SAP Architect

About the Company

Responsibilities

• ● -Lead enterprise architecture strategy, solution blueprinting, and transient-state planning for the multi-entity SAP S/4HANA RISE transition.
• ● -Enforce strict "Clean Core" principles, ensuring that extensions and custom integrations are built side by side using the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP).
• ● -Establish design principles and chair the architectural evaluation process to eliminate legacy technical debt and custom-heavy RICEFW overhead.
• ● -Oversee System Integrator deliverables, ensuring design quality, scope containment, and adherence to baseline fixed-bid specifications.
• ● -Facilitate Fit-to-Standard validation workshops with business leaders, stream leads, and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
• ● -Guide cross-functional business groups (Manufacturing, Logistics, Projects, and Trading) toward adopting SAP Best Practices over legacy customizations.
• ● -Decompose complex business requirements into standard end-to-end workflows with unified approvals, localized compliance, and strict exception handling.
• ● -Define and lead the global enterprise data harmonization strategy across all business units.
• ● -Govern centralized Master Data Management (MDM) across core domains, including Business Partners, Materials, and a global, standardized Chart of Accounts (CoA).
• ● -Oversee the data migration pipeline (utilizing ChainSys automated platforms) across progressive validation, mapping, pre-load cleansing, and mock cutover cycles.
• ● -Enforce data sovereignty, the localized UAE Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL), and strict validation constraints before production cutovers.
• ● -Define the overarching enterprise analytics framework to ensure real-time operational insights via S/4HANA Embedded Analytics (CDS views).
• ● -Orchestrate the unified reporting semantic layer via SAP Datasphere, feeding into the client-controlled visualization tier (Microsoft Power BI and Qlik Sense).
• ● -Collaborate on historical data retention strategies to harmonize 17 years of legacy database capital within the target data warehouse topology without impacting core ERP performance.

Requirements

• ● - Total Experience: 12-15+ years of progressive IT delivery, solution architecture, and strategic digital core leadership.
• ● - SAP Transformation Mastery: Minimum 6+ years of hands-on client-side architecture leadership inside large-scale SAP S/4HANA implementation programs.
• ● - Migration Track Record: Direct, proven experience navigating complex migrations from Oracle EBS (or similar legacy ERPs) to SAP S/4HANA cloud landscapes.
• ● Bachelor's degree in a technical/scientific discipline; an Executive MBA or advanced management qualification is highly preferred.
• ● - International Certifications: Highly preferred (e.g., SAP Certified - SAP S/4HANA, TOGAF 9 Certification, PMP or PRINCE2, and relevant Cloud Architecture certifications).
• ● -Deep understanding of SAP S/4HANA Cloud (Private Edition / RISE methodologies) and the SAP Activate framework.
• ● -Advanced proficiency in SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), Cloud Integration (CPI), SAP Datasphere, and clean-core extensibility models.
• ● -Strong command over cross-functional process architectures spanning Finance/Controlling (FICO), Supply Chain (MM, SD, EWM), Projects (PS, EPPM), and core cloud suites like SuccessFactors and Ariba.
• ● -Expertise in establishing data quality metrics, master data governance, and automated reconciliation frameworks.
• ● -Familiarity with regional GCC statutory mandates, including Wage Protection System (WPS), UAE Corporate Tax, and e-invoicing integrations.
• ● -Exemplary stakeholder management and advisory skills, with a proven ability to engage and influence CXO/Board-level executives.
• ● -A consultative and collaborative leadership style capable of challenging legacy thinking and driving change across decentralized business structures.
• ● -Experience supporting large, diversified conglomerates or family business groups with multi-vertical operations.