Principal Enterprise Architect

Principal Enterprise Architect - RISE - Montreal Canada Join to apply for the Principal Enterprise Architect - RISE - Montreal Canada role at SAP Business ByDesign - France. 4 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants. We help the world run better. At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we’ll bring out the best in you. We’re builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what’s next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You’ll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What’s in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed. What You’ll Do As a Principal Enterprise Architect, you will develop a comprehensive enterprise architecture model for our customers, aligning with their enterprise goals, and collaborate with virtual account teams (VAT) as a transformation partner. You will drive value realization, 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 SAP’s 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 customer’s 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 and value drivers. 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. Align customers and partners with SAP’s Clean Core strategy, accelerate BTP adoption, and promote SAP best practices. What You Bring Transformation, Architectural & Solution skills: Experience delivering enterprise business transformation projects and aligning customer priorities with target architecture and roadmap. In‑depth 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 SAP’s 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 SAP’s value framework, value drivers and business case creation with e.g. VLM (SAP value lifecycle manager). Must‑Have Requirements 10+ years in customer experience roles (e.g., Program Manager, Architect), with experience in end‑to‑end architectural design for hybrid solution landscapes. 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 SAP Integration and Extensibility Advisory Methodologies and 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. Mindset for Strategic Thinking, Continuous Learning, and Business Acumen. French bi‑lingual. Nice‑to‑Have Requirements Knowledge of on‑premise and corresponding SAP cloud solutions. Professional training and certification (e.g., SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework featured by LeanIX EAM, SAP Certified Professional‑Enterprise Architect, TOGAF) as a plus. Benefits and Compensation Benefits and eligibility requirements are available through the SAP North America Benefits portal. The targeted compensation range for this role is 188,500 to 320,300 CAD. Due to the nature of the role, functional proficiency in English is required for positions based in Quebec. Equal Employment Opportunity Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, etc.), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements. We value pay transparency and provide a compensation range for the career level. SAP provides accessibility accommodations and fair hiring practices. #J-18808-Ljbffr