Enterprise Architect

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At SAP, we help the world run better and improve people's lives. Within the Customer Experience (CX) organization, the Office of the CTO plays a key role in shaping the next generation of intelligent, integrated, and enterprise-grade customer solutions. We define and drive the Northstar architecture strategy, ensuring seamless alignment across SAP's cloud portfolio and supporting our customers' transformation journeys across industries.  We are looking for an Enterprise architect with a focus on solution architecture to join our team and help define the architecture foundation for our CX solutions. In this role, you will collaborate with industry experts, product and architecture teams, customers to define our End-to-End architecture to support key industry business processes. We are taking a customer centric approach to address the market needs therefore we will define our architecture with a top-down approach starting from the business process down to the technical detailed architecture. The role requires a good understanding of some key industries and model business processes, document end-to-end solution flows based on our BCM (Business capability model), and define a reference architecture using SAP's Enterprise Architecture (EA) framework based on TOGAF.  The enterprise architecture with support the fit-gap analysis so we can assess our gaps and overlapping capabilities and missing integrations. He will then support the discussion with our products leads and the partners to help addressing the gaps aligned with our Northstar architecture (BDC adoption, SAP-managed integration,….).

As an EA, you will:

• Contribute to the definition and evolution of the Northstar architecture for SAP Customer Experience solutions.

• Define reference architectures spanning SAP's cloud solutions with a focus on CX and consumer-industry applications but also other industries such as IM&C, Utilities and Services

• Model enterprise architecture components and produce reports within LeanIX.

• Partner with industry experts to define and model business processes for key industries such as Consumer Industries, Utilities, Public Sector, and Manufacturing.

• Document end-to-end solution value flows and capability mappings that support customer transformation goals and position our products portfolio

• Support the development and refinement of Business Capability Models (BCM) by industry.

• Define and maintain an architecture library for the CX portfolio.

• Identify overlaps and gaps within the end-to-end reference architecture to strengthen solution coherence.

• Define and document data architectures needed to support critical industry processes, adoption of BDC and AI within our portfolio

• Contribute to innovative scenario architectures, including AI and sustainability use cases, new business models such as D2C Marketplace, outcome-based business models, and embedded conversational AI scenarios.

• Engage in customer-facing discussions to support industry conversations, target architecture sessions, and transformation roadmap development.

Must-have skills

• Experience with at least 1 to 4 solutions from the SAP CX portfolio, S/4 and BTP.

• A good understanding of data and event-based and integration architecture

• A good understanding of SAP Northstar architecture

• Familiarity with SAP's Enterprise Architecture (EAF) framework based on TOGAF and leveraging the integrated toolchain: Signavio and LeanIX.

• Knowledge and expertise in one or more key industries: Consumer, Utilities, Public Sector, Manufacturing, or similar.

• Solid business acumen with the ability to translate industry requirements into architectural guidance.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Proven experience in a customer-facing role.

• Ability to collaborate in a cross-functional environment and manage complex, multi- solution information.

Nice-to-have skills

• LeanIX modeling and reporting.

• Experience with business process and solution flow modeling (e.g., Signavio).

• Experience with architecture design for innovative scenarios such as sustainability, outcome-based business models, and embedded conversational AI.

• Knowledge of Business Data Context (BDC) and AI technologies.

Meet your team

The CX Office of the CTO is a strategic organization within SAP Customer Experience. We define the architecture vision for next-generation CX solutions and ensure seamless integration across the SAP ecosystem. Our team works collaboratively across SAP product units, engages deeply in technology strategy, and partners closely with customers and external communities. We strive to create meaningful impact through world-class architecture, innovation, and industry-driven expertise. 

Bring out your best
SAP 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 has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.  

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Requisition ID: | Work Area: Software-Design and Development  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations:  #LI-Hybrid

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