Principal SaaS Solution Architect

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

 

• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of an SAP S/4HANA Finance Greenfield program across all Activate phases, ensuring scope, value, and risk control.
• Drive hybrid‑agile execution with sprint governance, RAID management, and release controls.
• Oversee Finance workstreams (R2R, AP/AR, AA, CO/PA, Indirect Procurement, Reporting) and ensure integrated cross‑functional design.
• Coordinate SAP and non‑SAP integrations across applications, middleware, data, and reporting; remove cross‑team blockers.
• Own E2E testing strategy (SIT, UAT, regression, performance) and defect governance.
• Manage senior stakeholders with clear, executive‑level reporting.
• Partner with OCM on communications, training, and adoption.
• Manage program financials, budgets, forecasts, and vendor obligations.
• Ensure compliance, audit readiness, and alignment with Financial Services controls.

 

Required Qualifications

 

• 12+ years program/project leadership; 5+ years leading large ERP programs.
• 2+ full‑cycle SAP S/4HANA Finance Greenfield implementations.
• Strong SAP Activate expertise and hybrid‑agile delivery experience.
• Excellent communication, conflict resolution, and SI/vendor management skills.
• Deep integration knowledge across SAP FI/CO and adjacent domains.
• US‑based with ability to travel to Denver as needed (not for external posting).
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, or related field.

 

Nice to Have

 

• Financial Services industry experience.
• SAP Activate, PMP/PgMP, or Agile certifications.
• Experience with RISE, SAP Cloud ALM/SolMan, and cloud infrastructure.
• Multi‑vendor/SI orchestration experience.

 

Success Measures

 

• On‑time, on‑budget delivery of committed scope.
• Strong stakeholder satisfaction and stable release quality.
• High E2E test pass rates and stable hypercare performance.
• Achievement of business adoption and finance process outcomes.

Life at Capgemini

Capgemini supports all aspects of your well-being throughout the changing stages of your life and career. For eligible employees, we offer:

Flexible work

Healthcare including dental, vision, mental health, and well-being programs

Financial well-being programs such as 401(k) and Employee Share Ownership Plan

Paid time off and paid holidays

Paid parental leave

Family building benefits like adoption assistance, surrogacy, and cryopreservation

Social well-being benefits like subsidized back-up child/elder care and tutoring

Mentoring, coaching and learning programs

Employee Resource Groups

Salary Information

Capgemini discloses salary range information in compliance with state and local pay transparency obligations. The disclosed range represents the lowest to highest salary we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting, although we may ultimately pay more or less than the disclosed range, and the range may be modified in the future. The disclosed range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, geographic location, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, performance, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs. At Capgemini, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role. The base salary range for the tagged location is - $17000 to $200000 Yearly.

 

This role may be eligible for other compensation including variable compensation, bonus, or commission. Full time regular employees are eligible for paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), and any other benefits to eligible employees.

 

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Disclaimer

Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

 

This is a general description of the Duties, Responsibilities and Qualifications required for this position. Physical, mental, sensory or environmental demands may be referenced in an attempt to communicate the manner in which this position traditionally is performed. Whenever necessary to provide individuals with disabilities an equal employment opportunity, Capgemini will consider reasonable accommodations that might involve varying job requirements and/or changing the way this job is performed, provided that such accommodations do not pose an undue hardship.

 

Capgemini is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodation, please reach out to your recruiting contact.

 

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Job Description - Grade Specific

Steer the client thinking on business transformation, tuned to their needs, and applying the specific SaaS Solution(s) on a global scale. As SaaS Solutions architect, one must lead pursuits, group offerings and have a broad understanding of SaaS Solutions across multiple platforms and the way they can interwork to achieve business needs of clients. At group level, one should aggregate thinking, strategy and roadmap for collaborating and driving Capgemini goals at group/SBU level. Develop trusted relationships across client stakeholder groups and key partners such as SaaS product companies and complementary services providers.​