategies.
• Design the integration of SAP solutions with third-party applications and enterprise platforms.
• Act as a trusted architectural advisor to business stakeholders, technical teams and senior management.
• Support critical decisions throughout the SAP transformation and implementation lifecycle.

Your profile

• At least eight years of experience in SAP architecture, enterprise architecture or senior solution architecture roles.
• Proven involvement in multiple SAP S/4HANA implementation or transformation programmes.
• Strong knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, SAP Fiori and SAP Integration Suite.
• Experience designing complex SAP system and integration landscapes.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
• Experience with at least one major cloud platform: Microsoft Azure, AWS or Google Cloud.
• Strong understanding of architecture governance, security and integration principles.
• SAP Solution Architecture certification or a comparable qualification would be advantageous.
• Strong stakeholder-management, advisory and communication skills.
• Ability to explain complex architectural topics clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Independent, structured and quality-focused working style.
• Enjoyment of working across interdisciplinary and international teams.
• Fluent German and English.

What is offered

• Secure, permanent employment with an established international technology group.
• 30 days of annual leave.
• Competitive compensation based on an attractive German collective agreement, including additional bonus payments.
• A central role within a strategically important SAP S/4HANA transformation.
• Significant influence over the organisation’s future enterprise architecture.
• Flexible mobility benefits, including support for public transport, company-bike options and on-site electric-vehicle charging.
• Fitness and wellbeing benefits.
• Subsidised company pension with an attractive employer contribution.
• Extensive opportunities for professional development and continued learning.
• The opportunity to shape long-term technological change within a complex international organisation.