Principal, ERP Architect

Schneider Electric•Franklin, OH

1d•Remote

About The Position

Schneider Electric is seeking an experienced Principal ERP Architect to provide technical architecture leadership across our SAP S/4HANA landscape and transformation initiatives. This role serves as a key technical authority within our ERP organization, guiding architecture decisions, governing development standards, and helping ensure SAP solutions remain scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with long-term business objectives. The successful candidate will bring deep SAP technical expertise and a strong background in SAP development and architecture. Working closely with ERP leaders, solution architects, developers, infrastructure teams, cybersecurity partners, and SAP subject matter experts, this individual will help shape technical direction while supporting major upgrades, deployments, and modernization initiatives. This is an ideal opportunity for a senior SAP technical professional who enjoys influencing architecture decisions, mentoring development teams, and driving adoption of modern SAP development and Clean Core practices.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
12+ years of SAP experience with significant focus on SAP technical architecture, solution architecture, or ERP transformation initiatives.
7+ years of experience leading SAP architecture activities for large-scale ERP implementations or transformation programs.
Deep expertise in SAP S/4HANA architecture and deployment models.
Strong understanding of SAP ECC-to-S/4HANA transformation strategies.
Experience with SAP extensibility approaches and Clean Core principles.
Strong background in SAP development technologies, including ABAP and modern SAP development frameworks.
Proven experience collaborating with infrastructure, cybersecurity, and platform engineering teams.
Experience leading technical governance across enterprise SAP environments.
Strong communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.

Nice To Haves

SAP Certified Technology Architect or similar SAP certifications.
Experience supporting global SAP deployment programs.
Knowledge of SAP BTP and hybrid architecture patterns.
Experience with SAP upgrades, deployment planning, and production go-live support.
Experience guiding SAP development teams or technical delivery teams.

Responsibilities

Lead technical architecture activities for SAP S/4HANA implementation, upgrade, deployment, rollout, and transformation initiatives.
Define and govern SAP technical architecture standards, patterns, and best practices.
Review and approve technical solution designs, extensions, interfaces, and custom development approaches.
Ensure architecture decisions align with Clean Core principles and long-term SAP strategy.
Evaluate business and technical requirements to determine the appropriate use of standard SAP capabilities, extensions, integrations, and custom developments.
Support architecture reviews, design workshops, fit-gap discussions, and implementation activities.
Provide technical leadership and guidance to SAP development teams.
Review technical approaches and ensure alignment with established architecture standards.
Promote effective use of modern SAP development approaches, including RAP, CAP, and SAP extensibility frameworks.
Guide teams on performance, scalability, maintainability, and supportability considerations.
Support code quality, development governance, and technical decision-making processes.
Define and maintain SAP landscape architecture across development, quality, pre-production, and production environments.
Guide decisions related to SAP Basis, HANA database architecture, integrations, middleware, connectivity, and infrastructure services.
Partner with infrastructure and platform teams to support: High availability, Security and compliance, Performance optimization, Capacity planning, Backup and recovery, Transport and release management.
Help ensure SAP environments remain reliable, scalable, and operationally efficient.
Support ECC-to-S/4HANA transformation initiatives and modernization efforts.
Provide technical architecture leadership during upgrades, deployments, go-lives, and major ERP changes.
Participate in project planning, architecture governance reviews, and risk assessments.
Help establish technical standards and deployment approaches that support long-term sustainability across the SAP landscape.
Contribute to architecture roadmaps and future-state SAP platform evolution.
Participate in architecture governance processes and design assurance reviews.
Partner with ERP leadership, architects, functional teams, infrastructure teams, cybersecurity organizations, and SAP technical experts.
Ensure compliance with enterprise security, risk, audit, and regulatory requirements.
Promote reuse of architecture patterns, integration standards, and development best practices.
Mentor architects, technical leads, and development teams.