Join Our Team at SAP
At SAP, we believe in simplicity: you contribute your best efforts, and we will help you excel in your career. As builders impacting over 20 industries and facilitating 80% of global commerce, we are looking for your unique talents to help us shape the future. The work we do is challenging and meaningful, providing you with a space to be yourself, prioritize your well-being, and truly belong.
What's in it for you? Continuous learning, skill development, outstanding benefits, and a supportive team that is invested in your growth and success.
What You'll Do
As an Enterprise Architect (f/m/d), you will develop and maintain a comprehensive end-to-end enterprise architecture vision for our clients, aligned with their business strategy and transformation goals. Acting as a trusted transformation partner to executive stakeholders, you will closely collaborate with account teams to drive value-driven architecture execution. Your responsibilities will include:
- Guiding clients through their enterprise and cloud transformation journey, from architecture vision to execution, utilizing enterprise archetypes and scalable delivery models.
- Providing enterprise architecture guidance based on SAP's Reference Architecture Framework and Clean Core principles to maximize customer benefits from SAP cloud solutions.
- Serving as a strategic advisor for CIOs and other CxO stakeholders, enhancing architectural effectiveness and facilitating informed decision-making.
- Supporting solution adoption by identifying, mitigating, and managing architectural and technical risks within hybrid and cloud environments.
- Driving value realization through solution adoption, capability consumption, and measurable KPIs aligned with customer business outcomes.
- Consolidating customer expectations and business goals into a clear enterprise-level success plan, tracking value drivers and KPIs using SAP's value framework.
- Ensuring secure, reliable, and extensible architectures for mission-critical business processes.
- Establishing effective architecture governance and engaging stakeholders across customer, partner, and SAP teams to ensure alignment on business goals, value drivers, and architectural standards.
- Aligning customers and partners with SAP's Clean Core strategy, promoting SAP architectural best practices across various solution areas.
What You Bring
The ideal candidate will possess:
- Experience delivering enterprise-wide business transformation initiatives, aligning business strategy with target architecture and multi-year roadmaps.
- Strong knowledge of SAP's solution portfolio and the SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework, covering business, application, integration, data, and technology architecture.
- Experience with SAP Business Technology Platform (application development, automation, integration, data & analytics, AI) and SAP S/4HANA landscapes.
- A solid understanding of SAP cloud strategy and Clean Core principles, with experience using tools such as SAP LeanIX, SAP Signavio, or SAP Cloud ALM.
- Knowledge of the SAP Business AI roadmap and the ability to identify relevant use cases.
- Familiarity with integration and extensibility concepts and advisory methodologies within SAP environments.
- Understanding of SAP's value framework, including value drivers and business case creation.
Must-Have Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, IT architecture, or related customer-facing roles, with responsibility for end-to-end architectural design in complex hybrid landscapes.
- Strong knowledge of the SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework, SAP architecture toolchain, and BTP services.
- Proficiency in Clean Core principles, integration, and extensibility best practices.
- Technical and/or functional experience with SAP S/4HANA solutions.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills in English and German, including interaction with senior management and executives.
- A strategic mindset with a commitment to continuous learning and strong business acumen.
Nice-to-Have Requirements
- Relevant certifications such as SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework (LeanIX), SAP Certified Professional - Enterprise Architect, TOGAF, or comparable credentials.
Apply Online
If you are excited about joining our team, please apply online using the form below. Only applications matching the job profile will be considered.
About SAP
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide to collaborate efficiently and leverage business insights effectively. Originally recognized for our leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved into a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services across database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management.
As a cloud-focused company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees globally, we are driven by a commitment to purpose and future-oriented goals, fostering a collaborative environment that promotes personal development.
We Win with Inclusion
At SAP, we create a culture of inclusion, emphasizing health and well-being, and offering flexible working models to ensure everyone feels welcomed and empowered to perform at their best. We value the unique capabilities and qualities each individual brings, and we invest in our employees to instill confidence and help them realize their full potential. We believe in unleashing all talent to create a better world.
SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, per the rules outlined in the SAP Referral Policy.
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