We are seeking a highly experienced Principal, Enterprise Integration Architect & Application Development to lead the definition, governance, and evolution of enterprise integration and application architecture across global source to pay technology platforms.
This is a senior role responsible for shaping client’s enterprise integration strategy, driving modern application development practices, and ensuring scalable, secure, and future-ready technology ecosystems across SAP and non-SAP environments.
The successful candidate will operate as a principal technical authority, combining deep architectural expertise with delivery leadership to enable client’s business transformation, digital innovation, and operational excellence. The role spans integration architecture, application engineering strategy, and cross-programme governance, with particular focus on complex Source-to-Pay and enterprise business processes.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Architecture & Strategy
Define client’s enterprise integration and application architecture vision aligned to business and digital strategy.
Establish integration and application development standards, reference architectures, and governance frameworks.
Lead enterprise integration strategy across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise ecosystems.
Drive adoption of modern architecture patterns including API-led, event-driven, and microservices architectures.
Develop integration and application roadmaps supporting organisational transformation initiatives.
Integration Architecture Leadership
Serve as the principal authority for enterprise integration architecture across programmes and platforms.
Design scalable, secure, and reusable integration frameworks across SAP, SaaS, and third-party systems.
Lead architecture decisions spanning APIs, middleware, messaging, B2B/EDI, and data integration.
Govern architectural compliance across delivery teams and strategic initiatives.
Define enterprise integration patterns, accelerators, and reusable assets.
Application Development Leadership
Establish engineering best practices for application development.
Promote modern software development approaches including DevSecOps, CI/CD, automation, and cloud-native engineering.
Guide development team in designing resilient, maintainable, and high-performance applications.
Drive application modernisation, rationalisation, and technical debt reduction initiatives.
Enable alignment between integration architecture and application engineering models.
Programme & Delivery Leadership
Provide architectural leadership across multiple client programmes and transformation initiatives.
Translate complex business capabilities into scalable technical solutions.
Lead cross-functional collaboration between architects, developers, functional consultants, and business stakeholders.
Support planning, sequencing, dependency management, and risk mitigation across enterprise initiatives.
Provide oversight across design reviews, solution assurance, and quality governance.
Technology Governance & Innovation
Establish enterprise governance for integration platforms and application development.
Evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and platforms to support innovation and optimisation.
Champion automation, AI, and platform engineering capabilities.
Drive continuous improvement in delivery methodologies, tooling, and engineering maturity.
Stakeholder & Leadership Engagement
Act as trusted advisor to senior technology and business leadership.
Communicate architectural strategy and complex technical concepts to executive audiences.
Influence enterprise technology decisions and investment priorities.
Required Skills & Experience
12+ years of experience in enterprise integration, architecture, or application engineering roles.
Proven experience operating at enterprise or principal architect level focused on Source to Pay technologies.
Extensive experience designing integration solutions across complex enterprise landscapes.
Strong background across integration technologies such as:
SAP Integration Suite / Cloud Integration (CPI)
Middleware platforms (MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, webMethods, Azure Integration Services, or similar)
SAP BTP
Deep understanding of:
API-led architecture
Event-driven architecture
Microservices and cloud-native design
Distributed systems architecture
Strong application development and engineering leadership experience.
Experience integrating enterprise platforms including SAP ECC, S/4HANA, Ariba, Oracle, and SaaS applications.
Expertise in API technologies (REST, SOAP), messaging frameworks, and integration security (OAuth, SAML, JWT).
Strong knowledge of B2B and EDI standards (ANSI X12, EDIFACT, cXML, IDoc).
Demonstrated leadership across large transformation programmes.
Excellent stakeholder engagement and executive communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with SAP Ariba, Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG), and SAP BTP
Experience defining enterprise architecture or technology strategies.
Exposure to multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP).
Experience with DevSecOps, platform engineering, and automation frameworks.
TOGAF, SAP, cloud, or integration platform certifications.
Leadership & Personal Attributes
Strategic thinker with strong enterprise vision.
Influential leader capable of driving organisational change.
Strong mentoring and capability-building mindset.
Commercially aware with strong business alignment.
Collaborative, pragmatic, and outcome-focused.
Comfortable operating in complex global transformation environments.