Senior SAP Functional Solution Architect / Solution Lead
Role Overview
Acts as functional design authority for BC Hydro’s SAP landscape across assigned business capabilities.
Leads functional design and fit-to-standard decisions for complex initiatives involving RISE with SAP S/4HANA, SAP for Utilities, SuccessFactors, BTP, Business Data Cloud, and other solutions.
Advises business leaders, Service Line Managers, Business Capability Leads, and Product Owners; directs functional consultants, AMS providers, and system integrator teams.
Focus areas may include Finance, Customer & Billing, Supply Chain, Asset Management, HR, and the SAP platform overall.
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Position highlights
Acts as functional design authority for BC Hydro’s SAP landscape across assigned business capabilities.
Leads functional design and fit-to-standard decisions for complex initiatives involving RISE with SAP S/4HANA, SAP for Utilities, SuccessFactors, BTP, Business Data Cloud, and other solutions.
Advises business leaders, Service Line Managers, Business Capability Leads, and Product Owners; directs functional consultants, AMS providers, and system integrator teams.
Focus areas may include Finance, Customer & Billing, Supply Chain, Asset Management, HR, and the SAP platform overall.
What you’ll do
- Own end-to-end process design and cross-module integration in assigned SAP process areas.
- Lead fit-to-standard workshops, favor SAP standard and clean-core principles, and present design options to the Architecture Review Board.
- Ensure designs address security, privacy (FOIPPA), audit, and regulatory requirements.
- Assess solution health, custom code, technical debt, and adoption gaps; recommend remediation.
- Develop multi-year roadmaps tied to business priorities and SAP innovations, including S/4HANA, SuccessFactors, BTP, Business AI, and Joule.
- Identify AI and automation opportunities, support business cases on licensing and costs, and lead proofs of concept.
- Translate business priorities into SAP solution direction and drive decisions and delivery through cutover and stabilization.
- Resolve design disputes and hold AMS and system integrator partners accountable for quality, value, and sustainability.
- Mentor functional consultants and Product Owners and contribute SAP practice standards and best practices.
What you bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 10+ years of SAP functional experience in large enterprise environments, including at least 3–5 years in a lead, solution architect, or design authority role.
- Hands-on functional expertise in at least two SAP modules and working understanding of end-to-end integration across Finance, Supply Chain, Asset Management, Customer & Billing, and HR.
- Experience on at least two full-cycle SAP implementations or major transformations.
- S/4HANA, RISE with SAP, or SuccessFactors experience is strongly preferred.
- SAP functional-area or S/4HANA solution architecture certification is preferred.
- Utility industry experience, including SAP for Utilities, is an asset.
Technical skills and assets
- Understanding of S/4HANA business processes and configuration, cross-module integration, and end-to-end process flows.
- Working knowledge of S/4HANA, SuccessFactors, Fiori, BTP, and Business Data Cloud.
- Ability to define functional integration requirements and assess business impact across SAP modules and external systems.
- Knowledge of functional security, authorizations, segregation of duties, audit, and FOIPPA privacy considerations.
- Experience with fit-to-standard and clean-core design and reducing customization and technical debt.
- Familiarity with SAP Cloud ALM, Solution Manager, Signavio, or LeanIX is an asset.
- Understanding of RISE, FUE, and BTP credit licensing and consumption models is an asset.
- Familiarity with agile and product-based delivery, release management, integrated testing, defect triage, and cutover readiness is an asset.
Work arrangement
- The role is listed as hybrid.
Compensation
- Annual salary is $131,100–$165,800.
Benefits
- Benefits include a comprehensive package, at least 15 paid vacation days, a lifetime pension, flexible work model depending on role type, and training and development courses.
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