• Develop & own end-to-end application architectures for the Global Engagement Management and Finance (S/4HANA) Programme that meets global business, security, regulatory, and performance requirements.
• Own & define application components, integration patterns, data flows, and deployment models. Regularly present to the Global Digital Transformation Steerco, approve cross-region & cross-domain decisions and exceptions.
• Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and design patterns aligned with enterprise strategies.
• Produce architecture artifacts such as context diagrams, logical/physical designs, API specifications, and integration blueprints.
• Defining key application capabilities and ensuring the S/4HANA public cloud solution design supports their realization.
• Ensure alignment of application architecture with the business architecture, enterprise architecture and technology strategy.
• Make decisions, ensuring technical excellence, versatility, safety and soundness, resiliency and scalability in the architecting and engineering of product solutions, as well as managing technical delivery.
• Chair Global Solution Architecture Design Board’s. Lead & influence on global standardization and local variations.

Global Template Design & Governance

• Establish & own architectural standards, guardrails aligned with SAP S/4HANA best practices.
• Establish and manage design governance, ensuring consistency, scalability, and adherence to global standards.
• Ensure consistency and interoperability of applications across global regions and business units.
• Collaborate with regional SAP business architects and regional process owners to ensure solution integrity across modules and integrations.