Salary: £85,000 to £90,000, dependent on skills, knowledge and experience, plus fantastic benefits
Location: Pier Walk, North Greenwich – Hybrid working 50% Office attendance
Position type: Permanent
Advert closes: Tuesday 26th May 2026 at 23.59
This role is unable to support applications from candidates requiring UK sponsorship
About TfL
Transport for London (TfL) is one of the world’s largest (c. 30000 employees) and most complex integrated transport authorities, responsible for keeping London moving safely, reliably, and sustainably. It operates across multiple modes including Underground, buses, rail, roads, cycling, and emerging mobility services, supporting millions of journeys every day. TfL sits at the intersection of public service, critical national infrastructure, and large‑scale digital transformation, balancing operational resilience, customer experience, regulatory obligations, and long‑term investment in the future of the city.
About us:
The Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Team underpins TfL’s £11bn financial operations, £4bn annual procurement, asset management, and people services including payroll. TfL is delivering a major ERP Transformation centred on SAP S/4HANA.
About the role:
The ERP Senior Enterprise Architect is the enterprise‑level authority for this transformation, accountable for shaping and governing the target ERP architecture across SAP and non‑SAP platforms.
The role leads business, application and solution architecture activities, shaping and embedding end‑to‑end ERP processes aligned to the target TfL technology strategy. This includes defining and maintaining target architectures, roadmaps, principles and standards and chairing the ERP Technical Design authority to ensure a cohesive and future‑ready ERP landscape.
Reporting to the Head of Enterprise Architecture, the role holder leads the development, maintenance and governance of ERP architecture outputs, and ensures their consistent adoption and compliance throughout the lifecycle of the ERP Transformation programme.
Key Accountabilities
• Accountable for the enterprise-level design of TfL ERP systems and solutions, working in partnership with the programme and key business stakeholders.
• Acts as a key interface between the SAP portfolio and the business, translating complex process, technology and data approaches and activities to non-technical audiences at all levels from ExCo to front line operations to build understanding of the changes. Presents and positions the broader vision and value of solution portfolios to business. stakeholders. Helps ‘connect the dots’ between business goals and technology.
• Acts as a senior technical advisor to the ERP Portfolio, providing direction and solutions based on wider industry-focus, across the entire SAP and non-SAP ERP landscape to ensure optimal solutions are chosen and implemented.
• Validates the as-is enterprise architecture across the organisation and develops an appropriate business-driven end state vision with a supporting IT-roadmap and design (processes, applications, systems) based on chosen systems.
• Operationalises business ERP/ SAP roadmaps in order to derive the best possible solution for TfL balancing considerations such as cloud-based vs on-premise scenarios.
• Proactively develops positive working relationships with key senior stakeholders to identify solutions for requirements to co-create a path to architecture solutions, ensuring business/user perspective is factored into programme scoping and delivery approach.
• Acts an advocate for and educates stakeholders on strategic innovation areas such as: S/4 HANA. SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform), Datalakes, Data Strategy, Cloud, UX and AI
Key Interfaces
• Head of ERP Change Delivery and wider team
• ERP Steering Group – the group that governs the portfolio as a whole.
• Process sponsors and process owners
• Wider Technology & Data team to drive delivery of SAP systems in alignment with our wider technology portfolios.
• Third party supplier/s supporting the programme with delivery of systems – either through direct work on systems delivery or advice / support.
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Skills
• Excellent influencing skills, acts as our trusted advisor setting the future direction and roadmap and able to demystify complex topics and drive decisions.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Demonstrates appropriate EA level successful engagements.
• Design Thinking experience in business facing engagements.
Knowledge
• Bachelor equivalent (Essential)
• Expert knowledge/expertise on end-to-end processes/solution architecture (Essential)
• Experience in EA tools e.g., Orbus Infinity, Lean IX (Desirable)
• TOGAF qualified (Desirable)
Experience
• Experience of working on and delivering multiple successful S/4 HANA transformation / implementation programmes in similar sized complex organisations.
• Extensive end user experience or consulting in the SAP eco-system
• Significant solution architect experience in areas appropriate to the job
• Experience of working in an Enterprise Architect role
• Experience of working in a large, complex, unionised organisation
Application Process
Please apply using your CV and a one page covering letter. The covering letter is to describe how you meet the skills, knowledge and experience required for the role.
Word format preferred and do not include any photographs or images.
Please think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience outlined in the job description and ensure your submission reflects the requirements of the role you are applying for.
Excellent Benefits include:
- Final salary pension scheme
- Free travel for you on the TfL network
- Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home or 75% reimbursement on a 28-day flexi ticket
- 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
- TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
- Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
- Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
- Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
- Discounted Eurostar travel
Additional Information
Please apply supplying your CV preferably in “.docx” format. This document should be A4, in Arial 12 font, and a maximum of 2 pages per document.
If you are shortlisted you may be invited to take part in a Video interview. We endeavour to give candidates as much notice as possible however some interviews/ assessments will be organised at short notice and will require a degree of flexibility. We reserve the right to close the application window early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.
Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We'll see what we can do.
We understand a confidence gap can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. So please don’t hesitate to apply if you think you have what it takes even if you feel you don’t meet all the criteria. We’d love to hear from you.
At Transport for London, safety, trust and fairness sit at the heart of how we recruit. Our Vetting Charter (https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/careers/our-vetting-process) explains the checks we carry out before you join us, helping ensure we create a safe, inclusive and reliable network for everyone who depends on our services. We simply ask that the information you provide is honest and accurate so we can progress your application smoothly. If something doesn’t match or can’t be verified, we may not be able to move forward with your application but we’ll always treat you with transparency, respect and clear communication throughout.