Principal Enterprise Architect - Public Sector

Job Description

We help the world run better
At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

Location: Open to candidates across US

What you’ll build

As a Principal Enterprise Architect, you’ll lead enterprise-wide architecture engagements for customers transforming with RISE with SAP. You’ll align business strategy with target architecture, guide adoption across solution areas, and drive measurable business outcomes using SAP’s value framework.

You’ll act as a transformation partner to senior IT leaders, influencing architectural decisions, shaping roadmaps, and ensuring consistent application of Clean Core and SAP best practices across complex landscapes.

You will:

• Lead enterprise architecture strategy and roadmap definition
• Partner with CIOs and senior IT leaders on RISE-led transformations
• Drive value realization through solution adoption and capability consumption, leveraging and thriving on the integrated toolchain adoption (LeanIX, Walkme, Signavio)
• Align stakeholders around KPIs, value drivers, and success plans
• Identify and mitigate architectural and adoption risks
• Accelerate the adoption of SAP BTP and innovation capabilities
• Lead SAP Business AI strategy for the customer -- drive adoption of Joule and embedded AI capabilities across S/4HANA and BTP; build AI use case roadmaps aligned to business outcomes; influence customer decisions on premium AI licensing and consumption
• Document and share successful architectural patterns and lessons learned from customer engagements, contributing to the organization’s knowledge base
• Strengthen architecture standards: Actively participate in defining and refining SAP’s architectural standards, best practices and decision frameworks through peer engagement and CoP contributions

What you bring

• 10+ years in enterprise architecture or customer-facing transformation roles
• Extensive experience in Public Sector industry, particularly with state and local governments, higher education and federal government customers.
• Deep knowledge of SAP EA framework, RISE with SAP, and Clean Core principles
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA and complex hybrid landscapes
• Strong executive communication, influencing, and advisory skills
• Proven consulting mindset and business acumen
• Collaborative mindset: demonstrated willingness to share expertise and learn from peers through active participation in team initiatives
• Documentation discipline: Ability to capture complex architectural insights in formats accessible to colleagues across experience levels
• Peer mentoring experience: Track record of supporting junior/peer-level colleagues in developing their capabilities

Where you belong

You’ll be part of an Enterprise Architects team that values collaboration, thought leadership, and continuous growth while delivering high-impact customer transformations.

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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: 452814 | Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services | Expected Travel: 0 - 60% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid