SAP Solution Architect Manager

Accenture • Milwaukee, NY

2d • Remote

About The Position

Accenture's Commercial Client Success organization helps clients realize measurable business value from their investments by connecting strategy, sales, solutioning, and delivery. Our teams serve as trusted advisors, driving exceptional client experiences, accelerating business outcomes, and helping organizations achieve sustainable growth and transformation. This role serves as a Solution Architect for SAP opportunities within mid-sized clients, leading solutioning for SAP implementations, application development, data migration, governance, managed services, or infrastructure support. The role involves partnering with sales, delivery, technical, and client teams to design scalable SAP solutions that drive measurable business outcomes and applying a Forward Deployment Engineering (FDE) mindset to rapidly translate business challenges into executable solutions, prototypes, and transformation roadmaps.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of SAP experience, including SAP S/4HANA, with strong functional and integration exposure.
• Minimum of 5 years of solution planning, presales, and deal-shaping experience, including RFPs, estimation, staffing, pricing, and executive presentations.
• Minimum 5 years of Industry experience in any of the following sectors: Public Sector, Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, Life Sciences, High Tech, Chemicals, Industrial Equipment, or related sectors.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in cloud transformation or cloud implementation programs.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading workshops, discovery sessions, and solution design activities including ability to convert business requirements into executable architecture and technical solutions.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end SAP processes and cross-module integration.
• Knowledge of SAP Activate, SAP Best Practices, and Clean Core principles.
• Experience with SAP BTP, Integration Suite, Extension Suite, SAP Build, and SAP Business AI.
• Strong communication, storytelling, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.
• Excellent analytical, estimation, and solution-planning capabilities.
• Experience in large SAP transformation programs and presales.
• Value-based selling and business case development expertise.
• Background in Forward Deployment Engineering, Solution Engineering, or Innovation Architecture.
• Knowledge of SAP Joule, SAP AI Foundation, Machine Learning, Generative AI, Agile, and DevOps.
• Contributions to accelerators, reusable frameworks, thought leadership, or innovation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Solution Architecture & Deal Shaping: Design SAP solutions aligned to client requirements, business objectives, and industry best practices. Lead solution planning, estimation, staffing, pricing inputs, and proposal development. Support and lead RFP / RFI responses and complex sales pursuits. Develop implementation approaches, operating models, and transformation roadmaps. Collaborate with sales, architects, technical and delivery teams to create scalable, deliverable solutions.
• Client Advisory: Build trusted advisor relationships with business and technology stakeholders. Facilitate discovery workshops, design-thinking sessions, and value realization discussions. Advise clients on SAP S/4HANA, SAP Cloud ERP Public Edition, SAP Cloud ERP Private Edition, RISE with SAP Methodology / Journey, SAP Business AI, Generative AI, Data & Analytics, Automation, and SAP BTP. Communicate business value, modernization opportunities, and transformation outcomes.
• Engineering & Innovation: Apply structured problem-solving, rapid prototyping, and proof-of-concept approaches. Create reusable accelerators, reference architectures, and automation assets. Evaluate emerging SAP, cloud, AI, data, and integration technologies. Drive continuous improvement in solution design, estimation, delivery, and support models.
• Leadership: Support client, sales, and industry events. Mentor solution architects and contribute to capability development. Develop thought leadership, innovation assets, and best practices. Maintain relevant SAP and cloud certifications.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage
• a 401(k) plan
• bonus opportunities
• paid holidays
• paid time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree