RISE Enterprise Architect - Driving Adoption and Business Outcomes
Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services
Expected Travel: 0 - 50%
Employment Type: Regular Full Time
UK Only: This opportunity is UK Only. We cannot sponsor a visa for the position. Further, this advert is for a number of identical positions that we will be hiring for between Q2 and Q4 2026.
What you'll build
As part of SAP's Enterprise Architecture team, you will lead customers through their digital transformation journeys - from strategy to execution. You'll help shape their NorthStar Enterprise Architecture, guide clean core adoption, and translate architectural visions into tangible outcomes through SAP solutions, including the Business Technology Platform (BTP).
- Advise customers on future proofing their IT landscapes, helping them simplify, modernize, and accelerate innovation.
- Collaboratively develop a capability/application as is and target the enterprise architecture model based on SAP's reference industry architecture.
- Drive the Clean Core imperative by reducing complexity, consolidating systems, and streamlining processes.
- Enable organizations to realize the full value of SAP BTP through integration, extensibility, and process optimization.
- Advise and drive AI capability adoption across the customer organization.
- Act as a trusted advisor across business and IT functions, helping customers align technology decisions with strategic business goals.
- Work collaboratively with senior stakeholders to drive adoption and consumption in order to deliver exceptional Cloud Subscription Renewals.
What you bring
You are a seasoned professional who combines deep technical expertise with business acumen and a genuine empathy for customers.
Must have
- 10+ years of experience in customer facing roles (e.g., Program Manager, Solution Architect, Customer Engagement, Customer Advisory).
- SAP implementation, transformation experience as a consultant, program director or internal IT.
- Track record in helping customers/stakeholders drive business adoption of technology solutions in order to unlock tangible business value and maximize consumption.
- Proven track record in delivering enterprise business transformations through large scale application delivery.
- Demonstrated S/4HANA technical and/or SAP S/4HANA application/functional knowledge through active transformation projects.
- Exceptional communication, influencing, and negotiation skills in English, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders across IT and business.
- Ability to operate in large and complex organizations with multiple stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Experience using SAP LeanIX and Signavio to document architectures and business processes.
- Familiarity with SAP Cloud solutions / Business Capabilities.
- Familiarity with BTP Integration Suite / BTP Build.
- Professional Certifications such as SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework (LeanIX EAM), SAP Certified Professional-Enterprise Architect (P_SAPEA_2023), or TOGAF.
Additional Information
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.
Additional Locations: Virtual - United Kingdom
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