About this role
Key Responsibilities Enterprise Application Architecture • Define, maintain, and evolve the enterprise applications architecture strategy and roadmap, aligned with business goals and IT transformation initiatives. • Act as a technology thought leader for enterprise platforms, ensuring architectural consistency, scalability, security, and performance. • Provide architectural oversight for major initiatives and ensure compliance with enterprise standards and reference architectures. • Participate in architecture review boards and guide solution design across projects. SAP Architecture & Enablement (Core Focus) • Serve as a senior architecture authority for SAP landscapes, including SAP S/4HANA, ECC, SAP BTP, SAP Analytics, SAP Integration Suite, and MuleSoft. • Lead the integration of SAP S/4HANA with MES platforms, PLM systems, CRM, EDI, legacy ERPs (e.g., JDE, Avante, Epicor), and cloud services. • Guide reduction of custom code and promote adoption of SAP standard capabilities where feasible. • Partner with functional, technical, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment with standardized business processes. Integration & Platform Strategy • Define and govern enterprise integration patterns (API-led, event-driven, middleware-based). • Design and oversee end-to-end application integration using platforms such as SAP BTP and MuleSoft. • Ensure resilient, secure, and scalable integrations in collaboration with infrastructure and security teams. Process Mapping & Application Rationalization • Lead business process mapping initiatives to identify redundancies, inefficiencies, and optimization opportunities. • Drive application rationalization, consolidation, and modernization, including system sunsetting and SaaS adoption. • Ensure applications are aligned to end-to-end business capabilities and value streams. • Experience with R&D processes and PLM rationalization is a plus. Enterprise Data Strategy • Architect and support an enterprise data strategy, including master data, analytics, and enterprise data platforms. • Collaborate on data governance, data quality, and information lifecycle management. • Enable advanced analytics, reporting, and future AI/ML use cases through strong data foundations. Governance, Mentoring & Collaboration • Establish and enforce architecture principles, standards, and reference architectures. • Mentor solution and domain architects, development teams, and delivery partners on architectural best practices. • Collaborate effectively with business leaders, IT teams, and external partners across regions. • Support ServiceNow ITSM and ITBM usage for application lifecycle and service management. Required Qualifications
• 8–10+ years of experience in enterprise application architecture or equivalent roles in complex, global environments. • Extensive SAP expertise is mandatory, with architecture-level understanding of SAP ERP landscapes. • Proven experience integrating SAP with MES, PLM, legacy ERP, and cloud platforms. • Strong knowledge of enterprise integration technologies and patterns. • Demonstrated experience in process mapping, application rationalization, and system consolidation. • Solid understanding of application lifecycle management, security, and compliance. • Fluent in English, written and spoken. • Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills. • Ability to work effectively in distributed, multicultural teams. Preferred Qualifications & Certifications
• SAP Certifications (e.g., SAP S/4HANA Architecture, SAP Technology Associate, SAP BTP). • TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture certification. • Experience in manufacturing or industrial environments. • Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and microservices architectures. • Executive-level presentation and influencing skills. • Ability to translate business strategy into pragmatic, scalable technology solutions What Success Looks Like
• A simplified, modernized enterprise application landscape centered on SAP. • Reduced application redundancy and improved integration reliability. • Clear and adopted enterprise architecture standards across IT and delivery partners. • A scalable data foundation supporting analytics, reporting, and future innovation.