Lead Business & Technology Architect – Product Lifecycle Costing

HP•Spring, TX

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Business Architects connect strategy to execution, ensuring business goals, processes, data, and teams are aligned to deliver measurable outcomes. With a strong focus on PLM, BOM, Product Design, and Financial Product Costing, this role drives end-to-end alignment across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and finance. The role leads business transformation initiatives, optimizes processes, leverages AI-driven insights, and creates roadmaps, models, and solutions that shape how products are designed, built, and delivered. The position develops architecture vision and roadmaps for product lifecycle and product costing transformation; designs solutions for complex supply chain processes; supports investment decisions and business cases; leads integration between SAP and non-SAP systems; and governs solution quality, security, reliability, and scalability. It works closely with business leaders, enterprise architects, and engineering teams to align requirements and resolve program and project issues.

Requirements

Four-year or graduate degree in Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations Management, Business Administration, a related discipline, or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
Typically 7–10 years of work experience, preferably in supply chain, operations, information technology, or a related field.
Proven experience in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and/or Product Costing within SAP environments, such as SAP S/4HANA, SAP PLM, or SAP CO-PC.
Extensive experience (10+ years) with supply-chain and enterprise application systems, with the ability to quickly learn and adopt new technologies.
Strong planning and analysis capabilities, including developing models, graphical representations, and conceptual abstractions.
Advanced communication skills to engage diverse stakeholder groups and influence organizational change.
Deep business acumen in PLM, including BOM, Product Design, and Product Costing, connecting engineering, manufacturing, and finance processes.
Strong understanding of product data structures, lifecycle processes, and costing methodologies.
Advanced consulting skills, including problem-solving, prioritization, multitasking, negotiation, and influence.

Nice To Haves

Advanced university degree.
Experience with SAP applications such as SAP IBP, S/4HANA, MS4, SAP PLM, and SAP CO-PC.
Preferred certifications: NA.

Responsibilities

Develop architecture vision and roadmaps for product lifecycle and product costing process transformation, aligned with enterprise and stakeholder goals.
Identify organizational opportunities, threats, and limitations, and provide insights into work needed to facilitate implementation.
Create system designs, blueprints, and models for complex supply chain processes, considering applications such as SAP IBP, S/4HANA, and MS4.
Research and recommend technologies, including AI and analytics, to improve efficiency and innovation.
Guide investment and ensure new work is consistent with the organization's investment strategy.
Improve decisions about work priorities by ensuring the costs required to realize value are understood.
Partner with business leaders, enterprise architects, and engineering teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
Design integration strategies, data contracts, and APIs to support data flow between SAP and non-SAP systems.
Lead design governance and ensure solutions meet security, reliability, and scalability standards.
Establish and maintain contacts within business units and information systems teams to understand processes, drivers, requirements, strategies, and alternatives.
Support resolution of inter- and intra-program and project issues.
Lead or provide expertise to functional project teams and participate in cross-functional initiatives.

Benefits

International work experience with colleagues from 60+ nationalities.
Internal mobility and career opportunities, supported by HP’s learning platform.
Hybrid work model (home office / office), depending on role and functions.
Health and life insurance.
Ticket Restaurant vouchers or lunch at reduced prices at the canteen.
Flexible working hours.
HP Flex Program: kindergarten vouchers and transport card.
Discounts on HP products for employees, friends, and family.
Global employee networks and opportunities to get involved locally.
Volunteering initiatives and an annual onsite HP Charity Day.
Access to an onsite sports center with 25+ coordinated activities.
Onsite medical services, including annual checkups, nutrition, oral hygiene, physiotherapy, and general health services.
Printing Happy Hour and hands-on workshops using printing technologies, including 3D printing.
Free parking or access via nearby train services.
Women Network initiatives, including networking events, STEM promotion, business acumen talks, work–life balance sessions, and future-skills development.