Principal Enterprise Architect

SAP; Mumbai; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

SAP is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to lead enterprise-wide architecture engagements for strategic customers, guiding transformations to the SAP Autonomous Enterprise. You will partner with CIOs and senior IT leaders, translate vision into value-driven guidance, and drive adoption of SAP AI capabilities across S/4HANA and BTP.

This role requires deep EA expertise and strong executive communication.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience and leadership in enterprise architecture or customer-facing transformation roles.
• Ability to align business strategy with SAP product outcomes and value realization.
• Deep knowledge of multi-agent AI architecture and TOGAF-like frameworks.
• Proven ability to influence executives and peers across organizations.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA and complex hybrid landscapes.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise architecture strategy and roadmap definition from SAP’s autonomous vision.
• Partner with CIOs and senior IT leaders on RISE-led transformations.
• Work with business leaders to map value drivers to outcomes.
• Guide process transformations using Signavio as input for discussions.
• Drive value realization through AI agent-led toolchains (CALM, LeanIX, WalkMe, Signavio, Tricentis).
• Identify risks and align stakeholders around KPIs, success plans.
• Accelerate SAP Business AI platform adoption across SAP BTP and S/4HANA.
• Document architectural patterns and share learnings across teams.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Transformation leadership

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Business-IT alignment

Tools

Signavio

LeanIX

WalkMe

Signavio

Tricentis

Job description

Open for Locations

Gurgaon / Mumbai / Delhi

What You’ll Build

As a Principal Enterprise Architect, you’ll lead enterprise-wide architecture engagements for SAP's most strategic customers, guiding them through the transformation to the SAP Autonomous Enterprise – SAP's bold vision for AI-driven, self-running businesses where collaborative AI agents execute end-to-end processes with minimal human intervention.

You Will

• Lead enterprise architecture strategy and roadmap definition translating SAP’s autonomous enterprise vision into actionable and value‑driven guidance
• Partner with CIOs and senior IT leaders on RISE‑led transformations
• Work with Business Leaders across customer organization
• Lead process transformation discussions with the customer using Signavio as a source of inputs for such discussions
• Drive value realization through solution adoption and capability consumption, leveraging and thriving on the agent‑led toolchain adoption (CALM, LeanIX, Walkme, Signavio, Tricentis)
• Align stakeholders around KPIs, value drivers, and success plans
• Identify and mitigate architectural and adoption risks
• Accelerate the adoption of SAP Business AI Platform including SAP BTP, BDC and other innovation capabilities
• Lead SAP Business AI strategy for the customer – drive adoption of all AI capabilities across S/4HANA and BTP; build AI use‑case roadmaps aligned to business outcomes; influence customer decisions on premium AI licensing and consumption
• Document and share successful architectural patterns and lessons learned from customer engagements, contributing to the organization’s knowledge base
• Strengthen architecture standards: Actively participate in defining and refining SAP’s architectural standards, best practices and decision frameworks through peer engagement and Community of Practice contributions

What You Bring

• Growth mindset with a proven track record in positioning and realizing business strategy enabled through technology
• Extensive experience and leadership in enterprise architecture or customer‑facing transformation roles
• Ability to work comfortably with Business Owners to determine strategy drivers which are relatable to SAP Product and map value drivers through to outcome realization
• Deep understanding of how AI can be used to accelerate transformations and bring business value, reimagining processes and IT Centers of Excellence
• Knowledge of multi‑agentic AI architecture for enterprise‑grade AI capabilities
• Deep knowledge of SAP EA framework, or similar (i.e., TOGAF), RISE with SAP, and Clean Core principles
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA and complex hybrid landscapes
• Proven capability of bridging the conversations between technical and business values, semantics and organizational goals
• Proven capability to influence SAP Partners toward SAP strategy during customer engagements, for example adoption of clean core principles, use of SAP AI capability
• Strong executive communication, influencing, and advisory skills
• Proven consulting mindset and business acumen
• Collaborative mindset: demonstrated willingness to share expertise and learn from peers through active participation in team initiatives
• Documentation discipline: Ability to capture complex architectural insights in formats accessible to colleagues across experience levels
• Peer mentoring experience: Track record of supporting junior/peer‑level colleagues in developing their capabilities

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