Job Summary
We are looking for an SAP BW Solution Architect to define and govern the enterprise analytics architecture across BW and related SAP data platforms. You will set design standards, integration patterns, and performance benchmarks, ensuring that analytics solutions remain scalable, secure, and aligned to enterprise data strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Define target analytics architecture and guide delivery teams on standards and patterns.
- Establish governance for modelling, naming conventions, transport quality, and performance benchmarks.
- Lead integration architecture decisions, ensuring alignment with security, authorisations, and data ownership.
- Define testing and operational readiness models including monitoring, incident prevention, and support processes.
- Shape roadmap planning, manage risks, and oversee release governance across analytics programmes.
- Engage stakeholders to align analytics priorities to business strategy and platform capability.
Technical Skills
- Broad architecture experience across SAP BW, SAP BTP, data integration, and reporting consumption tooling.
- Strong understanding of performance and scalability considerations in enterprise data platforms.
- Understanding of governance, lineage, and security design.
Functional Skills
- Strong leadership and ability to align diverse stakeholder groups.
- Excellent documentation and executive communication capability.
- Strong decision governance and risk management mindset.
Experience Required
- 8 to 12 plus years SAP BW or BTP experience with architecture ownership on large programmes.
Qualifications
- SAP certification preferred, architecture credentials advantageous.
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience.