Business Enterprise Principal Architect/Consultant

SAP Middle East & North Africa

UAE

Ref: KP442-114

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

As market leader in enterprise application software, SAP helps companies of all sizes and industries innovate through simplification. From the back office to the boardroom, warehouse to storefront, on premise to cloud, desktop to mobile device – SAP empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition. SAP applications and services enable customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably.

The Architect (Business / Industry)
• Acts as a senior advisor to the customer with a broad Application-, LoB- or Industry-focus, covering the entire company of a customer end-to-end.
• Understands the as-is situation and goals of a customer for a broad area holistically (e.g. industry, LoB), is able to translate it into an appropriate business-driven IT-roadmap and design (processes, applications, systems) based on SAP’s offerings, with a clear focus on customer success.
• Operationalizes the customers’ business strategies, identifies relevant components, approaches, input required, etc. in order to derive the best possible solution for the customer combining public and private cloud as well as OnPremise scenarios. Is challenging existing solutions/ approaches/ concepts, in order to generate a state-of-the-art and future-ready outcome.
• Takes a step back if required and re-defines the concept to come to the best solution (agility in solution design)
• Clarifies existing expectations from various stakeholders with the customer; creates a path to solution which integrates diverse points of views and which serves as a starting point for future business. Collaborates with customer / SAP team for the best possible implementation.
• Drives knowledge management and innovation activities based on this experience with customers. Documents successful approaches, tools etc. and makes them available to colleagues at SAP.
• Collaborates and co-innovates with the respective development teams

Specifically, the Industry Architect...

• Designs the interaction of business (processes) and IT in the enterprise for maximum outcome, covering industry, corporate functions / LoB, as well as the impact for organizations and processes.
• Defines the strategic, conceptual and organizational boundaries for the design of the SAP-centric IT landscape.
• Develops and executes Innovation Roadmaps for customers, designs business processes with the customer and feeds them into the IT implementation.
• Stays abreast with newest developments driving the Digital Transformation as well as the top business trends; uses this knowledge in order to drive the SAP innovation story with customer engagements.


Specifically, the Architect focusing on Cloud and large Transformation Projects...

• Owns customer success for SAP cloud in helping her/his assigned customers to achieve business value faster through technology
• Serves as a trusted advisor and ensures towards our customers a ONE SAP messaging through close collaboration and partnership with P&I and GCO
• Supports our customers in integrating SAP’s Cloud solutions into their overall Enterprise Architecture
• Influences SAP’s customers to maximize their investment into SAP solutions and effectively increasing cloud adoption
• Contributes to and has a vision for project- & program set-ups, ensures SAP technologies are leveraged and key artifacts & associated Governance is in place to keep programs on track and to avoid SAP product related escalations
• Troubleshoots key customer issues and demonstrates ability to drive to successful resolution
• Acts based on experience in project delivery and domain knowledge in SAP’s solution, platform, and integration concepts
• Advises and mentors diverse teams, which include customer, partner and SAP resources

Requirements

Competencies and skills

• Design Thinking / Digital Strategy / Digital Transformation / IT Strategy
• Business & IT alignment / Business Architecture / Transformation Roadmap
• As Is and To-Be Enterprise Architecture / Cloud Architecture / EA Strategy & Modeling / Enterprise Architecture and Roadmap
• SAP Activate
• Digital Business Knowhow / Functional Integration / Solution Architecture / Transition to S/4 HANA and Cloud
• Internal Enterprise Architecture
• RSLAF BPO Architect / RSLAF OCC Process Expert
• ICC (Innovation Control Center) / E2E Value Management

Experience and education

• University degree resp. adequate experience
• Minimum Job Experience: 10-12 Years
• Thereof in a relevant position at SAP: 5-8 Years
• Fluency in English
• Other languages are an asset

About the Company

Headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, SAP is the world's largest business software company with more than 51,500 employees at sales and development locations in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Our global development approach focuses on distributing development across the world in strategically important markets. A global network of SAP Labs spanning Bulgaria, Canada, China, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, and the United States, enables SAP to operate locally, yet organize globally.

As the global technology research unit of SAP, SAP Research significantly contributes to SAP's product portfolio and extends SAP's leading position by identifying and shaping emerging IT trends through applied research and corporate venturing. SAP Research has highly skilled teams in 11 research centers worldwide.

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Consultant salaries in UAE

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AED 17,000

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