Senior Group Technical Architect
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Job Description
Senior Group Technical Architect
Dallas, Texas

Job Summary

Ariba Implementation Lead
Experience: 12+ years; 5+ end-to-end Ariba full suite implementations across Globe. Should have proven experience to lead the process design on SAP Ariba.
Key Responsibilities
• Gather Requirement, perform fit-gap analysis and develop robust design.
• Deliver workshop and prepare required documentations as per project guidelines.
• Lead the design and manage the stakeholders to get the timely sign off on the best practices processes design for SAP Ariba full suite applications.
• Configure contract workspaces, clause libraries, templates, playbooks and term variants; set up meta-data taxonomy.
• Design approval flows (legal, finance) with thresholds; implement e-signature and versioning; define archive/retention.
• Map ERP integrations: vendor/GL/CC, contract reference on PO, price/term visibility; data migration for legacy contracts.
• Set up obligation tracking, alerts and renewals; define KPIs for contract compliance and cycle time.
• Collaborate with Supplier Risk to embed risk scores and mitigations within contracting checkpoints.
• Design registration and qualification workflows; build modular questionnaires (tax, bank, ESG, InfoSec, sanctions).
• Integrate Workday org data for request/approval routing; align vendor master with S/4 (BP model).
• Configure risk rules/thresholds and continuous monitoring; set up periodic review cadence and remediation playbooks.
• Define GDPR-compliant consent, data retention and right-to-be-forgotten processes.
• Establish supplier performance scorecards and corrective action plans linked to category strategies.
• Create buying channels (punchout/hosted), smart forms, rules and help content; enable preferred content surfacing.
• Ariba buying configurations, including approval flows, ICM configurations, parameters
• Well-versed with Ariba master data and related configuration.
• Should be able to support mappings for the Ariba interfaces.
• Should be able to drive the discussions on Ariba spend control tower and category management.

Knowledge & Skills Expected Functional/Domain:
• Ariba full suite process knowledge including Risk, Category Management, spend control tower, Intake management, Next-Gen Ariba
• Integrations with SAP S/4HANA and HR data with workday
• Source to Pay process expertise, including category, supplier and catalog management.
Technical/Tools:
• Ariba Sourcing & Contracts configuration, e-Sign (DocuSign/Adobe), integration mapping to S/4 via CIG.
• Data migration (extract/classify/load) for legacy contracts.
• CIG
• Ariba APIs
Soft:
• Detail orientation, documentation rigor, and stakeholder education.
Key Deliverables
• Business Requirement documents, Functional design, best-in-class best practice system integrated to S/4HANA.
Expectations 
• Methodology: SAP Activate; iterative builds with Agile ceremonies (planning, reviews, retros) and quality gates.
• Compliance & Security: GDPR, SoD/ICFR controls, audit trails, data minimization & retention policies; Country specific localization (VAT, eInvoicing where applicable).
• Tooling: Jira/Azure DevOps, Confluence, SharePoint/Teams; ALM/test mgmt; basic MS Office/Google Workspace.
• Ways of Working: Cross-stream collaboration (S2C, P2P, CIG, Data, OCM, Training); transparent RAID & decisions log.

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Key Responsibilities

Ariba Implementation Lead
Experience: 12+ years; 5+ end-to-end Ariba full suite implementations across Globe. Should have proven experience to lead the process design on SAP Ariba.
Key Responsibilities
• Gather Requirement, perform fit-gap analysis and develop robust design.
• Deliver workshop and prepare required documentations as per project guidelines.
• Lead the design and manage the stakeholders to get the timely sign off on the best practices processes design for SAP Ariba full suite applications.
• Configure contract workspaces, clause libraries, templates, playbooks and term variants; set up meta-data taxonomy.
• Design approval flows (legal, finance) with thresholds; implement e-signature and versioning; define archive/retention.
• Map ERP integrations: vendor/GL/CC, contract reference on PO, price/term visibility; data migration for legacy contracts.
• Set up obligation tracking, alerts and renewals; define KPIs for contract compliance and cycle time.
• Collaborate with Supplier Risk to embed risk scores and mitigations within contracting checkpoints.
• Design registration and qualification workflows; build modular questionnaires (tax, bank, ESG, InfoSec, sanctions).
• Integrate Workday org data for request/approval routing; align vendor master with S/4 (BP model).
• Configure risk rules/thresholds and continuous monitoring; set up periodic review cadence and remediation playbooks.
• Define GDPR-compliant consent, data retention and right-to-be-forgotten processes.
• Establish supplier performance scorecards and corrective action plans linked to category strategies.
• Create buying channels (punchout/hosted), smart forms, rules and help content; enable preferred content surfacing.
• Ariba buying configurations, including approval flows, ICM configurations, parameters
• Well-versed with Ariba master data and related configuration.
• Should be able to support mappings for the Ariba interfaces.
• Should be able to drive the discussions on Ariba spend control tower and category management.

Knowledge & Skills Expected Functional/Domain:
• Ariba full suite process knowledge including Risk, Category Management, spend control tower, Intake management, Next-Gen Ariba
• Integrations with SAP S/4HANA and HR data with workday
• Source to Pay process expertise, including category, supplier and catalog management.
Technical/Tools:
• Ariba Sourcing & Contracts configuration, e-Sign (DocuSign/Adobe), integration mapping to S/4 via CIG.
• Data migration (extract/classify/load) for legacy contracts.
• CIG
• Ariba APIs
Soft:
• Detail orientation, documentation rigor, and stakeholder education.
Key Deliverables
• Business Requirement documents, Functional design, best-in-class best practice system integrated to S/4HANA.
Expectations 
• Methodology: SAP Activate; iterative builds with Agile ceremonies (planning, reviews, retros) and quality gates.
• Compliance & Security: GDPR, SoD/ICFR controls, audit trails, data minimization & retention policies; Country specific localization (VAT, eInvoicing where applicable).
• Tooling: Jira/Azure DevOps, Confluence, SharePoint/Teams; ALM/test mgmt; basic MS Office/Google Workspace.
• Ways of Working: Cross-stream collaboration (S2C, P2P, CIG, Data, OCM, Training); transparent RAID & decisions log.

"

Skill Requirements

Ariba Implementation Lead
Experience: 12+ years; 5+ end-to-end Ariba full suite implementations across Globe. Should have proven experience to lead the process design on SAP Ariba.
Key Responsibilities
• Gather Requirement, perform fit-gap analysis and develop robust design.
• Deliver workshop and prepare required documentations as per project guidelines.
• Lead the design and manage the stakeholders to get the timely sign off on the best practices processes design for SAP Ariba full suite applications.
• Configure contract workspaces, clause libraries, templates, playbooks and term variants; set up meta-data taxonomy.
• Design approval flows (legal, finance) with thresholds; implement e-signature and versioning; define archive/retention.
• Map ERP integrations: vendor/GL/CC, contract reference on PO, price/term visibility; data migration for legacy contracts.
• Set up obligation tracking, alerts and renewals; define KPIs for contract compliance and cycle time.
• Collaborate with Supplier Risk to embed risk scores and mitigations within contracting checkpoints.
• Design registration and qualification workflows; build modular questionnaires (tax, bank, ESG, InfoSec, sanctions).
• Integrate Workday org data for request/approval routing; align vendor master with S/4 (BP model).
• Configure risk rules/thresholds and continuous monitoring; set up periodic review cadence and remediation playbooks.
• Define GDPR-compliant consent, data retention and right-to-be-forgotten processes.
• Establish supplier performance scorecards and corrective action plans linked to category strategies.
• Create buying channels (punchout/hosted), smart forms, rules and help content; enable preferred content surfacing.
• Ariba buying configurations, including approval flows, ICM configurations, parameters
• Well-versed with Ariba master data and related configuration.
• Should be able to support mappings for the Ariba interfaces.
• Should be able to drive the discussions on Ariba spend control tower and category management.

