Manager / Senior Manager SAP Business Transformation & Architecture

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Your Team

We are looking for an experienced SAP transformation and technology architecture professional who can shape complex SAP architecture and guide large business transformations, leading architecture and delivery teams from strategy through implementation. In this role, you will act as a trusted advisor to senior clients, helping them define modern SAP landscapes, make sound architecture decisions, and deliver measurable transformation outcomes.

Zürich

By agreement

100%

Advisory

Everyone welcome

ID: 720586WD

Your Impact

Bridge business and IT at senior level: Act as a trusted interface between client business leaders, IT leadership, enterprise architects, and delivery teams. Translate strategic business objectives into pragmatic SAP architecture concepts and transformation roadmaps.
Shape SAP enabled transformation programs: Assess clients' technology architectures, integration landscapes, process priorities, and transformation constraints. Recommend the optimal use of SAP S/4HANA (RISE and Grow), SAP Business Technology Platform, and related enterprise solutions.
Lead architecture and delivery teams: Lead multidisciplinary teams of architects, consultants, technical specialists, client staff, and technology partners. Provide structure, direction, quality assurance, and escalation management across the full project lifecycle.
Drive innovation with practical business value: Identify and lead innovation initiatives across SAP, cloud, integration, data, analytics, automation, and AI enabled capabilities. Convert ideas into feasible solutions, prototypes, and scalable implementation approaches.
Own client relationships and stakeholder alignment: Manage senior stakeholder expectations, facilitate executive level discussions, and create clear decision materials that support alignment across business, IT, and program leadership.
Contribute to growth and business development: Lead or support sales cycles, proposal development, solution shaping, and account growth initiatives. Identify opportunities in existing client engagements and help convert them into high quality work.
Strengthen PwC thought leadership: Develop market facing content such as points of view, white papers, blog posts, client presentations, and conference material. Represent PwC credibly in client discussions and external forums.

Your Skill Set

This opportunity is aimed at experienced professionals who can combine SAP architecture expertise, consulting leadership, and transformation delivery ownership. The profile is suitable for Manager and Senior Manager level candidates, depending on experience and demonstrated leadership scope.

Expected Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Natural Sciences, Business Informatics, Business Administration with technology focus, or a related field.
Senior SAP transformation experience: Several years of experience in SAP enabled business transformation, technology architecture, ERP modernization, or enterprise application advisory, ideally in a multi national environment.
Architecture depth: Strong understanding of SAP product portfolio, SAP S/4HANA architecture, integration patterns, cloud adoption, data flows, and product placement strategy.
SAP capability focus: Deep knowledge in one or more SAP S/4HANA core areas and/or SAP Business Technology Platform, including integration, extension, data, analytics, automation, or application development capabilities.
Transformation methodology: Solid know how of large ERP transformations, migration concepts, fit to standard approaches, transformation requirements, target operating models, and methodologies such as SAP Activate.
Leadership and delivery ownership: Proven ability to lead workstreams, manage teams, structure complex problems, assure quality, and drive delivery in demanding client environments.
Consulting and commercial mindset: Strong management consulting skills, including opportunity identification, proposal support, executive storytelling, business case thinking, and high quality presentation and pitching skills.
Learning agility: Ability to understand new technology concepts rapidly, challenge assumptions, and apply a proactive, ownership driven mindset.
Language skills: Excellent written and spoken English.

Desirable Qualifications

Advanced academic background: Target school background, MBA, PhD, or equivalent advanced qualification is a plus.
Local language skills: Fluent German or French are a strong plus.
Consulting with large organizations: Previous consulting experience with large organizations, complex programs, and senior stakeholder environments.
RfP and solutioning experience: Experience with request for proposal processes, solution shaping, effort estimation, and translating technical requirements into compelling presentation formats.
Certifications: Relevant SAP certifications such as P_SAPEA, P_BTPA, C_CPI, or comparable credentials are a plus.
Broader technology qualifications: Additional qualifications in Agile methods, Enterprise Architecture such as TOGAF, GenAI or machine learning, AWS, Azure, GCP, programming, databases, DevOps, or integration technologies are beneficial.

What We Offer

A platform to work on large scale SAP business transformation programs with leading organizations.
The opportunity to shape enterprise architecture, technology strategy, and implementation outcomes.
A collaborative environment with access to SAP, cloud, data, AI, and business transformation expertise across PwC.
A role with clear client impact, team leadership responsibility, and contribution to market growth.

Your Benefits

Hybrid Flexible Working Model Our work model enables you to spend part of your time working in the office and part at home (provided this is your preference) – unless you’re at your clients’ premises, which is of course always the priority. This approach allows you to tailor your schedule to your personal working style.

Learn and Grow Our learning and development approach helps you gain valuable skills and knowledge to advance your career, not just at PwC. We offer a variety of internal and external courses for training and upskilling. Identify your strengths and areas for improvement and gain new skills to achieve your professional goals. You’ll build confidence, enhance your job performance, and take your career to the next level.

Sustainable Performance PwC is committed to creating an environment of sustainable performance. We therefore offer a range of resources such as sustainable performance workshops, self-leadership trainings, resilience and mindfulness sessions, nutrition webinars, and yoga courses.

Vacation and Leave From maternity, paternity, and adoption leave to vacation and paid leave, we know it’s essential to take time away from work. At PwC, you can enjoy a variety of leave options to recharge, relax, or achieve personal milestones.

Volunteering Are you passionate about doing good and making a difference? That’s great, because so are we at PwC. We encourage you to participate in volunteer work by offering paid time off for volunteering activities. Our Corporate Sustainability programmes help you find purpose and fulfilment while working with us.

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Your Contact

Patricia Santos

Recruitment Team

Any questions? We are happy to help.

Tel. +41 58 792 15 78

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