Professional, ERP Architecture

About the role

DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Professional, ERP Architecture position to support the planned separation of Johnson & Johnson’s Orthopedics business into a standalone company. The role involves planning, designing, building, and governing a multi‑instance SAP application landscape (ECC and S/4) during Day 1 separation, TSA transition, and eventual SAP instance consolidation into S/4. You will partner with business and IT stakeholders to align ERP/SAP architecture with business processes, drive operational efficiency, innovation, and growth, and help shape a modern, connected digital ecosystem that includes AI.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple conveyed SAP ECC and S/4 instances supporting Day 1 separation, lead through the TSA transition period, and execute on SAP instance consolidation into S/4 supporting TSA exit.
• Define and contribute to the overall ERP and enterprise application architecture, ensuring alignment with business strategy and enterprise technology standards.
• Design and integrate ERP systems with other enterprise platforms, ensuring compatibility across multiple systems, technologies, and data environments.
• Evaluate current systems and recommend improvements or new technology solutions to enhance business performance and efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable ERP architecture solutions.
• Lead and support system integration efforts, ensuring seamless data flow and interoperability across applications and platforms.
• Ensure ERP solutions meet security, compliance, and performance standards for enterprise systems.
• Provide technical guidance and architectural direction to project teams and developers.
• Identify opportunities to leverage emerging technologies to optimize ERP capabilities and enterprise operations.
• Develop and maintain documentation, standards, and architectural models for ERP systems.
• Support troubleshooting and resolution of complex system integration and performance issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required.
• Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
• Certifications: ERP platform certifications (e.g., SAP), TOGAF, or cloud certifications preferred.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in enterprise/ERP architecture, including prior experience leading projects or mentoring team members.
• Hands‑on and leadership experience with one or more of the following:
  • SAP ABAP – strong hands‑on development experience across SAP ECC and S/4HANA (RICEFW).
  • SAP Security – strong hands‑on expertise with SAP GRC Access Control (ARA, ARM, BRM, EAM/Firefighter).
  • SAP BASIS – strong hands‑on experience planning, delivering and administering SAP S/4 HANA, SAP ECC, SAP BTP across hybrid cloud platform landscapes.
  • SAP Integration BTP and IS – lead integration development and architecture across SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, SuccessFactors, Ariba, EWM, TM, GTS, IBP, Concur, Salesforce and other enterprise platforms.
• Strong experience with production support, critical incident management, performance tuning, root‑cause analysis and release management across 24×7 global SAP environments.
• Excellent collaboration with SAP functional leads, enterprise architects, business stakeholders, QA/Validation, Infrastructure and global IT leadership.

Skills

• SAP Basis
• SAP Security
• SAP ABAP / Development
• SAP BTP and IS Integration
• Business Alignment
• Business Architecture
• Business Requirements Analysis
• Coaching
• Consulting
• Critical Thinking
• Emerging Technologies