Principal Data Architect - S/4HANA & Domain Analytics

This person acts as the Architect for Operational Intelligence across two distinct landscapes: our $200M S/4HANA Public Cloud unit and our $6B Legacy ECC core. While these environments run separately, you will implement a consistent Agentic Readiness strategy for both. You will architect the Semantic Data Layers (using SAP Datasphere & SAC) that expose live operational data to the Enterprise AI team, ensuring that AI Agents can interact with our Legacy ECC supply chain just as effectively as our modern S/4 cloud stack.

This role will be responsible for defining and executing a roadmap to expose these critical operational datasets to modern AI and analytics platforms, enabling advanced insights, automation, and datadriven decision making across the enterprise.

This role is critical to:

• Modernize Legacy Access: Architect a Virtual Semantic Layer over the $6B ECC landscape. This allows the Enterprise AI team to build Agents that can see into the legacy factory floor without requiring a massive data migration.
• Establish S/4 Standards: Define the Clean Core data patterns for the new S/4 Public Cloud unit, set-ting the standard for how Agents interact with Cloud ERP.
• Bridge the AI Gap: Ensure that the Enterprise AI team has consistent, governed access to both environments, preventing our legacy core from becoming a Data Black Hole during the AI transformation

The work model for the role is: #LI-Hybrid

#LI-Hybrid

This role is contributing to the ABB Installation Products Division of the Electrification Business Area.

In this role, you will act as the Architect of the Semantic Layer for ABB's ERP landscape. You will lead the data strategy for our S/4HANA Public Cloud program, creating a governed, AI-ready data fabric that bridges our Tacti-cal ERP Operations (S/4, ECC) and our Strategic Enterprise Analytics (Snowflake).

Beyond standard reporting, you will design the Decoupling Layer (using SAP Datasphere) that extracts business logic from raw ERP tables. This ensures that downstream consumers-whether they are human analysts in Snowflake or AI Agents in our automation layer-consume consistent, governed, apples-to-apples data, regardless of whether the source is our modern S/4 unit or our legacy ECC core.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Shaping the Semantic Architecture: Leading the strategy for the SAP Datasphere and SAC layer. You define how the business consumes operational data directly from the ERP, creating a virtual Single Source of Truth that shields the business from the complexity of underlying table structures.
• Bridging ERP & Enterprise AI: Acting as the Federation Architect who enables data exchange between our ERP Core and the Corporate Data Platforms (Snowflake, Enterprise AI). You do not manage the Snowflake infrastructure instead, you ensure that Supply Chain and Finance data is modeled, clean, and Contract-Ready for the Enterprise team to ingest.
• Defining the Governance Decision Tree: Building the central reporting catalog and ownership structure. You establish the clear rules of engagement: guiding the business on when to use Operational Reporting (Datasphere/SAC) for real-time action versus when to turn to the Enterprise Data Lake (Snowflake) for aggregated strategic analysis.
• Enabling Agentic AI: Defining the data accessibility models for the SAP landscape. You ensure that our ERP data is not just human-readable on dashboards but is Machine-Readable via APIs and Semantic Views, preparing our landscape for AI Agents that require structured, real-time context.

Qualifications for the role :

• The Semantic Architect: 8-12 years in data architecture. You are a Modeler, not a Report Developer. You think in Semantic Layers, Reusability, and Data Products, not just Dashboards.
• The S/4 Builder: Expert-level, hands-on experience with SAP Datasphere (formerly DWC) and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC). You have at least one full S/4HANA implementation under your belt and understand CDS Views and OData services deeply.
• The Domain Expert: You speak the language of the Physical Supply Chain. You know the difference between a Material Document and a Financial Posting, and you can translate complex logistics operations into clean data models.
• The Federation Thinker: Strong proficiency in Snowflake data modeling and SQL. You must speak both SAP (CDS Views, Extractors) and Cloud Native languages to bridge the two worlds.
• The AI Ready Mindset: Understanding of AI/ML data models and how to architect data for automation. You know what it takes to make data Contract-Ready for an AI Agent.
• The Strategic Communicator: Proven ability to define a roadmap and communicate it to C-Level stakeholders. You don't just build technical solutions you define the Data Strategy that guides the business.

• Ownership & Autonomy: This is a role for a self-starter who wants to own the Data Strategy, not just execute tickets. You will have a seat at the table to define the Single Source of Truth.
• Build the Future: This is a rare Greenfield opportunity to build a Modern Data Fabric from the ground up using the latest SAP stack (Datasphere, SAC). You aren't here to patch legacy code you are here to build the Age-tic Data Blueprint for the next decade.
• Global Impact: You will be the architect behind our Lighthouse program. The standards you set today for the S/4 Public Cloud will become the roadmap for our entire $6B North American operation. It's a complex, intellectual challenge where your work directly shapes the future of the enterprise.

More about us:

ABB Installation Products Division (formerly Thomas Betts), helps manage the connection, protection and distribution of electrical power from source to socket. The Division's products are engineered to provide ease of installation and perform in demanding and harsh conditions, helping to ensure safety and continuous operation for utilities, businesses and people around the world. The Commercial Essentials product segment includes electrical junction boxes, commercial fittings, strut and cable tray metal framing systems for commercial and residential construction. The Premier Industrial product segment includes multiple product lines, such as Ty-Rap cable ties, T&B Liquid tight Systems protection products, PVC coated and nylon conduit systems, power connection and grounding systems, and cable protection systems of conduits and fittings for harsh and industrial applications. The Division also manufactures solutions for medium-voltage applications used in the utility market under its marquee brands including Elastimold reclosers and switchgear, capacitor switches, current limiting fuses, Homac distribution connectors, Hi-Tech Valiant full-range current limiting fuse for fire mitigation, faulted current indicators and distribution connectors, cable accessories and apparatus with products for overhead and underground distribution. Manufacturing includes made-to-stock and custom-made solutions.

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