Senior Principal IT Architect - SAP Business AI Platform, S/4 HANA, and ABAP

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 25 Sep 2026 Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the Life At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We're working onsite 4 days a week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. In your role, you may work from the following Medtronic sites: • Mounds View, Minnesota • Boston, Massachusetts As the Senior IT Principal Architect for Medtronic’s SAP Business AI Platform, you will lead the enterprise SAP architecture vision across S/4HANA, SAP Business AI, SAP BTP, ABAP Cloud, integration, APIs, events, data, and automation. This role combines strategic leadership and hands-on delivery, partnering with IT, business, Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, Data, Risk, and Compliance to define technology strategy, governance, standards, roadmaps, and investment priorities that modernize the enterprise and enable AI-driven transformation. It requires deep expertise in SAP architecture, enterprise integration, API management, event-driven design, cloud integration, data integration, and modern application architecture. The ideal resource for this role should be a seasoned SAP professional with a proven track record in navigating both ECC and S/4 HANA landscapes. Your expertise should extend to platform capabilities, architecture, project leadership, security, and compliance to ensure effective and optimal utilization of SAP systems to drive business success. We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive. Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and the life experiences they contribute. We know equity starts beyond our workplace, and we must play a role in addressing systemic inequities in our communications to achieve long-term sustainable impact. Anchored in our Mission, we continue to drive ID&E forward both to enhance the well-being of Medtronic employees and to accelerate innovation that brings our lifesaving technologies to more people in more places around the world. Bring your talents to an industry leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions – we’re a market leader and growing every day. You can be proud to be a part of technologies that are rooted in our long history of mission-driven innovation. You will be empowered to shape your own career. We encourage and support your growth with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to own your future success. Together, we can transform healthcare. Join us for a career in IT that changes lives. CAREERS THAT CHANGE LIVES SAP STRATEGY & ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE Define and own the enterprise SAP and integration technology strategy and architecture vision in alignment with business strategy and enterprise architecture principles. Set guiding principles, best practices and standards, contribute to technology and application selection with SAP Enterprise Architecture organization Develop and maintain a 3–5 year technology roadmap covering S/4HANA, SAP Business AI, SAP BTP, ABAP Cloud, Application and B2B Integration, APIs, event-driven architecture, data, analytics, automation, and emerging technologies. Define target-state architecture and transition roadmaps for SAP and enterprise application modernization. Lead technical remediation efforts during the upgrade of ECC to S/4HANA, enable transformational capabilities to be enabled, promote clean-core adoption, implement cloud strategy, integration modernization, and SAP platform rationalization. Establish enterprise architecture principles that enable interoperability between SAP, non-SAP, SaaS, cloud, legacy, and emerging technology platforms. Evaluate emerging SAP and integration technologies and determine their applicability to the enterprise. SAP BUSINESS AI AND INTELLIGENT ENTERPRISE Establish the architecture strategy for SAP Business AI and AI-enabled business processes using SAP Joule and other augmenting AI platforms and technologies Define integration patterns for connecting AI capabilities with SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, enterprise applications, data platforms, and external AI services. Establish secure and governed patterns for exposing enterprise data and business processes to AI applications and agents. Define architecture standards for AI-enabled APIs, events, workflows, agents, and intelligent automation. Ensure AI solutions address security, privacy, data governance, model risk, regulatory requirements, explainability, and responsible AI principles. S/4 HANA AND SAP PLATFORM MODERNIZATION Provide architecture leadership for SAP S/4HANA transformation and modernization initiatives. Define principles for SAP clean-core architecture, extensibility, custom-code remediation, APIs, integration, and upgrade-safe architectures. Determine appropriate placement of functionality across S/4HANA, SAP BTP, enterprise platforms, and external applications. Drive modernization of legacy ABAP customizations toward ABAP Cloud, released APIs, side-by-side extensions, and event-driven architectures. Establish standards for SAP-to-SAP and SAP-to-non-SAP integration. ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION ARCHITECTURE Own and define the enterprise integration architecture strategy and roadmap for SAP and non-SAP ecosystems. Establish integration principles, reference architectures, technology standards, design patterns, and governance processes. Design and govern scalable integration architectures supporting real-time, near-real-time, batch, synchronous, asynchronous, API-led, event-driven, and file-based integration. Define the strategic use of SAP Integration Suite, API Management, Cloud Integration, Event Mesh, enterprise service buses, messaging platforms, and integration middleware. Establish enterprise standards for API-first and event-driven architecture. Define API lifecycle management standards including API design, security, versioning, discoverability, reuse, monitoring, and retirement. Establish enterprise event standards covering event modeling, event contracts, schemas, publishing, subscription, resiliency, and governance. Drive modernization from point-to-point and tightly coupled integrations toward loosely coupled, reusable, API-led and event-driven architectures. Define integration patterns for connecting S/4HANA with SaaS applications, legacy systems, data platforms, cloud services, partner ecosystems, and external applications. Establish integration security standards covering authentication, authorization, certificates, encryption, secrets management, identity propagation, and secure API access. Govern integration reliability, performance, scalability, observability, error handling, retry mechanisms, resiliency, and disaster recovery. Establish enterprise standards for integration monitoring, operational support, alerting, logging, tracing, and end-to-end transaction visibility. Reduce integration complexity and technical debt through integration rationalization, platform consolidation, reusable services, and common integration patterns. Provide architecture leadership for enterprise integration initiatives and serve as the escalation point for complex integration decisions. ABAP AND DEVELOPMENT ARCHITECTURE Serve as the senior architecture authority for ABAP and SAP application development standards. Define development principles for ABAP Cloud, RAP, APIs, extensions, Fiori, and SAP BTP applications. Ensure ABAP development follows clean-core, API-first, cloud-ready, secure, and upgrade-safe principles. Drive custom-code governance, remediation, rationalization, and technical-debt reduction. Promote reusable APIs, services, integration components, frameworks, and development accelerators. TECHNOLOGY GOVERNANCE AND ARCHITECTURE REVIEW Establish and lead an SAP, Integration & Technology Architecture Governance framework. Chair or actively participate in architecture review boards and technology governance forums. Define and enforce architecture standards, reference architectures, approved technology stacks, integration patterns, and technology principles. Review and approve strategic SAP, integration, API, cloud, AI, and application architectures. Govern architecture exceptions and ensure deviations are documented, risk-assessed, time-bound, and approved. Establish architecture decision records, technology standards, reusable patterns, and governance controls. Provide technical oversight across major SAP transformation and integration programs. SECURITY, RISK, AND COMPLIANCE Partner with Cybersecurity, Risk, Privacy, Internal Audit, Legal, and Compliance teams to ensure SAP and integration architectures satisfy enterprise control requirements. Establish security-by-design principles for applications, APIs, integrations, events, data, SAP platforms, and AI capabilities. Ensure integration architectures comply with enterprise security policies, regulatory requirements, privacy standards, and industry controls. Govern identity propagation and access controls across SAP and non-SAP integration landscapes. Establish controls for API security, data protection, encryption, audit logging, monitoring, and traceability. Identify and mitigate architectural, cybersecurity, operational, regulatory, integration, and technology risks. MUST HAVE (Minimum Qualifications) Bachelor’s degree 10+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 8+ years of experience with an advanced degree NICE TO HAVE (Preferred Qualifications) Strongly Preferred: Previous Medtronic experience Demonstrated success, strong practical and architectural knowledge of: SAP Integration Suite SAP Cloud Integration / CPI SAP Joules SAP API Management SAP Event Mesh SAP Advanced Event Mesh SAP BTP Integration capabilities REST / OData / SOAP APIs API-led architecture Event-driven architecture Enterprise messaging and asynchronous integration Kafka or equivalent event-streaming platforms Enterprise Service Bus / middleware architectures Master data and data integration Batch and file-based integration Real-time and near-real-time integration EDI / B2B integration Cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-on-premise integration SAP-to-SAP and SAP-to-non-SAP integration SaaS integration patterns API lifecycle management Integration security and identity propagation Integration monitoring, observability, logging, and tracing High availability, resiliency, disaster recovery, and integration performance Integration rationalization and technical-debt reduction For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required. 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PR) locations (USD):$156,000.00 - $234,000.00 This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others). The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance , Health Savings Account , Healthcare Flexible Spending Account , Life insurance, Long-term disability leave , Dependent daycare spending account , Tuition assistance/reimbursement , and Simple Steps (global well-being program). The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match , Short-term disability , Paid time off , Paid holidays , Employee Stock Purchase Plan , Employee Assistance Program , Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) , and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums). Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico. 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