Remote Senior SAP Architect & Support Lead

UNESCO; Paris; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

UNESCO operates SAP ECC with extensive custom developments, guided by a senior consultant who will ensure operational continuity, technical integrity, and controlled evolution of the SAP landscape. The role supports future transformation and migration to SAP S/4HANA and related initiatives.

The consultant acts as SAP solution and integration architect, technical team lead, coordinate of SAP support and development activities, and senior adviser, with coordination across business owners, IT

Responsibilities

• Provide overall technical and solution architecture leadership for the SAP domain.
• Ensure coherence of SAP solutions, interfaces, custom developments, and security dependencies.
• Lead and coordinate the internal SAP team and external consultants.
• Plan, prioritize, assign, and monitor SAP support, maintenance, development, and transformation activities.
• Coordinate dependencies between SAP and other corporate platforms (Salesforce, MuleSoft, external Role Management, banking, custom web apps).
• Maintain SAP activity backlog and Jira dashboards; keep priorities and delivery status current.
• Prepare and present technical and delivery status updates to management and stakeholders.
• Facilitate technical decision‑making; identify risks; escalate as needed.
• Translate business requirements into structured functional specifications and technical requirements.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, designs, and test scenarios.

Job description

UNESCO operates SAP ECC with extensive custom developments, guided by a senior consultant who will ensure operational continuity, technical integrity, and controlled evolution of the SAP landscape. The role supports future transformation and migration to SAP S/4HANA and related initiatives.

The consultant acts as SAP solution and integration architect, technical team lead, coordinate of SAP support and development activities, and senior adviser, with coordination across business owners, IT