Oracle Solution / Platform Architect

Oracle Solution / Platform Architect – ERP, SCM, HCM & Enterprise Technology

Start Date: January 2027 (interviews taking place immediately)

Location: Europe – Remote

Travel: Occasional travel to the Netherlands

Duration: 12 months + extensions

Rate: Competitive

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Oracle Solution Architect / Platform Architect to shape the architecture direction for a major enterprise transformation programme starting in 2027.

The role will focus primarily on Oracle technologies, particularly ERP, HCM, Finance, Procurement and Supply Chain, while also covering wider enterprise platforms such as Workday and associated integrations.

Reporting to the Head of Delivery & Architecture, you will establish the architecture framework, technical standards and delivery mechanisms needed to ensure solutions are scalable, integrated and aligned across the organisation.

Strong Oracle SCM and Procurement experience would be particularly advantageous, as the client is looking to strengthen its capability in these areas.

Responsibilities:

Architecture Strategy & Governance

• Establish the architecture direction, principles, standards and governance framework across the enterprise transformation.
• Define and maintain solution and platform architecture across Finance, Procurement, SCM, HCM and HR.
• Translate business and programme objectives into scalable, integrated technology solutions.
• Establish architecture review processes, design authority and appropriate technical decision-making mechanisms.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, data and integration standards.
• Identify architectural risks, dependencies, technical constraints and opportunities for simplification and standardisation.

Oracle Technology & Enterprise Platforms

• Provide specialist architecture expertise across the Oracle technology landscape, particularly Oracle ERP Cloud, HCM and associated enterprise applications.
• Support solution architecture across Finance, Procurement and Supply Chain, with particular emphasis on strengthening SCM capability.
• Define end-to-end solution designs, ensuring appropriate alignment between business processes, applications, data and integrations.
• Understand how Oracle platforms interact with other enterprise technologies, including Workday and wider HR and business applications.
• Assess existing and proposed technology solutions, identifying gaps, overlaps and opportunities to improve the overall architecture.
• Provide technical leadership across application platforms, back-end technologies and supporting enterprise systems.

Solution & Integration Architecture

• Define end-to-end solution architecture across applications, platforms, integrations and data flows.
• Oversee integration patterns and architectural dependencies between Oracle, Workday and other enterprise technologies.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, resilient, maintainable and fit for long-term business requirements.
• Work closely with integration, data, infrastructure, security and development teams to ensure cohesive technical designs.
• Review solution designs and challenge proposed approaches where necessary.

Architecture & Delivery Mechanism

• Establish the architecture and delivery mechanisms needed to support the programme from its early stages.
• Define how architecture decisions, solution designs, technical assurance and delivery standards will be managed.
• Work closely with programme delivery teams, implementation partners and technical specialists to ensure architecture is embedded throughout delivery.
• Provide architectural oversight across workstreams, ensuring consistency and alignment across Finance, Procurement, SCM and HR.
• Support the definition of technical roadmaps, delivery dependencies and implementation approaches.
• Act as a bridge between business stakeholders, enterprise architecture and technical delivery teams.

Stakeholder & Team Leadership

• Report to the Head of Delivery & Architecture, working across multiple business and technology workstreams.
• Engage with senior stakeholders, solution architects, technical leads, implementation partners and business teams.
• Provide architectural direction and guidance to internal teams and external delivery partners.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Help build the architecture capability and ways of working required to support the wider transformation.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect, Enterprise Solution Architect or Platform Architect within a complex enterprise environment.
• Strong specialist knowledge of Oracle technologies, ideally accounting for approximately 60% of your technical background.
• Extensive experience across Oracle ERP Cloud / Fusion, with knowledge of Finance, Procurement and Supply Chain processes.
• Strong understanding of Oracle SCM and Procurement architecture, with the ability to provide architectural leadership in these areas.
• Experience across Oracle HCM and the wider HR technology landscape.
• Broader enterprise technology knowledge beyond Oracle, including platforms such as Workday and other enterprise back-end technologies.
• Strong understanding of enterprise application architecture, integrations, APIs, data flows and platform dependencies.
• Experience establishing architecture frameworks, governance, design principles and technical standards.
• Ability to define and implement architecture and delivery mechanisms within a large-scale transformation programme.
• Experience working across multiple technology and business workstreams, ideally spanning Finance, Procurement, SCM and HR.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership, technical teams and implementation partners.
• Comfortable operating at both strategic and solution-design levels, providing direction while engaging with technical detail.

If you are interested, please submit your CV or send it to saiyan@next-ventures.com