About this role
Senior Enterprise Architect (Director) ERP & Core Platforms
Hybrid | Garching (Munich), Germany We're looking for a Senior Enterprise Architect ERP & Core Platforms (m/f/d) for Amer Sports' office in Garching (Munich), Germany. This is a Director-level position within Amer Sports' Group IT organization. Amer Sports is a global collective of iconic sports and outdoor brands, powered by a community of people who share a passion for authenticity, impact, and excellence. We bring together leading brands, talented teams, and a culture built on collaboration. If you're looking for an environment where you can make an impact and grow your career, we'd love to hear from you. What you will be doing Architecture Strategy & Governance Define and own the north star architecture for Amer Sports' ERP and core platform landscape — setting the long-term target state across SAP ECC, S/4 HANA, EWM, Datasphere, Ariba, and Business AI Platform Champion Clean Core principles — governing customization boundaries, driving RISE-compliant extension patterns, and keeping the SAP platform extensible, upgradable, and AI-ready Design the ERP template for scale — ensuring that growth across brands, channels, and markets is absorbed by the platform without a proportional increase in complexity S/4 Transformation Authority Serve as the primary architecture authority for the global S/4 HANA transformation — governing design decisions through the change control board and ensuring alignment with the target architecture Work day-to-day with program leadership, the system integrator, and workstream leads to resolve architectural trade-offs while keeping delivery on track Set a clear architectural runway beyond go-live, positioning the ERP landscape for continuous evolution — including future Business AI Platform capabilities Brand & Functional Collaboration Act as the primary architecture partner to Enterprise Applications — aligning platform design, application ownership, and operational handover Collaborate with brand IT organizations across the portfolio — including Salomon and Wilson — to ensure brand requirements are represented in architecture decisions and global standards travel into brand contexts Partner with Finance Transformation to deliver a reliable, high-integrity ERP foundation for Finance processes, reporting, and the Finance transformation roadmap Be present where the work happens — this role involves regular international travel (20–40%), with visits to key stakeholder teams and locations including Chicago and Salomon sites Governance & Stakeholder Influence Make sound architectural decisions under live program pressure — holding design principles while staying pragmatic about delivery realities Build trust-based working relationships across program, brand, and functional counterparts; architectural authority in this role is exercised through collaboration and influence, not hierarchy You will report to the Head of Tech Strategy & Enterprise Architecture.