Founding Enterprise Architect

Zip

Founding Enterprise Architect role at Zip, a leading AI procurement platform. Shaping technical pursuits and building the EA function in EMEA market.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERPETLOracle

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Win the deals that define the region: Act as the senior technical voice on strategic pursuits - leading discovery with customer CTOs, CIOs, and Chief Procurement Officers, and closing the architectural gap between their landscape and Zip.
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.
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. You are responsible for translating the customer landscapes into credible integration plans using our proprietary middleware.
Navigate EMEA-specific complexity: Guide customers through e-invoicing mandates (Peppol, France Chorus Pro, Italy SDI, Germany’s B2B mandate), GDPR, DORA, and multi-entity/multi-currency rollouts.
Bridge GTM and Product: Translate customer requirements into clear product inputs. 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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

15+ years in solution architecture, enterprise architecture, pre-sales engineering, or product roles at B2B SaaS, iPaaS, or ERP / system-of-record vendors.
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.
Proven success selling into or implementing at Fortune 500 / FTSE 100 customers across multiple EMEA geographies.
TOGAF/Zachman/IBM Certified along with EA.
Track record of owning RFPs, security reviews, and PoCs at enterprise scale.
Comfort operating as the senior technical voice in a room with CIOs, CFOs, and CPOs.

Benefits

Comp & perks

📈 Start-up equity
🦷 Health, vision & dental coverage
🍽️ Catered lunches & dinners for in-office employees
🚍 Commuter benefit
🚠 Team building events & happy hours
🌴 Unlimited PTO
💻 Apple equipment plus home office stipend
5% Employer Pension Contribution

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Hard Skills & Tools

solution architectureenterprise architecturepre-sales engineeringintegration architecturemiddlewareAPIsdata modelsintegration patternse-invoicingintake-to-pay lifecycle

Soft Skills

technical positioningobjection handlingexecutive-level conversationscoachinginfluencingcommunicationleadership

Certifications

TOGAFZachmanIBM CertifiedEA