[Hiring] Principal System Architect, SAP SuccessFactors @NBCUniversal

Role Description

The Corporate Operations & Technology Engineering Team is seeking a Principal System Architect, SAP Success Factors. We are currently undergoing a HR transformation that includes a green field implementation of SAP Success Factors Employee Central. This is a high-level strategic leadership role responsible for designing robust, scalable, and secure end-to-end SAP solutions that align with business goals. The role will drive technology strategy, establish architectural governance, guide digital transformation, and ensure "clean core" principles.

• Define the overarching technical strategy, govern architectural standards, and ensure seamless, scalable integration across the HCM suite.
• Manage technical SAP Teams through complex system development and deployment, including artificial intelligence, application development, and integration in one unified environment.
• Re-engineer, transform, and maintain custom SAP SOH workloads onto Success Factors and BT P.
• Analyze custom workloads on the current stack and establish a framework to migrate objects and achieve clean core.
• Actively lead SAP technical vision to leverage best practices and drive maximum business value.
• Apply technology to complex business processes with a drive towards relentless simplification and reduction in TCO.
• Evaluate business requirements and architect SAP solutions providing an integrated approach.
• Stay up to date on the latest SAP technology stack and act as a strategic advisor to product and business teams on leveraging SAP products and tools.
• Manage technical architecture analysis, research, design, and development of new functionality and integration with key applications and services under SAP ecosystems.
• Guide the engineering team to develop, configure, and implement the solution as per product development standards and best practices.
• Ensure technical integrity of projects, making sure that common technical elements are leveraged, and that work is not duplicated.
• Participate in product roadmap and product strategy definition.
• Coordinate with other technical teams to ensure compatibility with their solution components and alignment with their roadmap.
• Hold self and others accountable to committed deadlines and ensure successful deliverables.
• Act as a mentor, coach, and provide training to engineers and consultants by sharing solution and technical expertise.

Qualifications

• Education focus degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering or related discipline with an information technology major, or an equivalent combination of education and training.
• Experience as an Architect/Senior consultant in at least 8 SAP Success Factors/HR Implementations.
• 10+ years SAP Success Factors hands-on experience.
• Knowledge in various SAP Success Factors modules and Integration development working on large-scale transformations.
• Deep technical experience in SAP Application engineering development using the extensibility model in the following areas:
• In App extensions using key user and in app frameworks using the RAP (Restful ABAP programming) model.
• Side by side extensions in BTP using the Cloud Application Programming (CAP) Model.
• Using Clean Core principles for all custom development leveraging released APIs to develop customizations and creating wrappers for requirements without released APIs.
• Designing, developing, and deploying cloud-based applications using SAP BTP services for activities like Technical Development using Business Application Studio (BAS), SAP Build, and Advance WorkZone.
• Using the Integration Suite for developing end-to-end integrations.
• Business Process re-engineering or process improvement experience with broad-based information systems.
• Strong experience in SAP Technical & functional knowledge of SAP products and various solution offerings.
• Worked in a Global environment at a leadership level and demonstrated growth and achievement.
• Experience in HR transformation projects e.g., from SAP HCM to Success Factors Employee Central (green field, brown field, blue field etc.).
• Experience working with interfaces in addition to Web Services, such as Java connectors and Rest APIs communicating with non-SAP applications.
• Experience with SAP BW, BW/4HANA, SAC, Fieldglass is a huge plus.

Requirements

• Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence.

Benefits

• This position is eligible for company-sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks.
• Salary range: $180,000 - $230,000 (bonus and long-term incentive eligible).