Senior IT Architect / Lead IT Architect - SAP - Platinion

Boston Consulting Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global management consulting firm is seeking a Senior Solution Architect - SAP in London. The ideal candidate will lead the design and delivery of large-scale ERP transformations with deep expertise in SAP modules and integration architecture. This role focuses on defining technical strategies and ensuring successful implementation aligned with business goals. Candidates should have over 8 years of SAP experience and relevant certifications. Competitive package offered.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in SAP architecture and delivery.
• Proven multi-module solution design experience.
• Expert in S/4HANA adoption strategies and integration architecture.
• Experience with master data governance and analytics platform design.
• SAP certifications in relevant architecture or module areas.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the SAP technical and solution strategy.
• Design SAP target landscapes using a lean ERP core.
• Lead architectural decisions spanning multiple LoBs.
• Architect SAP integrations using SAP BTP and Integration Suite.
• Define SAP data architecture including master data governance.
• Ensure designs follow SAP and industry best practices.
• Partner with programme leadership to align SAP solution direction.

Job description

Overview

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation—inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact. To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

About BCG Platinion

BCG Platinion’s presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America. We achieve digital excellence for clients with sustained solutions to the most complex and time-sensitive challenge. We guide clients into the future to push the status quo, overcome tech limitations, and enable our clients to go further in their digital journeys than what has ever been possible in the past. At BCG Platinion, we deliver business value through the innovative use of technology at a rapid pace. We roll up our sleeves to transform business, revolutionize approaches, satisfy customers, and change the game through Architecture, Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Application and Risk functions. We balance vision with a pragmatic path to change transforming strategies into leading-edge tech platforms, at scale.

Practice Area

BCG Platinion launched in Germany in 2000 to add deep technical expertise to the Boston Consulting Group's existing capabilities. Today, our presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America. Our New York-based North American team began in 2014 and in 2017 acquired MAYA Design, a Pittsburgh-based digital design and innovation lab, to grow our capabilities around technology and design.

We support our clients' total digital transformation through technology, design, cybersecurity, and risk management & financial engineering capabilities. And together with BCG, BCG Platinion's interdisciplinary team of technical experts enable customized technical solutions and accelerate delivery value through new business platforms, application consolidations, and major system implementations.

What You'll Do

We are seeking a Senior Solution Architect - SAP to lead the design, delivery, and technical roadmap of large-scale ERP transformations. The ideal candidate will have deep and broad expertise across multiple SAP modules, strong integration architecture skills, and proven experience defining SAP target landscapes that align with business strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• SAP Roadmaps: Define and own the SAP technical and solution strategy, including S/4HANA adoption and phased rollouts.
• Solution Architecture: Design SAP target landscapes using a lean ERP core integrated with satellite SAP solutions.
• Module Breadth: Lead architectural decisions spanning multiple LoBs (e.g., Manufacturing, Sales, Supply Chain, Asset Management, Finance).
• Integration Leadership: Architect SAP integrations using SAP BTP, Integration Suite, and middleware; oversee data migration strategies.
• Analytics & Data: Define SAP data architecture including master data governance, BW/4HANA, DataSphere, and SAC reporting.
• Quality & Standards: Ensure designs follow SAP and industry best practices, embedding performance, security, and maintainability.
• Client Advisory: Partner with programme leadership to align SAP solution direction with business outcomes.

What You'll Bring

• 8+ years in SAP architecture and delivery.
• Proven multi-module solution design experience.
• Expert in S/4HANA adoption strategies and integration architecture.
• Experience with master data governance and analytics platform design.
• SAP certifications in relevant architecture or module areas.

Additional info

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws. BCG is an E - Verify Employer. Click here for more information on E-Verify.