Senior/Principal Enterprise Architect (f/m/d) 100%

Shape the Future of Enterprise Architecture

Join a team of builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, where your unique talents help shape what's next. This is a challenging yet meaningful role where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. You will find a place dedicated to constant learning, skill growth, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

Your Responsibilities

Develop and maintain a comprehensive end-to-end enterprise architecture vision for assigned customers, aligned with their business strategy and transformation goals. Act as a trusted transformation partner for executive stakeholders and collaborate closely with account teams to drive value-driven architecture execution. Key activities include:

• Guide customers through their enterprise and cloud transformation journey, from architecture vision to execution and realization, leveraging enterprise archetypes and scalable delivery models.
• Provide enterprise architecture guidance based on the Reference Architecture Framework and Clean Core principles, ensuring customers fully benefit from cloud qualities.
• Act as a strategic advisor for CIOs and other CxO stakeholders, driving architecture effectiveness and decision-making.
• Support solution adoption by identifying, mitigating, and governing architectural and technical risks across hybrid and cloud landscapes.
• Drive value realization through solution adoption, capability consumption, and measurable KPIs aligned to customer business outcomes.
• Consolidate customer expectations and business goals into a tangible enterprise-level success plan, tracking value drivers and KPIs using the value framework.
• Serve as a trusted advisor ensuring secure, reliable, and extensible architectures for mission-critical business processes.
• Establish effective architecture governance, engaging stakeholders across customer, partner, and internal teams to ensure alignment on business goals, value drivers, and architectural standards.
• Align customers and partners with the Clean Core strategy, accelerate BTP adoption, and promote architectural best practices across solution areas.

Your Qualifications

Experience delivering enterprise-wide business transformation initiatives, aligning business strategy with target architecture and multi-year roadmaps. Strong knowledge of the solution portfolio and the Enterprise Architecture Framework, covering business, application, integration, data, and technology architecture. Experience with Business Technology Platform (application development, automation, integration, data & analytics, AI) and S/4HANA landscapes. Solid understanding of cloud strategy and Clean Core principles, with experience using LeanIX, Signavio, Cloud ALM or similar. Knowledge of the Business AI roadmap and the ability to identify relevant use cases. Experience with integration and extensibility concepts and advisory methodologies within these environments. Familiarity with the value framework, including value drivers and business case creation (e.g., Value Lifecycle Manager).

Must-Have Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, IT architecture, or related customer-facing roles, with responsibility for end-to-end architectural design in complex hybrid landscapes.
• Strong knowledge of the Enterprise Architecture Framework, architecture toolchain, and BTP services.
• Proficiency in Clean Core principles, integration, and extensibility best practices.
• Technical and/or functional experience with S/4HANA solutions.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills in English and German, including interaction with senior management and executives.
• Mindset for strategic thinking, continuous learning, and strong business acumen.

Nice-to-Have Requirements

• Relevant certifications such as Enterprise Architecture Framework (LeanIX), Certified Professional - Enterprise Architect, TOGAF, or comparable credentials.

Bring Out Your Best

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, the company 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, the organization is purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, the goal is to ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves.

We Win with Inclusion

A 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. The belief is that the company is made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings, investing in employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. The ultimate goal is unleashing all talent and creating a better world. The company is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. 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. Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor. For information on the responsible use of AI in the recruitment process, please refer to the Guidelines for Ethical Usage of AI in the Recruiting Process. Please note that any violation of these guidelines may result in disqualification from the hiring process.