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 10-14 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 Bachelor's 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 https://www.cpkcr.com/en/careers or send resume to Prabh Sandhu, HR Analyst, at Prabh.Sandhu@cpkcr.com.

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).