McLaren Strategic Solutions (MSS)
Website:
mclarensv.com
Job details:
We are seeking an experienced Enterprise / Solution Architect to lead enterprise-wide business transformation initiatives across a complex global application landscape. The role is responsible for translating business requirements into scalable, integrated enterprise solutions spanning ERP, CRM, Master Data Management, Integration Platforms and Digital Technologies.
This is a business-facing architecture role that requires strong stakeholder management, enterprise solutioning, fit-gap analysis and architecture governance capability – someone who can connect SAP, Salesforce and other elements of the tech stack, with deep architectural pattern knowledge, database awareness, and the articulation skills to explain design decisions to business stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Translate business requirements into scalable, integrated enterprise solutions across ERP, CRM, MDM and digital platforms.
- Lead enterprise-level solutioning workshops with business stakeholders.
- Perform architecture assessments and fit-gap analysis across multiple business domains.
- Drive solution architecture decisions and recommend optimal platform ownership and capability alignment.
- Support large-scale Digital Transformation and Enterprise Transformation programs.
- Identify opportunities for platform consolidation and application rationalisation.
- Define future-state architecture roadmaps for enterprise applications and platforms.
- Participate in architecture governance and technology standardisation initiatives.
- Work closely with Business Analysts, Product Owners and Business Leaders on solution design.
- Challenge assumptions using fact-based architecture recommendations and data-driven decisions.
- Present architecture decisions to executive and business stakeholders in a clear, business-friendly manner.
- Facilitate cross-functional discussions and workshops across business and technology teams.
- Design integrated solutions across ERP, CRM, MDM and enterprise applications.
- Evaluate integration patterns, data ownership and application responsibilities.
- Collaborate with SAP, Salesforce, Integration and Data Architects to define platform-agnostic enterprise solutions.
- Support enterprise architecture maturity and governance practices.
- Partner with business stakeholders to enable and sustain transformation programs.
- Challenge existing approaches when required to achieve better business outcomes.
Must-Have Skills
- Enterprise Architecture
- Enterprise Solution Architecture
- Digital Transformation
- Enterprise Modernisation
- Business Process Transformation
- Architecture Governance
- Technology Strategy
- Business Architecture – Lead-to-Order (L2O)
- Business Architecture – Lead-to-Cash
- Business Architecture – Order-to-Cash (O2C)
- Business Process Design
- Fit-Gap Analysis
- Enterprise Applications – SAP ERP (experience within ecosystem)
- Enterprise Applications – Salesforce CRM (experience within ecosystem)
- Enterprise Applications – Microsoft Dynamics or equivalent CRM platforms (experience within ecosystem)
- Enterprise Integration Platforms (experience within ecosystem)
- Master Data Management platforms (experience within ecosystem)
- Enterprise integration principles (platform-agnostic)
- Integration exposure to at least one of: MuleSoft, SAP CPI, Dell Boomi, Informatica Cloud, IBM Integration Platforms, WebMethods
- Strong stakeholder management and business-facing engagement
- Ability to explain and justify architecture decisions to business stakeholders
- Ability to lead solutioning workshops and cross-functional discussions
- Database awareness and architectural pattern knowledge
- Fact-based, data-driven decision making (avoiding platform bias)
- Willingness to learn, be mentored and adopt a platform-agnostic mindset
- Maturity, honesty and long-term commitment orientation
Nice-to-Have Skills
- LeanIX (Enterprise Architecture tool)
- ARIS (Enterprise Architecture / process tool)
- Enterprise Architecture repositories
- Application Portfolio Management tooling
- Applied AI initiatives experience
- AI-enabled business transformation experience
- Enterprise AI adoption program experience
- Deep expertise in SAP or Salesforce (strong depth in at least one platform)
- Experience in AI and emerging technologies in an enterprise context
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