What are the responsibilities and job description for the SAP Enterprise Architect S/4HANA position at Westernacher Consulting?
Join Westernacher Consulting, a global SAP Gold Partner and trusted advisor for enterprise transformation. We are seeking an experienced SAP Enterprise Architect in the United States who can lead complex SAP transformation initiatives, shape enterprise-wide architectures, and partner with senior business and IT leaders to deliver measurable business outcomes.
This role is ideal for a strategic thinker who combines deep SAP expertise with strong consulting and stakeholder leadership skills.
Your Responsibilities
This Is WE
Committed to innovation since 1969, Westernacher Consulting operates worldwide, with more than 1300 consultants in Europe, Asia and the Americas. We provide global business and SAP consulting, serving medium to large-sized enterprises striving for innovation, operational excellence, and profitable, sustainable growth. Headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, Westernacher Consulting is the global leader in business process and technology innovation.
Westernacher is a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Westernacher is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
This role is ideal for a strategic thinker who combines deep SAP expertise with strong consulting and stakeholder leadership skills.
Your Responsibilities
- Define, design, and evolve enterprise-wide SAP architectures that align business strategy with technology, enabling scalable, secure, and future-ready solutions.
- Own the overall SAP landscape architecture, including integration patterns, cloud adoption, and hybrid scenarios, ensuring consistency and interoperability across systems.
- Act as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, translating business objectives into actionable SAP roadmaps using SAP S/4HANA and the broader SAP ecosystem.
- Architect robust, high-performance end-to-end solutions leveraging SAP S/4HANA for complex, multi-entity, and multi-process environments.
- Assess and introduce emerging capabilities such as AI, automation, analytics, and extensibility to enhance business value through SAP solutions.
- Establish and enforce enterprise architecture principles, standards, and best practices aligned with SAP reference architectures and Westernacher methodologies.
- Define SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) usage for integration, extension, automation, analytics, and innovation across the enterprise landscape.
- Guide and influence cross-functional SAP teams, fostering architectural discipline, collaboration, and a culture of continuous improvement.
- 8–10 years of experience in SAP architecture and solution design across domains such as Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Order-to-Cash, or Asset Management, with hands-on leadership in large-scale SAP transformation programs.
- Strong knowledge of SAP Enterprise Architecture frameworks, RISE with SAP, SAP integration and extensibility concepts, and hybrid/cloud deployment models.
- Practical experience advising on and designing solutions using SAP BTP services, including application development, integration, automation, analytics, and AI.
- SAP Portfolio Exposure: SAP Business Suite / S/4HANA, SAP Digital Supply Chain solutions, SAP Business Technology Platform
- Familiarity with SAP’s enterprise transformation and integration toolchain, such as Signavio, LeanIX, SAP Cloud ALM, and WalkMe.
- Strong strategic thinking, enterprise architecture mindset, and proven ability to lead, influence, and communicate effectively with senior business and IT leaders.
- Excellent English communication skills with confidence presenting to and engaging with C-level and executive stakeholders.
- Competitive remuneration package (salary, bonus, benefits, 401K).
- Inspiring and exciting, innovative working environment.
- International company culture and minimal hierarchical structure.
- Chance to work on complex projects from different industries and add to your business process knowhow.
- Flexible working hours and hybrid working model.
This Is WE
Committed to innovation since 1969, Westernacher Consulting operates worldwide, with more than 1300 consultants in Europe, Asia and the Americas. We provide global business and SAP consulting, serving medium to large-sized enterprises striving for innovation, operational excellence, and profitable, sustainable growth. Headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, Westernacher Consulting is the global leader in business process and technology innovation.
Westernacher is a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Westernacher is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.