Principal SAP Technical

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

Soo Line Railroad Company dba CPKC seeks a Principal SAP Technical in Kansas City MO within the SAP Centre of Excellence (SAP CoE) responsible for ensuring strategic alignment of SAP investments with business priorities. This role drives technical vision optimizes SAP performance and strengthens SAP capabilities to support company-wide digital transformation and S/4HANA journey. The specific duties and responsibilities:

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Technical Leadership (40%)

• Gather and translate technical requirements into SAP hardware/software capabilities;
• Define SAP technical architecture direction; lead proof-of-concept analyses;
• Resolve complex technical and performance issues across SAP infrastructure; and
• Manage SAP MaxAttention work items consumption and budget.

Strategic Planning & Governance (15%)

• Develop and maintain a multi-year SAP technical roadmap with annual investment recommendations; and
• Ensure platforms are robust secure and aligned with business value generation.

Collaboration & Alignment (15%)

• Partner with SAP functional directors Enterprise Architecture and Security teams to ensure cohesive technical strategy.

Budget & Vendor Management (10%)

• Oversee SAP MaxAttention deliverables budget tracking and vendor engagement.

Leadership & Mentorship (20%)

• Mentor 1014 SAP resources (internal and third-party) through project phases;
• Provide guidance gap analysis and influence senior stakeholders to build consensus; and
• Communicate technical strategies and proposals to ELT through presentations and workshops.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

We require a Bachelors degree in Computer Science Management Information Systems or an IT related Engineering field. The position requires 5 years of progressively responsible experience with SAP technical architecture analysis and design. The experience must include at least five (5) years of working with SAP Basis HANA ABAP BAPI and Idoc for application development system integration and cloud deployment; at least five (5) years of supporting SAP NetWeaver Suite components including ECC BI BO/BODS PO GRC Portal Solution Manager and HANA; and at least five (5) years of architecting SAP solutions on hyperscalers including AWS Azure and GCP. Experience must include managing complex SAP environments across on premise and cloud platforms. Travel approximately ten percent (10%) including quarterly visits to Canada (1 week/trip) for operational and stakeholder meetings and occasional travel to conferences within the United States and Canada. Please apply online at or send resume to Prabh Sandhu HR Analyst at .

CULTURE OF INCLUSION:

For our U.S. applicants CPKC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer inclusive of protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For Canadian applicants CPKC is an employment equity employer committed to the principles of employment equity and inclusion. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply including: women Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) members of the LGBTQ community and people with disabilities. Accommodations for the job application process can be provide as appropriate upon request. All applicant information will be managed in accordance with the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).