Principle, Integration Architect & Apps Development Lead

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.

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