SAP Technical Architect Manager
Accenture
SAP Technical Architect Manager
Job Description
We are:
Accenture’s SAP practice, and we bring the New to life using design thinking, agile development methodologies, and the latest smart tech like IoT, automation, and AI. We even built myConcerto, a mix of SAP and Accenture that helps lead our clients to big wins. Ready to learn as much as you can? We train our people on "new" SAP like SAP Leonardo, S/4HANA and Cloud, and we offer classes and support through our 50,000+ member community. It’s also nice to know our hard work doesn’t go unrecognized. We’ve got over 70 SAP awards—more than any other partner—and we’re the leading business partner for SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Ariba, SAP Hybris, SAP FieldGlass, SAP Concur, and more. Visit us here to find out more about Accenture's SAP practice.
You are:
A transformation expert adept with the skills to help clients meet the challenges of digitization. You’re in your element using your know-how to solve clients’ most complex business problems to help their companies do more. You’re as comfortable working in teams and leading projects as you are diving into the details of workstreams and configuring SAP systems. And you’re up for traveling regularly to client sites.
As a Senior Technical Architect specializing in SAP Platforms & Integration, you bring extensive experience in designing, governing, and delivering complex SAP-centric enterprise architectures. You serve as an architecture authority, setting technical standards, making pivotal design decisions, and guiding delivery teams through multifaceted technical landscapes. Your mandate is to define solutions that are not only scalable and secure but also future-ready, aligning with business strategies and SAP’s Clean Core and cloud-first principles.
Fiori Expertise: Possesses advanced skills in SAP Fiori application architecture and design, including developing custom Fiori apps, ensuring optimal user experience, and integrating Fiori solutions seamlessly within SAP landscapes. Well-versed in SAPUI5, Fiori Launchpad configuration, and security best practices for modern, mobile-ready enterprise environments.
The Work:
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Architectural Ownership: Lead the end-to-end technical architecture for SAP programs that span multiple technologies and platforms.
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Sales Cycle Leadership: Strong soft skills and ability to lead technical solutioning for RFPs, proposals, and client presentations; participate in workshops and pre-sales activities.
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Target-State & Transition Architectures: Define target-state, transition, and solution architectures in alignment with SAP Clean Core and cloud-first strategies.
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Integration Architecture: Design scalable integration frameworks across SAP and non-SAP systems using APIs, event-driven, and middleware patterns.
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Standards & Governance: Establish architectural standards, principles, and guardrails; ensure strict adherence across all delivery teams.
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Technology Evaluation: Assess and select technologies, frameworks, and tools based on performance, security, scalability, and maintainability.
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Landscape Design: Design SAP landscapes for development, testing, production, high availability, and disaster recovery.
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Architectural Governance: Provide oversight through design reviews, technical decision forums, and quality gates to maintain architectural integrity.
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Collaboration: Work closely with security, infrastructure, and data teams to ensure holistic architectural alignment.
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Solution Support: Support solution design in early phases, including feasibility studies, proof-of-concepts, and architecture validation.
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Mentorship: Mentor senior developers and technical leads, offering guidance on complex design and implementation challenges.
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Other: Travel to client side will be expected. Ability to work effectively across geographically distributed teams
Technical Expertise:
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SAP S/4HANA technical architecture and extensibility
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SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP)
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ABAP and ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP)
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SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP)
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Integration technologies and patterns (REST, OData, messaging, events)
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SAP HANA high availability, replication, and disaster recovery
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Identity, authentication, and authorization across SAP landscapes
Qualifications
Here’s what you need:
- Minimum 10 years of experience in SAP technical architecture, platform architecture, or enterprise integration.
- Proven expertise in architecting complex SAP solutions across S/4HANA, SAP BTP, SAP Fiori/UI technologies, integration, data, and security layers.
- Advanced integration architecture skills across SAP and non-SAP systems, including API-led, event-driven, and hybrid patterns.
- Hands-on experience defining extensibility models aligned to SAP Clean Core strategy.
- Strong proficiency with SAP BTP services: Integration Suite, API Management, Event Mesh, Cloud Foundry, and Kyma.
- Experience designing hybrid and cloud-first architectures
- Deep understanding of non-functional requirements: performance, scalability, availability, and security.
- Proven expertise in SAP RISE, S/4HANA Conversion, Basis- S/4HANA ABAP Platform administration, SAP HANA administration, Server sizing
- Experience producing architecture documentation and technical standards.
- Exceptional problem-solving abilities, strong decision influencing skills and soft skills to establish trustworthy client relationships
- Bachelor’s degree or completion of a college program in a related discipline
- English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with stakeholders across Canada, US and other countries across our Global footprint where English is the common language. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking stakeholders, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.
Bonus Points if:
- Certification in SAP Technology, SAP Architecture, or Enterprise Architecture
- Experience with SAP BRIM components (Convergent Charging, Convergent Mediation)
- Experience supporting solution architecture for large-scale programs or platform modernization initiatives
- Strong documentation and storytelling skills
- Fluency in French
Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location,
role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time
employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a brand new position.
The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role.
It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.
Information on benefits is here.
Role Location Annual Salary Range
British Columbia/Ontario $99,450 to $209,900
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