Hybrid Director IT – S4 E2E Technical Architecture

at Honeywell

• Job title: Director IT – S4 E2E Technical Architecture
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Azure, Cloud, Cyber Security, ERP, Google Cloud Platform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Phoenix, United States

About the role

• Director IT providing strategic design and governance of Honeywell's S/4HANA architecture. Leading technical excellence across infrastructure, integration, data, and security layers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a global team of enterprise architects, solution architects, and technical specialists responsible for designing and governing the S/4HANA technical architecture across all deployment waves.
• Define and maintain the enterprise technical architecture framework, establishing standards, patterns, and guardrails for infrastructure, integration, security, data management, and application design.
• Oversee end-to-end architectural planning across cloud infrastructure (RISE with SAP/Hyperscaler), integration middleware, master data management, analytics, and extension platforms.
• Partner with business and IT leaders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and digital transformation roadmaps.
• Ensure architectural compliance with global standards for performance, scalability, security, resilience, and regulatory requirements across all S/4HANA implementations.
• Drive integration strategy across ERP, CRM, PLM, MES, analytics ecosystems, and third-party applications, establishing reusable integration patterns and API governance.
• Lead technical risk management and architectural reviews, identifying potential blockers, dependencies, and technical debt while defining mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate closely with infrastructure, cybersecurity, data governance, and application teams to ensure architectural coherence and operational excellence.
• Champion innovation by evaluating and integrating emerging technologies including AI/ML, automation, cloud-native services, and advanced analytics into the S/4HANA ecosystem.
• Establish architecture governance processes including design reviews, technical standards, reference architectures, and decision frameworks to ensure consistency across global implementations.

Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or technical leadership roles within large-scale IT transformations.
• 5+ years of direct experience leading technical architecture for ERP transformations, ideally in S/4HANA or equivalent global ERP ecosystems.
• Proven expertise in designing end-to-end technical architectures including cloud infrastructure, integration platforms, data architecture, security frameworks, and application layers.
• Deep understanding of SAP technical architecture components including SAP BTP, SAP Integration Suite, SAP Data Intelligence, ABAP Cloud, and extension frameworks.
• Strong background in cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP), hybrid cloud models, and RISE with SAP deployment patterns.
• Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional architecture teams and managing complex stakeholder environments across business, IT, and vendor ecosystems.
• Excellent communication, strategic thinking, and influencing skills, with the ability to operate effectively at executive and technical levels.
• Proven ability to balance innovation with pragmatism, making architectural trade-offs that deliver both short-term value and long-term scalability.

Benefits

• In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Honeywell employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package.
• This package includes employer-subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays.