Principal Enterprise Architect

SAP SE; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 363,000 - 734,000; Full time

Job summary

SAP SE Warszawa is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect - RISE (f/m/d) to craft an enterprise architecture model aligned with customer goals, lead adoption of RISE with SAP, and partner with VAT teams to drive value.

You will guide cloud journeys, ensure Clean Core principles, and engage CIOs and other CxOs to maximize business outcomes while fostering collaboration across SAP and client teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in customer experience roles with end-to-end architecture design.
• Deep knowledge of SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework and S/4HANA.
• Experience with BTP components: app development, automation, data & analytics, AI.
• Proficiency in English and Polish at senior management level.
• Familiarity with LeanIX, Signavio, and Cloud ALM.

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise architecture models aligned with customer goals.
• Lead adoption and value realization across RISE with SAP initiatives.
• Collaborate with VAT and other SAP teams to drive transformation.
• Guide customers through cloud journeys and ensure Clean Core principles.
• Engage CIOs and other CxOs to align business goals with solution roadmaps.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

S/4HANA

Cloud & BTP

CxO communication

LEANIX/Signavio

ERP EA Framework

Hybrid solution landscapes

Value realization

SAP Integration

Extensibility

Tools

LeanIX

Signavio

Cloud ALM

SAP BTP

Job description

At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll 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.

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, advancing 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:

As a Principal Enterprise Architect - RISE (f/m/d), you will develop a comprehensive enterprise architecture model for our customers aligning with their enterprise goals, collaborate with virtual account teams (VAT) as a transformation partner. You will drive the value realization and the solution adoption and lead activities such as:

• 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 that every customer benefits from SAP‘s 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 customer’s 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 to enable value-driven business transformation with 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, establish 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)

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 & Polish at the senior management and C-levels, both within an IT team and across business functions.
• Mindset for Strategic Thinking, Continuous Learning, and Business Acumen.

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 [P_SAPEA_2023], TOGAF) as a plus

What is the role of an EA RISE?

As an EA RISE you are a strategic partner to our RISE customers, advising them throughout their cloud transformation journey. Acting as the right hand to the C-levels, you collaborate closely with our Customer Success colleagues and other technical teams to make sure of appropriate adoption, clean core and BTP usage. To achieve that you will base your advisory on reference architecture and advocate for the RISE Toolchain. Each EA RISE covers 1-3 customers in the context of respective industries

If the words “innovation”, “agility”, and “personal responsibility” in a multi-disciplinary and international environment appeal to you, then BT&A is the right place for you

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, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that 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.

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Requisition ID: 451756 | Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid

Requisition ID: 451756

Posted Date: Aug 7, 2026

Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services

Employment Type: Regular Full Time

Expected Travel: 0 - 10%

Location:

Warszawa, PL, 00-801

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