SAP Enterprise Solutions Director

JCA Associates; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

JCA Associates seeks an experienced SAP Solutions & Enterprise Architecture Director to lead strategic SAP opportunities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. You will translate client outcomes into differentiated, secure and deliverable solutions across the SAP portfolio, while building reusable assets and architecture capability.

You will direct multi-disciplinary teams across regions, own the baseline, assumptions, costs and scope, and act as the design authority within governance to achieve

Qualifications

• Director-level experience as lead architect for large SAP transformations.
• Strong understanding of S/4HANA RISE/GROW, data, security and AI aspects.
• Proven ability to translate client outcomes into deliverable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution integrity from discovery to contractual commitments.
• Act as KSA SAP design authority within architecture governance.
• Lead client discovery, executive workshops, demos and solution defences.
• Direct multi-disciplinary teams across regions; define work packages and gates.
• Develop reference architectures, accelerators and packaged propositions.
• Contribute to qualification decisions and maintain reusable assets.
• Build architecture talent through mentoring and certification.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA

Solution architecture

Governance & compliance

Executive stakeholder management

Pre-sales leadership

Education

SAP certification

Tools

S/4HANA

BTP

Job description

SAP Solutions & Enterprise Architecture Director is required by out multi award winning global technology partner to work as part of the Presales / Solutioning / Enterprise & SAP Architecture Leadership team

Be the accountable solution leader and design authority for strategic SAP opportunities in KSA. Translate client outcomes into differentiated, secure, compliant, priced and deliverable solutions across the SAP portfolio, while building reusable sector assets and architecture capability.

• Own end-to-end solution integrity for assigned strategic pursuits, from discovery and target architecture through estimates, transition, delivery model and contractual solution commitments.
• Act as the KSA SAP design authority within the relevant architecture governance; obtain required security, data, AI, quality and architecture approvals.
• Lead client discovery, value articulation, executive workshops, demos and solution defences, connecting business architecture to SAP, data, integration, cloud, AI and run services.
• Direct multi-disciplinary solution teams across KSA, India, Egypt and other entities; define work packages, quality gates and review cadence.
• Own the solution baseline, assumptions, dependencies, effort model and cost basis; independently challenge scope, risk, feasibility and price with Sales and Delivery.
• Develop sector-led reference architectures, accelerators and packaged propositions for enterprise and mid-market segments, with clear reuse and IP controls.
• Contribute evidence-based input to qualification; decline or elevate solutions that are not viable, compliant or deliverable.
• Build the architecture and presales community through hiring, mentoring, certification and succession planning.
• Maintain currency on SAP S/4HANA RISE/GROW, Business Data Cloud, BTP, AI, clean-core and KSA regulatory/localisation requirements.

Experience and leadership requirements

• Director-level experience as lead architect or solution executive for large SAP transformations, including complex bids and executive solution defence.
• Deep S/4HANA architecture expertise across RISE and cloud deployment models, with broad SAP, integration, data, security and AI understanding.
• Proven accountability for solution assurance, estimating, global delivery design and the translation of architecture into contractual scope.
• Ability to govern multiple specialist teams, resolve design trade-offs and communicate business value and risk to C-suite stakeholders.
• Knowledge of KSA localisation and regulatory needs, including ZATCA where applicable.
• People leadership and capability-building experience.
• Relevant SAP/architecture certification strongly preferred. Fluent English; Arabic is desirable.

Success measures

• Bid win rate and executive/client solution feedback.
• Solution‑assurance compliance and first‑time approval at governance gates.
• Estimate accuracy and variance between sold and delivered effort.
• Proposal turnaround, solution quality and reduction of material delivery defects attributable to design.
• Adoption and value of reusable assets; capability and succession strength.