Enterprise / Solution Architect (ESA / Programme Architect)

Position: Enterprise / Solution Architect (ESA / Programme Architect)

Client: Vanguard
Duration: 12 Months
Location: Onsite/Hybrid – Charlotte / Raleigh / Greensboro

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Enterprise / Solution Architect for a 12-month engagement in North Carolina. This role requires 10+ years of experience in enterprise and solution architecture within large, complex, global organizations.

The architect will be responsible for designing and governing integrated, end-to-end solutions across CRM, ERP, data, planning, analytics, and integration platforms, ensuring alignment with enterprise target-state architecture and supporting large-scale transformation initiatives.

Required Skills & Experience (ESA)

• 10+ years of experience in Enterprise and Solution Architecture roles.

• Proven track record designing and delivering integrated solutions across:

  • CRM

  • ERP

  • Data platforms

  • Enterprise integration architectures

• Strong hands-on architecture experience with:

  • Salesforce

  • SAP S/4HANA

  • SAP CCM

  • IBP

  • Azure Data Services

• Experience supporting IBP and demand planning (e.g., SAC/P, Blue Yonder).

• Experience with sales incentive planning solutions.

• Ability to coordinate and prioritize solution design across multiple programs, platforms, and delivery teams.

• Strong collaboration experience with Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, vendors, and SMEs.

• Proven capability managing:

  • Architectural risks

  • Dependencies

  • Issues

  • Business change impacts

• Experience working in fast-paced, global, multi-vendor transformation environments.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate complex architectures into clear, actionable guidance.

Core Outcomes (What Success Looks Like)

• Integrated, end-to-end solution designs across:

  • CRM

  • ERP

  • Data

  • Planning

  • Analytics

• Architectures that are coherent, scalable, and aligned with enterprise target state.

• Reduced delivery risk through early, high-quality architectural decisions.

• Consistent solution direction across multiple programs, vendors, and teams.

• Faster, smoother implementations with reduced rework due to clear, implementable designs.

Key Deliverables

Architecture & Design Deliverables

• End-to-end Solution Architecture Designs covering:

  • Salesforce (TPM, PWA B2B portals)

  • SAP S/4HANA, SAP CCM

  • SAP SAC/P for IBP and Blue Yonder planning

  • Azure data platforms and reporting

  • Integration patterns and data flows

• Logical and physical architecture models including:

  • Application architecture

  • Data architecture

  • Integration architecture

  • Reporting views

• Defined integration architectures including:

  • APIs

  • Middleware

  • Event-based patterns

Governance & Assurance Deliverables

• Architecture design packs for:

  • Design reviews

  • Architecture governance forums

  • Design authority approvals

• Documented architecture decisions, assumptions, and trade-offs.

• Defined and approved non-functional requirements:

  • Security

  • Performance

  • Scalability

  • Resilience

Delivery Enablement Deliverables

• Clear architectural guidance to delivery teams and vendors.

• Resolution of design conflicts across platforms, programs, and suppliers.

• Transition architectures and interim states to support phased delivery.

Risk & Change Deliverables

• Identification and mitigation of architectural and integration risks.

• Impact assessments for design decisions affecting:

  • Business processes

  • Data

  • Operating models

Mandatory Core Skills (Main Focus)

• Enterprise / Solution Architecture (10+ years)

• Salesforce

• SAP S/4HANA

• Azure Data Services

• IBP / Demand Planning