Solution Architect- SAP Quality Management

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Job Requisition Summary

Onsite position - Austin, TX

Key Responsibilities:

• Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in the Quality Domain, with demonstrated solution leadership experience in this area. Candidate should be highly skilled in SAP, with hands-on experience in S/4HANA implementations or support. They should interpret internal or external business issues and recommend best practices. Solves complex problems and takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions.

• Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations. May lead functional teams or projects.

• Serve as an interface with multiple sub-groups within a business unit or functional area such as Sales, Operations, Engineering, Service, and Finance for the purpose of business technology alignment, solution discovery, service management, project portfolio management, and relationship management.

• Architect and design complex business process/business application solutions to address cross-functional needs, and convert design to functional and technical specifications. Oversee software application configuration, prepare and execute testing (unit, integration, performance, acceptance), and data conversions. Identify and recommend industry best-known methods (BKMs) for integrated solution design and standards.

• Provide and/or oversee business application functional support services to meet customer performance, availability, service level agreements, and customer satisfaction targets. Oversee monitoring of specific IT systems or set of systems and tuning of such systems for availability and performance. Drive completion of root cause analysis and resolution of outages or incident trends, coordinating with infrastructure and technical teams, support providers, and application vendors. Drive implementation of corrective and preventative actions. Evaluate, recommend, and plan life cycle for patches, point releases, and major upgrades.

• Deliver project and support services within area of responsibility within allocated budget. Develop project budgets. Understand cost models and cost drivers for service(s) and recommend service area budgets and cost optimization activities. May be responsible for timely renewal of maintenance and subscription contracts.

• Ensure adherence to GIS project management, software application development, testing, service management, change management, RCA, and other relevant processes, standards, governance, and controls. May manage execution of SOX controls and testing, and support internal and external audits.

• Plan and manage medium to large-scale cross-functional projects to ensure effective and efficient execution in line with guardrails of scope, timeline, budget, and quality.

• Oversee/manage contingent workers performing services across multiple projects or service areas. Responsible for the selection, onboarding, and offboarding of contingent workers in a timely manner. Manage contingent worker project/task assignments and ensure work product quality. Approve contingent worker timesheets/costs.

Functional Knowledge:

• Demonstrates depth and/or breadth of expertise in own specialized discipline or field, particularly in SAP S/4HANA and Quality domain solution architecture.

Business Expertise:

• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, or services.

Leadership:

• May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity.

Problem Solving:

• Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions.

Impact:

• Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project, or service objectives; work is guided by functional policies.

Interpersonal Skills:

• Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view.

Additional Information

Time Type:
Full time

Employee Type:
Assignee / Regular

Travel:
Not Specified

Relocation Eligible:
Yes

The salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and with consideration of internal equity of our current team members. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable.

For all sales roles, the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.

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