Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Solution Architect to lead the business focused architecture for a large scale SAP S/4HANA transformation. This role is responsible for connecting enterprise business strategy, end to end value streams, and SAP S/4HANA target architecture into executable migration and implementation plans.
The ideal candidate brings strong executive communication skills, a deep understanding of SAP S/4HANA business processes, and the ability to translate business architecture into clear technical direction across process design, data migration, system integration, and platform strategy. The emphasis is on S/4HANA target state architecture, migration execution planning, and design principles.
Key Responsibilities:
Enterprise and Business Architecture:
- Own the end to end enterprise architecture view for the SAP S/4HANA transformation
- Understand and model enterprise value streams including order to cash, supply chain, enterprise asset management lifecycle, and financial integration
- Ensure alignment between business strategy, operating model, and SAP S/4HANA target architecture
- Provide a horizontal, cross functional perspective across processes, systems, and data domains SAP S/4HANA Strategy and Design
- Define SAP S/4HANA target architecture and key design principles
- Translate business architecture into technical requirements covering integration, data migration, and infrastructure needs
- Guide decisions around system decomposition, integration patterns, and data movement across the enterprise
- Ensure clean core principles and future ready architecture without a focus on ECC remediation Migration and Transformation Execution
- Convert SAP S/4HANA migration strategy into actionable plans that delivery teams can execute
- Provide architectural oversight across end to end process migration, data migration, and system integration
- Partner with delivery, technical, and platform teams to ensure architectural integrity throughout implementation
- Support planning for full system migration rather than isolated functional moves Integration, Data, and Platform Architecture
- Define integration architecture across SAP and non SAP systems
- Guide data migration strategy, including scope, sequencing, and dependencies
- Align infrastructure and platform decisions to support SAP S 4HANA and future scalability
- Leverage SAP Business Technology Platform for integration, extension, and security patterns Governance, Communication, and Stakeholder Engagement
- Lead and facilitate architecture and process workshops with directors, vice presidents, and senior stakeholders
- Act as a trusted advisor translating complex architecture topics into clear business outcomes
- Communicate architecture decisions, tradeoffs, and impacts at an executive level
- Partner closely with business leaders to ensure adoption and alignment Process Modeling and Tooling
- Use SAP Signavio to map, analyze, and optimize end to end business processes
- Ensure process models support future state SAP S/4HANA capabilities
- Maintain traceability between business processes, architecture decisions, and execution plans
Required Experience and Skills: - Extensive experience as an SAP Solution Architect or Enterprise Architect with SAP S/4HANA
- Strong understanding of SAP S /4HANA business processes and end to end value streams
- Proven experience supporting SAP S/4HANA migrations or implementations
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical architecture and execution plans
- Experience with system integration, data migration strategy, and enterprise architecture
- Familiarity with SAP Business Technology Platform and enterprise single sign on concepts
- Experience using SAP Signavio or similar process modeling tools
- Strong executive level communication and workshop facilitation skills Preferred Qualifications
- Background working on large scale enterprise SAP transformations
- Experience working closely with business leadership rather than only technical teams
- Enterprise architecture or solution architecture certifications
- Experience defining architecture governance and design principles for ERP transformations
Success in This Role Looks Like: - Business and technology stakeholders share a common understanding of the SAP S/4HANA target state
- Migration strategy is clearly translated into executable plans
- End to end processes, data, and integrations are architected cohesively rather than in silos
- Executive leadership trusts architectural guidance and decision making