Senior Lead, Capability Design Architect, Finance Product Costing and Profitability

Estée Lauder Companies • , NY

15d • $122,900 - $202,500

About The Position

The Senior Lead Capability Design Architect is a senior technical leader and domain architecture lead responsible for defining, governing, and executing technical blueprints for a designated business capability L2 domain and its sub-domains. Operating as a senior individual contributor, the role bridges long-term capability vision with technical execution. Embedded in the Product Operating Model, the architect works with Product Managers, Process Technology Leads, and business stakeholders to translate functional requirements into modular, scalable designs. The role enforces Fit to Standard and Clean Core principles, keeping core transaction systems free of unnecessary customization while enabling side-by-side cloud extensions through standard APIs. It also manages technical division-of-labor boundaries with Enterprise Business Services partners, audits vendor deliverables to safeguard internal intellectual property, promotes GenAI use in architecture workflows, and mentors architects and other team members.

The role owns the technical capability vision and roadmap for its domain, including modular blueprints, total cost of ownership analysis, modernization business cases, and value stream mapping. It governs the domain technology inventory, architecture patterns, data schemas, platform configuration, system interfaces, and reusable documentation. It aligns product and engineering work with architecture standards, reviews vendor designs and estimates, presents designs for formal approval, and monitors post-deployment performance.

The position provides architecture leadership for SAP FICO, especially Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) and Product Costing. Responsibilities include governing scalable, integrated, standardized Finance capabilities; supporting costing methods and transfer pricing; and maintaining architectural consistency across Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, Demand-to-Build, and Book-to-Report. The architect leads requirements workshops and Fit/Gap analysis, supports global implementations and transformation initiatives, and provides oversight for testing, application management, enhancements, break-fix work, production support, integrations, and ABAP development. Solutions must comply with enterprise architecture, Solution Architecture, and Center of Excellence standards while balancing standard SAP functionality, business requirements, and long-term maintainability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• At least 7 years of experience.
• Advanced ability to model end-to-end domain technical architectures using TOGAF or SAP EA frameworks, including data flows and interface specifications.
• Deep technical proficiency in side-by-side extensions such as SAP BTP and cloud microservices, REST/GraphQL API contracts, and decoupling legacy middleware implementations.
• Ability to use ChatGPT Enterprise and AI development tools to accelerate specification drafting, analyze legacy configuration dependencies, and maintain living repositories.
• Ability to review, audit, and benchmark system integrator technical designs, SOW proposals, and code artifacts.
• Proficiency in Value Stream Mapping and APQC modeling to optimize workflows and translate operational needs into technical architecture.
• Experience leading SAP FICO architecture, design, and enhancements, with a primary focus on CO-PA and Product Costing.
• Expertise in Product Costing and Profitability capabilities, including costing variants, transfer control, cost sheets, additive costing, costing without quantity structure, Material Ledger, transfer pricing, and intercompany or cross-border processes.
• Ability to define scalable SAP solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards and global business requirements.
• Experience providing architecture leadership for Finance and Supply Chain integration initiatives.
• Ability to lead business requirements workshops and conduct Fit/Gap analysis for global and regional deployments.
• Ability to support global SAP implementations, enhancement releases, and business transformation initiatives.
• Ability to collaborate with regional and global stakeholders to standardize processes while addressing local requirements.
• Ability to support testing and provide architectural oversight for AMS, enhancements, break-fix work, and production support.
• Ability to collaborate with development teams on functional specifications, custom enhancements, interfaces, and integrations.
• Ability to govern architecture with ABAP teams across design, build, testing, and deployment.
• Ability to ensure adherence to Solution Architecture and CoE standards and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Define, maintain, and execute the three-year technical capability vision and architectural roadmap for the assigned L2 domain and sub-domains.
• Translate business capability objectives into modular technical blueprints for product squad execution.
• Partner with Domain Directors, Product Managers, Process Technology Leads, and business stakeholders to align technical designs with business roadmaps.
• Track and model total cost of ownership across domain platforms; identify redundant applications, outdated interfaces, and technical debt; and develop modernization business cases.
• Lead domain-level Value Stream Mapping exercises and design automated integrations to reduce latency, bottlenecks, and integration friction.
• Maintain and govern an accurate inventory of domain technology products, custom components, integrations, and software lifecycles.
• Translate complex functional workflows into architectural patterns, data schemas, and platform configuration parameters.
• Enforce Fit to Standard and Clean Core principles, directing unique business logic to side-by-side cloud extensions and clean APIs rather than custom ERP configurations.
• Monitor vendor roadmaps, cloud technologies, and industry practices and recommend technical upgrades.
• Keep critical L3 process maps, system interfaces, and configuration rules updated in shared documentation tools, including Confluence and Signavio.
• Ensure user stories, sprint backlogs, and feature implementations conform to capability blueprints and architecture standards.
• Audit technical designs and estimates from EBS partners and external system integrators to prevent scope creep and enforce ELC standards.
• Present domain designs to Architecture Review Boards, obtain approvals, and resolve cross-domain integration dependencies.
• Implement telemetry metrics for post-deployment performance, interface reliability, and quality.
• Identify and implement practical GenAI and automation use cases in business workflows and technical architecture.
• Use ChatGPT Enterprise and AI tools to help draft technical specifications, data dictionaries, and API contracts.
• Mentor architects and product managers through technical coaching, design artifact reviews, and career support.
• Present domain designs in peer design, strategy, and architecture reviews, and pressure-test peer architectures to improve collaborative designs.
• Lead the architecture, design, and enhancement of SAP FICO solutions, primarily for Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) and Product Costing.
• Provide architecture leadership and governance for Product Costing and Profitability capabilities, including costing variants, transfer control, cost sheets, additive costing, costing without quantity structure, Material Ledger, transfer pricing, and intercompany and cross-border processes.
• Define scalable SAP solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards and global business requirements.
• Provide architecture leadership for complex Finance and Supply Chain integration initiatives and balance standard SAP functionality with business needs and maintainability.
• Design and support CO-PA solutions and lead Product Costing design and configuration.
• Support transfer pricing models and complex intercompany and cross-border processes.
• Define and govern end-to-end Finance Capability Architecture across P2P, O2C, D2B, and B2R.
• Lead requirements workshops and Fit/Gap analysis for global and regional deployments.
• Support global SAP implementations, enhancement releases, and business transformation initiatives.
• Partner with regional and global stakeholders to standardize processes while addressing local requirements.
• Support testing activities.
• Provide architectural oversight for Application Management Services, enhancements, break-fix activities, and production support.
• Collaborate with development teams on functional specifications, custom enhancements, interfaces, and integrations.
• Work with ABAP development teams across design, build, testing, and deployment to ensure compliance with architecture standards and technical best practices.
• Ensure adherence to Solution Architecture and Center of Excellence standards and methodologies.

Benefits

• Participation in a highly competitive bonus program, with potential overachievement based on performance and company results.
• Participation in the share incentive plan.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Wellness and family support programs.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Paid leave programs.
• Education-related programs.
• Paid holidays and vacation time.

What This Job Offers

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