Enterprise Architect

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Lead the Future of ERP Migrations – Join Our Centre of Excellence
Are you passionate about the power of the cloud? Are you ready to help Australia's public sector unlock greater efficiency and productivity through smarter ERP migrations?

Join SAP and lead a bold new initiative that's redefining how key government agencies move to the cloud.

With the creation of a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Federal Australian Agencies we're building a high-performance team to guide major agencies through the how of ERP migration — with proven strategy, expert delivery, and scalable, lasting impact.

Initially, an 18-month transformation program, this high-profile, strategic initiative will be the successful candidate's initial assignment, before transitioning into the broader Customer Success and Delivery area to extend the best practices and knowledge gained there.

This is your chance to set new industry benchmarks and drive real transformation where it matters most.

Please note - This role is base in Canberra and given the role works with Australian Public Sector - Australian Citizens with the capability to secure and maintain government security clearance are preferred.

About The Role
The Enterprise architect works closely with SAP's Sales organization and the Partner ecosystem to define the account strategy. They are responsible for bridging the gap between the customer's business strategy and relevant solutions through crafting the to-be business and solution architectures and designing a transformation roadmap at the enterprise level to facilitate the customer's adoption of Cloud-based architectures. They are trusted advisors for the customer to achieve their desired to-be SAP-based Enterprise Architecture.

Key Responsibilities
As an Enterprise Architect, you will focus on the following key areas:

Account Planning & Architecture Management Responsibilities

• Support the assessment of current customer solutions from SAP and potential areas of opportunity for faster solution adoption & consumption, as well as SAP Business Suite 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.

Creating an SAP Architecture Vision for the Customer

• Support building customer demand through appropriate thought leadership and innovation 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.
• Actively develop Road-maps to help customers plan their transition to SAP's cloud solutions

Building Key Customer Architecture Deliverables: Business & Solution Architecture, Target State, Transformation Roadmap

• 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) .

Being a Trusted Architecture Advisor for the Customer

• 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
• Contribute architectural input into development of Value based business cases

Experience

• 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 Public Sector 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 required from accredited university preferred.
• Togaf or SAPIEA-10 certifications and Experience in using EAM tools is an added value for candidates

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.

We win with inclusion
SAP's culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.

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Requisition ID: | Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services | Expected Travel: 0 - 30% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Locations:Canberra |