Knowledge & Skills Expected Functional/Domain:
• Ariba full suite process knowledge including Risk, Category Management, spend control tower, Intake management, Next-Gen Ariba
• Integrations with SAP S/4HANA and HR data with workday
• Source to Pay process expertise, including category, supplier and catalog management.
Technical/Tools:
• Ariba Sourcing & Contracts configuration, e-Sign (DocuSign/Adobe), integration mapping to S/4 via CIG.
• Data migration (extract/classify/load) for legacy contracts.
• CIG
• Ariba APIs
Soft:
• Detail orientation, documentation rigor, and stakeholder education.
Key Deliverables
• Business Requirement documents, Functional design, best-in-class best practice system integrated to S/4HANA.
Expectations 
• Methodology: SAP Activate; iterative builds with Agile ceremonies (planning, reviews, retros) and quality gates.
• Compliance & Security: GDPR, SoD/ICFR controls, audit trails, data minimization & retention policies; Country specific localization (VAT, eInvoicing where applicable).
• Tooling: Jira/Azure DevOps, Confluence, SharePoint/Teams; ALM/test mgmt; basic MS Office/Google Workspace.
• Ways of Working: Cross-stream collaboration (S2C, P2P, CIG, Data, OCM, Training); transparent RAID & decisions log.

"

Other Requirements

Ariba Implementation Lead
Experience: 12+ years; 5+ end-to-end Ariba full suite implementations across Globe. Should have proven experience to lead the process design on SAP Ariba.
Key Responsibilities
• Gather Requirement, perform fit-gap analysis and develop robust design.
• Deliver workshop and prepare required documentations as per project guidelines.
• Lead the design and manage the stakeholders to get the timely sign off on the best practices processes design for SAP Ariba full suite applications.
• Configure contract workspaces, clause libraries, templates, playbooks and term variants; set up meta-data taxonomy.
• Design approval flows (legal, finance) with thresholds; implement e-signature and versioning; define archive/retention.
• Map ERP integrations: vendor/GL/CC, contract reference on PO, price/term visibility; data migration for legacy contracts.
• Set up obligation tracking, alerts and renewals; define KPIs for contract compliance and cycle time.
• Collaborate with Supplier Risk to embed risk scores and mitigations within contracting checkpoints.
• Design registration and qualification workflows; build modular questionnaires (tax, bank, ESG, InfoSec, sanctions).
• Integrate Workday org data for request/approval routing; align vendor master with S/4 (BP model).
• Configure risk rules/thresholds and continuous monitoring; set up periodic review cadence and remediation playbooks.
• Define GDPR-compliant consent, data retention and right-to-be-forgotten processes.
• Establish supplier performance scorecards and corrective action plans linked to category strategies.
• Create buying channels (punchout/hosted), smart forms, rules and help content; enable preferred content surfacing.
• Ariba buying configurations, including approval flows, ICM configurations, parameters
• Well-versed with Ariba master data and related configuration.
• Should be able to support mappings for the Ariba interfaces.
• Should be able to drive the discussions on Ariba spend control tower and category management.

Knowledge & Skills Expected Functional/Domain:
• Ariba full suite process knowledge including Risk, Category Management, spend control tower, Intake management, Next-Gen Ariba
• Integrations with SAP S/4HANA and HR data with workday
• Source to Pay process expertise, including category, supplier and catalog management.
Technical/Tools:
• Ariba Sourcing & Contracts configuration, e-Sign (DocuSign/Adobe), integration mapping to S/4 via CIG.
• Data migration (extract/classify/load) for legacy contracts.
• CIG
• Ariba APIs
Soft:
• Detail orientation, documentation rigor, and stakeholder education.
Key Deliverables
• Business Requirement documents, Functional design, best-in-class best practice system integrated to S/4HANA.
Expectations 
• Methodology: SAP Activate; iterative builds with Agile ceremonies (planning, reviews, retros) and quality gates.
• Compliance & Security: GDPR, SoD/ICFR controls, audit trails, data minimization & retention policies; Country specific localization (VAT, eInvoicing where applicable).
• Tooling: Jira/Azure DevOps, Confluence, SharePoint/Teams; ALM/test mgmt; basic MS Office/Google Workspace.
• Ways of Working: Cross-stream collaboration (S2C, P2P, CIG, Data, OCM, Training); transparent RAID & decisions log.

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Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion. 

 

Compensation and Benefits

A candidate’s pay within the range will depend on their skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies. In addition, this role is eligible for the following benefits subject to company policies: medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance; employee assistance program; 401(k) retirement plan; 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year); and 10 paid holidays per year.