Senior SAP RISE Architect & Delivery Lead

Accenture PLC; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 294,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision

401(k) retirement plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture's SAP practice invites experienced professionals to lead transformation programs across SAP S/4HANA landscapes in dynamic client environments. You will guide architecture decisions, manage delivery teams, and engage senior stakeholders to drive business value through cloud-enabled SAP solutions.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in SAP transformation, cloud, and enterprise architecture, with strong communication and leadership skills suitable for executive-level interactions.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in cloud or infrastructure technologies, IT consulting or support, systems administration, network operations, software development or support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a customer-facing role (internal or external)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with SAP technical enterprise transformation programs and projects
• Minimum of 3 years of experience implementing, migrating, or transforming legacy customer solutions (SAP ECC or S/4HANA) to SAP S/4HANA Cloud ERP (RISE)
• Technical certification in cloud (e.g., Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, or security)
• Experience supporting the Resources Industry/Clients
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years of work experience), or an Associate's degree with a minimum of 6 years of work experience

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of consultants and architects to deliver a common client goal, setting priorities, assigning work, and keeping the team aligned on scope, schedule, and quality.
• Build trusted relationships with client architects and technology leaders, and support Accenture senior leaders in engaging client executives.
• Identify client priorities and technical objections, and shape solution approaches across the SAP ecosystem to deliver business value and remove blockers.
• Communicate clearly with clients during critical incidents, escalating to Accenture and client senior leadership as needed.
• Lead regular delivery meetings with client stakeholders to review progress, risks, and the support experience.
• Provide domain expertise in SAP S/4HANA private and public cloud and related enterprise technology.
• Motivate and coach the team to meet client expectations, resolving technical issues quickly and providing workarounds when needed.
• Contribute recommendations on integration, enterprise architecture, platforms, security, and application infrastructure for a complete solution.
• Work with specialists, product management, and engineering to support the client's architecture needs.

Skills

Cloud experience

Client-facing

SAP transformation

Enterprise architecture

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Associate degree with work experience

Tools

SAP BTP

BDC

Cloud ALM

LeanIX

Signavio

Job description

Accenture's SAP practice invites experienced professionals to lead transformation programs across SAP S/4HANA landscapes in dynamic client environments. You will guide architecture decisions, manage delivery teams, and engage senior stakeholders to drive business value through cloud-enabled SAP solutions.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in SAP transformation, cloud, and enterprise architecture, with strong communication and leadership skills suitable for executive-level interactions.