SAP EAM- Lead Application Business Architect

Capgemini • Houston, TX

3d • $98,497 - $233,248 • Remote

About The Position

Capgemini is seeking an experienced SAP EAM Lead Business Architect to drive enterprise asset management transformation initiatives within SAP S/4HANA environments. This role will partner with business and technology stakeholders to define future-state operating models, optimize maintenance and asset management processes, and deliver business-focused SAP EAM solutions that improve asset reliability, operational efficiency, workforce productivity, and regulatory compliance. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in SAP Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Plant Maintenance (PM), combined with strong business process transformation experience. This individual will serve as a trusted advisor to client leadership teams, helping organizations modernize asset management practices and maximize business value through SAP technologies. Experience in asset-intensive industries such as Utilities, Energy, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Transportation, Infrastructure, or Chemicals is highly preferred. Application Business Architects are responsible for leading the transformation of a business and ensuring critical deliverables, such as business capability models, business capabilities, and value streams, are developed and implemented. Provides a point of view to clients on meeting their business requirements utilizing Package/SaaS software solutions. This role has the leading role in understanding client business needs, and ability map those to the application functionalities “ ensure seamless functionality delivery of the application being developed. What is critical is to ensure that the application being developed matches client business needs, both stated and the unstated ones. Individual must support or lead bids, operate at director level in major client organizations, and master one or more business or industry domains. Individual must be responsible for functional guidance over the whole project or application life cycle. One must leverage relationships with colleagues, partners and clients to build thought leadership and conceptualize new offerings.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Business, Supply Chain, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• 12+ years of SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) experience.
• Strong experience leading business process design and transformation initiatives within SAP environments.
• Deep understanding of Enterprise Asset Management business processes and maintenance operations.
• Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA Asset Management capabilities and best practices.
• Experience leading workshops, process discovery sessions, and stakeholder alignment discussions.
• Knowledge of: Equipment and Functional Location Management, Work Orders and Notifications, Preventive, Predictive, and Corrective Maintenance, Maintenance Planning and Scheduling, Asset Strategy and Reliability Programs, Field Service and Mobile Maintenance Solutions.
• Experience collaborating across SAP MM, Supply Chain, Procurement, Inventory Management, and Finance functions.
• Strong process mapping, requirements management, and business architecture skills.
• Experience supporting organizational change management and business adoption efforts.
• Excellent communication, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with SAP Fiori, SAP Asset Manager, SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), and Intelligent Asset Management solutions is preferred.
• Industry experience within Utilities, Energy, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Transportation, Infrastructure, or other asset-intensive industries preferred.
• SAP S/4HANA Asset Management certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead business process transformation initiatives across Enterprise Asset Management and Maintenance Operations.
• Facilitate executive and business stakeholder workshops to define current-state challenges, future-state processes, and transformation roadmaps.
• Translate business objectives into scalable SAP EAM solutions aligned to operational and organizational goals.
• Drive requirements gathering, process design, solution validation, and business adoption activities.
• Provide functional leadership across SAP S/4HANA EAM implementations, upgrades, and enhancement programs.
• Advise clients on industry-leading asset management practices, reliability strategies, and maintenance optimization opportunities.
• Design and document future-state processes for: Asset Lifecycle Management, Maintenance Planning and Scheduling, Preventive and Predictive Maintenance, Work Management, Asset Reliability and Performance Improvement, Shutdown and Turnaround Planning.
• Collaborate with solution architects, technical teams, and cross-functional SAP teams to ensure business requirements are successfully delivered.
• Support data governance, testing, training, change management, and user adoption activities.
• Develop business cases, value realization strategies, and transformation roadmaps for SAP EAM initiatives.
• Contribute to proposal development, client presentations, and pre-sales activities as a subject matter expert.

Benefits

• Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade, Company paid holidays, Personal Days, Sick Leave
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
• Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
• Life and disability insurance
• Employee assistance programs
• Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior