Principal Enterprise Architect - RISE - Midwest Region

SAP SE; Oak Brook (IL); Hybrid; USD 151,000 - 341,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Principal Enterprise Architect, where your expertise will drive digital transformation and cloud adoption for clients. You'll collaborate with diverse teams to create enterprise architecture models that align with customer goals, ensuring their success in adopting innovative SAP technologies. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence business outcomes and enhance customer experiences while working in a dynamic and inclusive environment. If you're passionate about leveraging technology for business transformation, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible Working Models

Health and Well-being Programs

Employee Referral Program

Professional Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• 10+ years in customer experience roles focusing on architectural design.
• Deep knowledge of SAP frameworks and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise architecture models aligned with customer goals.
• Guide customers through their cloud journey and adoption.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

SAP Solution Portfolio

Cloud Strategy

S/4HANA

Communication Skills

Strategic Thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT or related field

Professional Certifications (e.g., TOGAF)

Tools

SAP Business Technology Platform

SAP LeanIX

SAP Signavio

Cloud ALM

Job description

Principal Enterprise Architect - RISE - Midwest Region

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned with our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

Principal Enterprise Architect - RISE

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, 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 solution adoption, leading activities such as:

• Guide customers through their cloud journey (with a 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 CIOs or other CxOs, driving architecture effectiveness.
• Support adoption by identifying and mitigating technical risks.
• Enhance impact on customer’s business goals by driving value realization through solution adoption and capability consumption.
• Create a tangible enterprise-level success plan to monitor and validate KPIs & value drivers, enabling value-driven business transformation.
• Serve as a trusted advisor, ensuring secure, reliable, and flexible cloud environments for mission-critical processes.
• Engage relevant stakeholders within and outside the customer organization to enhance value realization, align business goals, and provide customer context to all teams, thereby improving customer experience.
• Align customers and partners with SAP’s Clean Core strategy, accelerate BTP adoption, and promote SAP best practices.

What You Bring:

• Experience in delivering enterprise business transformation projects and aligning customer priorities with target architecture and roadmaps.
• Deep 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 use case identification and piloting AI solutions to enhance processes.
• Expertise in SAP Integration and Extensibility Advisory Methodologies.
• Understanding of SAP’s value framework, value drivers, and business case creation tools like VLM.

Must-Have Requirements:

• 10+ years in customer experience roles (e.g., Program Manager, Architect), with experience in end-to-end architectural design for hybrid 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.
• Proficiency in SAP Integration and Extensibility Advisory Methodologies and Clean Core principles.
• S/4HANA technical and/or functional knowledge/experience.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and negotiation skills (in English) at senior management and C-levels, within IT and across business functions.
• Strategic thinking, continuous learning mindset, and business acumen.

Nice-to-Have Requirements:

• Knowledge of on-premise and SAP cloud solutions.
• Professional training and certifications (e.g., SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework via LeanIX EAM, SAP Certified Professional-Enterprise Architect [P_SAPEA_2023], TOGAF) are a plus.

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We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure everyone feels included and can perform at their best. We believe our diversity strengthens us, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone reach their full potential. We are committed to creating a better world through unleashing talent.

SAP is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and provides accommodations for applicants with disabilities. For assistance, contact: [e-mail].

Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, with specific conditions for Vocational Training roles.

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or disability.

Compensation Range Transparency: SAP values pay transparency. The annualized compensation range for this role is $151,900 - $340,900 USD, including base salary and variable incentives, dependent on experience, skills, and other factors. For details on SAP benefits, visit SAP North America Benefits.

Requisition ID: 413075 | Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services | Travel: 0-70% | Career Level: Professional | Employment Type: Full-Time | Locations: #LI-Hybrid

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