Principal Solution Architect - SAP S/4HANA Transformation

Chevron is accepting online applications for the Principal Solution Architect – SAP S/4HANA Transformation position through May 27th 2026 at 11:59 p.m. (Central Time). Overview Lead end-to-end solution architecture and design across the SAP S/4HANA Transformation, with a primary focus on upstream business processes and solutions. Own overall solution integrity across upstream releases, value streams, and functional domains, ensuring architectural coherence across SAP S/4HANA and the broader ecosystem. The Chevron ERP Transformation program is a SAP S/4HANA multi-year global implementation. It will deliver a standardized ERP enabling continuous innovation for the enterprise, reduce customization, fulfil software upgrades timely to deliver new business innovations, and lower total cost of ownership. Responsibilities Lead end-to-end upstream solution design and ensure overall solution integrity across releases, value streams, and functional domains. Provide architecture governance and assurance by guiding architecture reviews and design escalations, including extension decision support (e.g., yellow/red decisions). Ensure adherence to internal architecture policies and standards. Own decisions on architectural patterns, extension placement and technical debt trade-offs. Partner with Product Management, Program Management and Business to ensure designs are aligned to business outcomes. Influence release sequencing, scope prioritisation and trade-offs, and solution simplification to reduce cost and delivery risk. Provide point of view on solution implications, risks and options to program leadership. Provide technical direction and accountability across system integrator (SI) and vendor architects, ensuring external designs align with Chevron standards and ERP Transformation Program design strategy. Act as design authority when vendor recommendations conflict with or diverge from the target architecture. Required Qualifications 10+ years of experience in ERP/SAP solution architecture and end-to-end design for large, complex transformation programmes (including multi‑release delivery). Proven experience delivering SAP S/4HANA solution architecture (and/or SAP ECC to S/4HANA transformation), including fit‑to‑standard, cross‑module integration and clean‑core/extension strategy decisions. Demonstrated expertise in Upstream Oil & Gas business processes and end‑to‑end scenarios, and the ability to translate business outcomes into coherent ERP solution designs. Strong experience with architecture governance and assurance, including leading design reviews, driving resolution of design escalations and enforcing architecture standards and guardrails across domains. Ability to make and defend architecture decisions related to patterns, extension placement and technical debt trade‑offs, balancing business value, delivery risk and total cost of ownership. Experience designing and assuring complex enterprise ecosystems across SAP and non‑SAP platforms, including integration patterns, data flows and the broader application landscape. Demonstrated ability to influence scope, sequencing and simplification decisions to reduce cost and delivery risk, and to communicate solution implications, options and risks to senior leaders. Proven experience providing technical direction to system integrators and vendors, including accountability for solution quality and alignment to enterprise architecture standards and program design strategy. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or equivalent work experience. Preferred Qualifications Hands‑on functional and solution architecture experience in SAP S/4HANA Asset Management/EAM in an asset‑intensive environment. Experience with upstream‑focused SAP and adjacent solutions (e.g., integration to field/operations systems, production operations and materials/supply processes supporting upstream execution). Demonstrated experience establishing or operating "clean core" practices, including extension governance and the use of SAP BTP and standard APIs/integration patterns. Experience with enterprise integration platforms and patterns (e.g., event‑based integration, API management, middleware) and designing resilient integrations between SAP and non‑SAP systems. Experience with ERP data architecture concepts including master data governance, data quality and analytics/reporting implications of solution design decisions. Strong program leadership skills working with multiple stakeholders (Business, Product, IT and vendors), influencing without authority and driving alignment across teams. Experience with solution options analysis and trade‑off facilitation (scope, sequencing, risk, cost and operability) and communicating recommendations clearly to executive leadership. SAP certification(s) and/or architecture certifications (e.g., SAP Certified Application/Technology Associate, TOGAF) preferred. Relocation Options Relocation will not be considered. International Considerations Expatriate assignments will not be considered. Chevron regrets that it is unable to sponsor employment visas or consider individuals on time‑limited visa status for this position. #J-18808-Ljbffr