Founding Enterprise Architect

Responsibilities

• - Build the EA function from zero to one: Create the foundational assets - customer system landscape templates, reference architectures, integration capability matrices, security & compliance packets, objection response libraries - and set the bar for how EA shows up in deals.
• Influence roadmap prioritization with evidence, not opinion. - Enable the field: Coach Solution Engineers and Account Executives on technical positioning, objection handling, and executive-level architectural conversations.
• - Track record of owning RFPs, security reviews, and PoCs at enterprise scale.

Requirements

• ABOUT ZIP Zip is the AI platform for enterprise procurement — built for humans and agents working together.
• By orchestrating procurement across teams, tools, and suppliers with the help of AI agents, companies can secure the resources they need to innovate faster than ever before.
• You will be the first Enterprise Architect on the ground in EMEA, standing up the function end-to-end: the playbooks, the reference architectures, the technical discovery motion, and the deal patterns that every future EA will inherit.
• You’ll personally engage on our most strategic pursuits across the business - Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 prospects with SAP-dominant landscapes, complex multi-entity structures, and e-invoicing mandates that don’t exist in other regions.
• - Own the system integration narrative: Lead the technical story on how Zip integrates with SAP (ECC, S/4HANA, Ariba), Oracle, Workday, Netsuite, Coupa, and adjacent systems.
• - Deep domain knowledge: Knowledgeable about the full intake-to-pay lifecycle and how data moves between systems - Strong command of the ERP ecosystem: You understand APIs, data models, and integration patterns across SAP (Ariba, S/4HANA, ECC), Oracle, Workday, Coupa, Ivalua, Jaggaer, and others.
• - Hands-on fluency with integration architecture and middleware: iPaaS (MuleSoft, Boomi, Workato), REST APIs, event-driven patterns, ETL.
• - TOGAF/Zachman/IBM Certified along with EA.
• Experience standing up a function, team, or regional practice from the ground up. - Working knowledge of EMEA e-invoicing mandates and regulatory regimes (GDPR, DORA) -

Experience