Job Title
Architecture Advisor
Responsibilities
- Support the assessment of current customer solutions from SAP and potential areas of opportunity for faster solution adoption & consumption, as well as footprint expansion.
- Engage with customers to support sales cycles throughout the Customer Value Journey as an integral member of the SAP account team.
- Drive business and IT architecture definitions to ensure consistency, cooperation, and alignment with SAP organizations, the customer, and partners.
- Provide a linkage from the customer to SAP product development leadership.
- Support building customer demand through appropriate thought leadership positioning.
- Understand customer’s business process map and business model with industry reference architecture focus.
- Understand customer’s current enterprise landscape and future needs.
- Drive the positioning of standard cloud architectures (plug & play) leveraging standard cloud solutions.
- Drive business architecture and capability mapping to solution design.
- Ensure IT feasibility of the business capabilities mapping to SAP solution architecture.
- Support customer cloud transformation roadmap definition (business and application focus).
- Drive customer cloud / hybrid transformation roadmap definition (standard cloud application and technology focus).
- Align living roadmap with current adoption / solution consumption.
- Support living roadmap governance & adaptation based on evolution of customer needs and SAP solutions.
- Drive solution expansion by highlighting value & linkages to the broader SAP Portfolio.
Qualifications
Considerable experience with software / IT organizations as an IT Architecture or Enterprise Architecture Advisor and / or specific expertise with software solutions through Solution Management, Sales, Presales, Adoption / Consumption, Consulting or Business Development, demonstrating successful outcomes over multiple years.Represent SAP as the trusted advisor within SAP and / or the market.Deep knowledge of Cloud, Hosted Services, SaaS / PaaS models and Cloud-based commerce / business networks.Proven professional networks in the market to drive pipeline and revenue growth for SAP.Proven track record of success in the selected industry area, if required.Proven leadership and project management experience.Proven experience of driving tangible outcomes in Enterprise Architecture for customers.Fluency in English; any other language is an asset.Education : Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) required, MBA or equivalent degree preferred.TOGAF or SAPIEA‑10 certifications and Experience in using EAM tools is an added value for candidates.Meet Your Team
At the core of our mission, the Architecture Advisor team is dedicated to guiding our customers through their cloud business transformation journey. Our experts work collaboratively to deliver tailored, consistent value to every customer, ensuring they achieve the best results from their cloud investments.
We are passionate about enhancing the end‑to‑end customer experience. By focusing on improving the adoption and consumption of SAP’s products and services, we help customers unlock the full potential of their technology solutions.
What sets our team apart is our deep understanding of each customer’s unique industry landscape. By speaking our customers’ language, we build stronger foundations of trust and credibility. This allows us to engage with them in more meaningful ways, addressing industry‑specific needs, challenges, and opportunities. The better we understand our customers, the easier it becomes to foster lasting relationships that drive real business transformation.
Whether helping customers overcome obstacles or identifying new growth avenues, the Architecture Advisor team is committed to delivering value every step of the way.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.
Additional Information
Requisition ID : | Work Area : Presales | Expected Travel : 0‑10% | Career Status : Professional | Employment Type : Regular Full Time | Additional Locations : None
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