SAP SuccessFactors EC Architect - London

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Architect - Critical October Go-Live

Our client is seeking an experienced SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Architect to support a critical October go-live, acting as a trusted advisor to HR IT leadership through cutover, production readiness and hypercare.

This is a high-visibility engagement for a proven EC specialist who can step in and add immediate value at a pivotal stage of the programme.

The Role

You'll serve as strategic advisor to the HR IT Head and project leadership, reviewing cutover planning, assessing go-live readiness, and providing architectural oversight through deployment. Post go-live, you'll support hypercare, stabilisation, historical data migration and future EC enhancements.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as strategic advisor to HR IT leadership throughout go-live
• Review and guide cutover planning and execution
• Assess readiness, identify risks, and define mitigation actions
• Provide architectural oversight during production deployment
• Support issue resolution and decision-making during hypercare
• Support historical data migration activities post go-live
• Contribute to solution enhancements and roadmap initiatives

What You'll Bring

• 10+ years SAP HCM/SuccessFactors experience
• Extensive hands-on Employee Central implementation experience
• Broad knowledge across other SuccessFactors modules, particularly integration
• Proven track record across cutover, go-live and hypercare phases
• Strong grasp of EC configuration, data migration, integrations, workflows, business rules, MDF and role-based permissions
• Experience advising senior business and HR IT stakeholders
• Excellent advisory, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills

Preferred

• SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Certification
• Global EC deployment experience
• Experience on large-scale HR transformation and data migration programmes

Duration: Initial engagement through go-live and hypercare, with potential extension for data migration and post-go-live enhancements.