Enterprise Architect EA - RISE 415841

OverviewWe help the world run betterAt SAP we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences values flexibility and is aligned to our purposedriven and futurefocused work. We offer a highly collaborative caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development recognition for your individual contributions and a variety of benefit options for you to choosefrom.Join our dynamic SAP Enterprise Architects team within the new SAP Customer Services & Delivery board. We lead digital transformation using cuttingedge SAP technologies advancing the RISE with SAP initiative promoting Clean Core principles and accelerating SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) adoption. Our mission is to simplify and modernize IT landscapes reducing complexity and operational costs while fostering innovation and efficiency to support evolving business needs.What you’ll doAs a Principal Enterprise Architect you will develop a comprehensive enterprise architecture model for our customers aligning with their enterprise goals collaborate with virtual account teams (VAT) as a transformation partner. You will drive the value realization and the solution adoption and lead activities such as:Guide customers through their cloud journey (with special focus on adopt and derive) starting with Enterprise archetypes and scaling digitally.Provide enterprise architecture guidance using RISE with SAP methodology and Clean Core principles to ensure that every customer benefits from SAPs cloud qualities.Act as the Transformation Partner for the CIO or other CxO driving architecture effectiveness.Support adoption identifying and mitigating technical adoption risks.Enhance impact on customers business goals by driving value realization through solution adoption and consumption of capabilities.Bundle customer expectations and align business goals in a tangible enterprise level success plan to monitor and validate KPIs & value drivers to enable value‑driven business transformation with value framework.Serve as a trusted advisor ensuring secure reliable and flexible cloud environments for mission critical processes.Through governance involve and engage relevant stakeholders within and outside the customer organization to enhance value realization establish a common perspective on customer business goals and value drivers across solution areas to provide customer context to all teams enhancing customer proximity and experience.Align customers and partners with SAPs Clean Core strategy accelerate BTP adoption and promote SAP best practices.What You BringTransformation Architectural & Solution Skills:Experience delivering enterprise business transformation projects and aligning customer priorities with target architecture and roadmap.Indepth knowledge of the SAP Solution Portfolio and Enterprise Architecture Framework (North Star).Experience with Business Technology Platform components (application development automation data and analytics integration AI) and practical experience with S/4HANA applications.Strong understanding of Cloud & Clean Core Strategy familiarity with SAP LeanIX Signavio and Cloud ALM.Knowledge of SAPs Business AI roadmap including identifying use cases and piloting AI‑driven solutions to enhance business processes.Expertise in SAP Integration and Extensibility Advisory Methodologies.Understanding of SAPs value framework value drivers and business case creation with e.g. VLM (SAP value lifecycle manager).Must Have Requirements10 years experience in customer facing rolesExperience in supporting the customer in complex digital transformation journeys in delivery roles such as project manager IT architect functional consultant application expert process expert etc.Extensive knowledge of SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework and Toolset and experience with BTP components and services such as application development automation data and analytics integration and AI capabilities.Proficiency in Clean Core principles.S/4HANA technical or/and SAP S/4HANA application/functional knowledge/experience.Excellent communication influencing and negotiation skills (in English) at the senior management and C‑levels both within an IT team and across business functions.Mindset for Strategic Thinking Continuous Learning and Business Acumen.Nice to Have RequirementsKnowledge of on‑premises and corresponding SAP cloud solutions.Professional training and certification (e.g. SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework featured by LeanIX EAM SAP Certified ProfessionalEnterprise Architect PSAPEA2023 TOGAF) as a plus.Bring out your bestSAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software SAP h