Senior S2P AI Procurement Solution Architect

EY; Des Moines (IA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 344,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k)

Paid time off options

Job summary

EY's Procurement practice helps clients shape, sell, architect and deliver complex digital procurement transformations. As a Digital and AI Procurement Senior Manager / Solution Architect, you will lead Source-to-Pay technology solutions on ZIP and GEP platforms, including AI-enabled capabilities, and guide strategy, architecture and implementation roadmaps across global programs.

You will partner with Procurement and IT leaders to design target architectures, manage governance, and drive value

Qualifications

• Deep functional and technical knowledge of Source-to-Pay processes and architecture.
• Deep knowledge of ZIP and/or GEP platforms, including AI-enabled functionality.
• At least 2-3 full implementation cycles in a senior program lead or solution architect role on ZIP/GEP programs.
• Experience architecting and delivering complex global procurement transformations across regions and enterprise systems.
• Experience leading sales pursuits, including solution strategies, estimates, roadmaps, proposals and client workshops.
• Experience communicating with Procurement and IT stakeholders from process owners to C-suite sponsors.
• Demonstrated people leadership with team development and delivery accountability.
• Ability to work in person at an EY office and/or client location up to 50% of the time; authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Lead opportunity qualification, discovery, solution strategy, estimation, proposals and executive presentations for complex digital procurement programs.
• Translate client priorities into a transformation vision, target architecture, value case, roadmap and delivery model.
• Serve as lead Solution Architect for ZIP and/or GEP transformations across the S2P lifecycle, owning architecture decisions and design integrity.
• Lead current-state assessment and future-state design across intake and orchestration, supplier onboarding, sourcing, contracting, risk, purchasing, invoicing, payments and analytics.
• Define the solution blueprint, including configuration, integrations, identity and access, data migration, master data, reporting, controls, non-functional requirements and release strategy.
• Evaluate how native, embedded and adjacent AI capabilities can improve user experience, decision-making, automation, insights and controls, while identifying dependencies and risks.
• Facilitate design authority and architecture governance, manage key trade-offs and prevent unnecessary customization.
• Lead programs through mobilization, design, build, testing, deployment, adoption, stabilization and value realization, with governance and risk management.
• Maintain accountability for scope, quality, client experience and commercial performance across regions.
• Lead, coach and develop managers, architects, consultants and specialists, and contribute to sales, revenue and account growth.

Skills

Executive leadership

Architecture judgment

Delivery discipline

Procurement knowledge

AI-enabled procurement

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, information systems, engineering or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

ZIP

GEP

ERP integrations

Data governance

Job description

EY's Procurement practice helps clients shape, sell, architect and deliver complex digital procurement transformations. As a Digital and AI Procurement Senior Manager / Solution Architect, you will lead Source-to-Pay technology solutions on ZIP and GEP platforms, including AI-enabled capabilities, and guide strategy, architecture and implementation roadmaps across global programs.

You will partner with Procurement and IT leaders to design target architectures, manage governance, and drive value