New Foundations - S4HANA Transformation Technical Manager

Roger Dubuis seeks a Senior Technical Manager to lead the target technology architecture for Richemont’s SAP S/4HANA migration, ensuring a scalable and simplified ERP landscape.

This position supports Richemont’s multi-year initiative to streamline business processes and technology ahead of the SAP S/4HANA transition. The Technical Manager is responsible for defining the future technology landscape, establishing governance foundations, and shaping the architectural path that enables a successful, business-led ERP transformation across the group.

Responsibilities

• Define the target technology architecture for the SAP S/4HANA environment, including the core ERP system, satellite applications, integrations, and extensions.
• Develop a scalable architecture blueprint that aligns with group principles and the clean-core strategy, translating simplification decisions into technical reality.
• Establish clear ERP boundaries to ensure consistency between legacy systems being removed and new solutions being built or externalized.
• Lead the integration and extensibility strategy, covering APIs, middleware, and event-driven patterns.
• Evaluate technical feasibility, dependencies, and sequencing to ground strategic ambitions in practical constraints.
• Create technology principles, architectural guardrails, and inputs necessary for Solution Design.
• Collaborate with product and technical teams to enhance SAP S/4HANA capabilities and ensure decisions are technically sound.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in large-scale ERP and platform transformations, with mandatory expertise in SAP S/4HANA.
• Proven background in technical architecture within complex organizational environments.
• Deep knowledge of designing hybrid landscapes involving ERP systems, data platforms, integrations, and cloud services.
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior technology and business leaders, including executive committees.
• Experience working in international, multi-entity, or multi-brand settings.
• Strong command of SAP S/4HANA architecture patterns, clean-core principles, and extensibility models.
• Comprehensive understanding of integration architectures, APIs, middleware, and SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP).
• Skill in translating legacy constraints and simplification goals into forward-looking architectural choices.
• Strong analytical abilities to evaluate technology trade-offs regarding standardization, flexibility, and cost.
• Structured approach to decision-making, prioritizing long-term operability and scalability.
• Systems thinking capabilities with a focus on long-term impact.
• Willingness to enforce architectural non-negotiables.
• Credibility with both technology and business stakeholders.
• Mindset focused on stewarding future value rather than defending existing solutions.

What the company offers

• A recruitment process characterized by respect, transparency, and genuine dialogue.
• Commitment to providing timely and clear feedback throughout every stage of the hiring journey.

About the company

Richemont is a global leader in the luxury sector, comprising Houses dedicated to jewelry, watches, and high-end accessories. Each Maison preserves its unique heritage, style, and craftsmanship while the group drives innovation through permanent creativity. The organization values freedom, collegiality, loyalty, solidarity, empathy, curiosity, courage, humility, and integrity, and is committed to caring for the world.

• Preserving the heritage and identity of each luxury House.
• Driving innovation through permanent creativity.
• Valuing freedom, collegiality, loyalty, and solidarity.
• Fostering empathy, curiosity, courage, humility, and integrity.
• Demonstrating care for the world.