Global Integration Architect Lead - SAP Platforms

About the role

The Global Integration Architect Lead is the senior technical authority responsible for defining, governing and evolving the enterprise integration architecture across the global SAP ecosystem. The role owns cross-system integration strategy, API standards and event-driven patterns connecting SAP S/4HANA, SAP Ariba, SAP SuccessFactors and non-SAP platforms at scale, ensuring integrations are secure, scalable, resilient and Clean-Core compliant.

Key responsibilities

• Define and own the global integration architecture strategy for SAP and non-SAP platforms across Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain and HCM domains.
• Establish standard integration patterns (API-led, event-driven, batch, synchronous/asynchronous) and act as the final design authority for complex cross-domain integrations.
• Lead architectural use of SAP Integration Suite (Cloud Integration, API Management, Event Mesh, Open Connectors) and define API standards, lifecycle management, versioning, security and throttling.
• Govern integration build quality and drive adoption of event-driven architectures using SAP standard events.
• Enforce Clean Core principles, define side-by-side extensibility patterns and approve integration exceptions.
• Take part in architecture review boards and release governance forums, identify integration risks and work with Security, GRC and Identity teams on compliance.
• Mentor regional and domain Integration Architects and oversee SI partners and vendors.

Required profile

• 15 years of relevant experience.
• Deep hands-on experience integrating SAP S/4HANA, SAP Ariba and SAP SuccessFactors in large global landscapes.
• Proven experience designing API-led and event-driven architectures at enterprise scale.
• Demonstrated ability to act as a global design authority and influence without direct control.
• Experience in large, matrixed, global organizations; preferred: global SAP transformation programs (S/4HANA, RISE, Ariba, SuccessFactors).

Required skills

• SAP Integration Suite, CPI and API Management.
• RESTful APIs, JSON/XML, OAuth2, SAML, certificate-based security and integration performance tuning.
• Hybrid integration scenarios (SAP cloud, hyperscalers, on-prem systems).
• Preferred: TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture certification.