SAP BDC Lead Architect
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 30, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 29, 2026.
Role Overview
As the SAP BDC Lead Architect at Mindset, you own the technical side of our Business Data Cloud practice. You will run client discovery and roadmaps, lead PoCs and pilots, and turn our BW/4 to BDC and Native HANA to BDC accelerators into offerings we sell and repeat. This is a hands-on architect who can also hold a room with a client CIO and work alongside SAP’s BDC team on joint pursuits.
Key Responsibilities
- Discovery and Roadmaps: Run BDC discovery workshops and roadmaps with client data and IT leaders, and turn them into scoped PoCs, pilots, and SOWs.
- Target Architecture: Own target architecture across SAP Datasphere, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP BW, and SAP Databricks, including where data products and BDC Connect fit next to the client’s other data platforms.
- Accelerators: Lead the build of the BW/4 to BDC and Native HANA to BDC accelerators with the delivery team, and keep them current as SAP ships changes.
- Pre-Sales Support: Support sales with solution design and estimates on pursuits.
- Practice Growth: Interview and mentor the architects and engineers who join the practice after you.
- Travel: Ability to travel as needed for client work.
Required Qualifications
- Experience: 12+ years in SAP data and analytics, including hands-on BW (7.5 or BW/4HANA) and native HANA modeling.
- SAP Datasphere: Delivery on at least one live client project, plus working knowledge of the wider BDC offering.
- Architecture Leadership: Architecture lead on at least two end-to-end SAP analytics programs, including client workshops and roadmaps.
- Pre-Sales: Experience scoping, estimating, and presenting to client executives.
Nice to Have Qualifications
- Databricks experience (SAP Databricks or standalone), or another lakehouse such as Snowflake or Google BigQuery.
- SAP certification in Datasphere or SAC.
- Exposure to Joule or SAP Business AI use cases built on data products.
About Mindset
Mindset Consulting merges SAP expertise with human-centered design to help enterprises create software that their employees love to use. Based in Minneapolis, we build intelligent solutions powered by SAP BTP, BDC, and AI, making systems not just powerful, but intuitive, human-centered, and future-ready.
Compensation & Benefits
- $165-210K base salary + bonus
- Flexible PTO policy
- 401(k) with company match
- Health and dental coverage
- Remote work flexibility
- Attendance at leading SAP events and conferences
- Collaborative, motivated team environment
- Opportunity to contribute to growth in the ERP space
Diversity & Inclusion
At Mindset, we are committed to diversity and inclusion not simply as a declaration of intent, but as part of our journey of constant improvement. Mindset’s mission is to provide an inclusive environment where every individual can reach their full potential and make an impact.
Our goal is simple: to make everyone feel welcomed and valued. We believe that diversity of background, thought, experience, and perspective is essential to our top-tier workplace environment and makes us a powerful team that can deliver the highest value to the clients we serve.
Mindset does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.
Mindset provides our employees with the resources they need to succeed. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide advancement opportunities on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance, and contributions to the performance of the team and company. Our employment practices are consistent with the requirements of all applicable state and federal laws as we strive to build a diverse and inclusive team. Welcome to Mindset.