Principal Services Architect

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**Role Summary**

The Principal Services Architect (PSA) is a senior customer-facing expert responsible for driving strategic, architecture-led engagements in SAP’s CoE-led delivery model. This role focuses on delivering enterprise-wide transformation through **Logistics domain mastery** across S/4HANA and the broader SAP Intelligent Enterprise. The PSA serves as both a strategic advisor and architecture owner—**shaping transformation scope, mapping business requirements to technical solutions**, and **orchestrating execution** with precision. This includes full accountability for **project scoping, effort estimation, and Statement of Work (SoW) ownership**.

**Primary Responsibilities**

**Architecture Leadership**
- Lead the logistics architecture strategy and design across large-scale SAP transformation programs, with a focus on S/4HANA.
- Design and validate end-to-end architectures for hybrid, multi-cloud, or on-premise landscapes.
- Ensure alignment of logistics solutions with SAP reference architectures, best practices, and industry requirements.
- Provide governance and quality assurance across the delivery lifecycle to secure solution integrity.

**Scoping, Estimation & SoW Development**
- Own the creation of **Statements of Work (SoW)** for Logistics-focused engagements, ensuring clear deliverables, assumptions, and success metrics.
- ** Scope SAP projects from discovery through realization**, aligning architectural designs with commercial constructs and delivery feasibility.
- Perform **effort estimation**, resource modeling, and risk profiling to guide bid management and service contracting.
- Collaborate with Sales, Pre-Sales, and Delivery Managers to secure project sign-off and alignment with CoE standards.

**Strategic Customer Engagement**
- Translate business objectives into solution blueprints by **mapping business requirements to technical designs** with clarity and precision.
- Advise executive stakeholders on supply chain digitization, logistics optimization, and architecture modernization.
- Drive customer engagement from discovery to realization phases, embedding Logistics architecture strategy into business transformation.
- Articulate value-based architecture roadmaps aligned with SAP’s Intelligent Enterprise vision.

**Delivery Excellence & Reuse Enablement**
- Guide delivery teams and CoE consultants on architecture standards and reuse of proven Logistics patterns and accelerators.
- Support delivery assurance, mitigate design risks, and mentor junior architects.
- Partner with account and delivery leadership to accelerate time-to-value and customer satisfaction.

**Innovation, Escalation, and Advisory**
- Embed intelligent automation, SAP BTP, and AI/ML capabilities into Logistics processes (e.g., predictive MRP, real-time inventory visibility).
- Act as the design authority in escalated engagements or turnaround scenarios.
- Lead logistics-specific design decisions in complex programs and co-innovation initiatives.

**Experience Requirements**
- **
10+ years of experience in customer-facing roles** (Program Manager, Architect, etc.) with strong focus on Logistics processes and architecture.
- ** 10+ years in SAP process implementation**, including **at least 6 full-cycle implementations** covering Logistics topics.
- Proven track record of shaping complex transformation engagements through architecture, scoping, and solution framing.
- Demonstrated experience developing SoWs and delivering high-quality, on-time programs.

**Technical & Functional Expertise**
- Deep functional and architectural knowledge of **SAP Logistics modules**, especially:
- ** MM** (Materials Management)
- ** SD** (Sales & Distribution)
- ** PP** (Production Planning)
- ** PM** (Plant Maintenance)
- ** EWM** (Extended Warehouse Management)
- ** TM** (Transportation Management)
- Integration with **FICO** and **Project Systems**
- Strong command of **SAP Best Practices**, deployment methodologies, and fit-to-standard design.
- Working knowledge of **SAP BTP**, extensibility approaches, and cloud-native logistics innovations.

**Architectural Focus Areas**
- SAP S/4HANA Logistics and Supply Chain Architecture
- Hybrid Deployment Models (On-Premise, Cloud, RISE)
- SoW Ownership, Project Scoping, and Estimation
- Business Requirement Mapping to Solution Design
- BTP-Enabled Logistics Extensions & Integrations
- Embedded Analytics, Io