File · SRX-2615 / Netherlands (EMEA) · Open

Senior SAP BTP Consultant — Business Technology Platform

Integration, extension and AI architecture · SAP domain

A platform architect, not a configurator. This mandate is for the BTP practitioner who decides how a Dutch enterprise extends and integrates S/4HANA — and keeps the core clean while doing it.

Discipline
Enterprise ERP
Seniority
Senior · 10+ years
Stage
Open
Work mode
Hybrid — Netherlands
Employment
Full-time · Contract or permanent
Listed
19 Aug 2026

How to approach this mandate

No application form. No CV portal. Read the position brief, then speak with Harald directly, under confidence.

The client is not named here. On an engaged mandate the client's hiring intent is commercially sensitive, so the organisation is identified to you under confidence in the first partner conversation — not published to their competitors.

The remit

Why this role exists now. And what it carries.

Across the Netherlands, corporates and MKB companies are migrating to SAP S/4HANA and finding the core ERP insufficient on its own. Competitive advantage now comes from what sits on top: integrations connecting SAP to the rest of the enterprise, cloud-native extensions replacing custom ABAP, and analytics turning transactional data into real-time intelligence.

That is SAP BTP, and it is an architecture discipline rather than a configuration one. CIOs, enterprise architects and transformation leads are looking for someone who can design and deliver across integration, application development, data management and AI on one platform, with the consultative weight to defend those decisions.

The client needs the platform authority who owns BTP workstreams end to end — architecture definition through implementation, testing and governance — across Dutch corporate and MKB landscapes.

What the role carries

  • Architect and implement integration scenarios in SAP Cloud Integration, connecting S/4HANA with third-party SaaS, legacy systems and hyperscaler services.
  • Design event-driven architectures on SAP Event Mesh and Advanced Event Mesh, with topic-based pub/sub and AMQP messaging.
  • Build cloud-native side-by-side extensions using SAP CAP, SAP Business Application Studio and SAP Build, replacing classic ABAP enhancements and reducing core modification debt.
  • Design data landscapes in SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud — data models, flows, replication, federation and semantic layers grounded in S/4HANA data.
  • Embed SAP AI Core, AI Launchpad and Joule into real business processes, from invoice automation to demand forecasting, with GenAI Hub and LLM integration patterns.
  • Define the BTP security posture: Cloud Identity Services, identity provisioning, role collections, OAuth 2.0 grants, SAML 2.0 SSO and Cloud Connector setup.
  • Govern the platform layer — subaccount design, entitlements, multi-landscape CTS+ transport management and CI/CD pipelines — and run governance workshops with IT leadership.

The brief

The challenge, the mandate, and the impact.

The challenge

The client has S/4HANA in place or in flight, and no settled architecture for what sits on top. Integration patterns, extension strategy, data landscape and platform governance are each being decided locally, creating debt as fast as capability. The constraint is one architect who can hold all four and be trusted by the CIO office.

The mandate

Owns BTP workstreams end to end: architecture definition, implementation, testing, security posture and platform governance across subaccounts, entitlements and transport. Specification authority over in-scope developments and CI/CD pipelines. No line management; the authority is architectural.

The impact

30–90 days
S/4HANA landscape, BTP subaccount structure and integration patterns mapped; at least one BTP workstream owned end to end with documented solution design; a platform governance workshop run with IT leadership; scope integration-tested across data flows, API endpoints and security configuration.
6 months
Go-live delivered or final testing advanced, the architecture documentation standing as the operational reference, and recognition as the BTP architect the project team and client leadership reach for by name.

35

Median days to shortlist

Category norm: 84–120 days

8 in 10

12-month retention

Category norm: ~60% at 18 months

90 days

Replacement guarantee

With backfill

1

Partner, start to close

Never delegated

Index reading

The market reading behind the brief.

This mandate is not written from a job description. It is written from our own quarterly reading of how these roles are being eliminated, redefined and created in this corridor.

Where this mandate sits in the market

Current Q3 displacement intensity in the sectors that frame this search. Higher intensity means more leadership turnover and sharper talent scarcity.

  • SaaS & CloudDisplaced · 9/9
  • Tech ConsultingDisplaced · 9/9
  • WorkforceExposed · 7/9

Read the full Displacement Index — 7 sectors across APAC, EMEA and the GCC.

The profile

Who closes this. And on what terms.

Critical

  • BTP architecture depth

    Four to five-plus years on BTP across integration, extension, data and AI — architecture decisions, not service configuration.

  • Cloud Integration authority

    iFlows, mapping, Groovy, adapters, API Management and event-driven design in production.

  • Clean-core extension discipline

    SAP CAP and Build side-by-side extensions replacing ABAP enhancements without accruing core debt.

  • Security and governance

    Identity services, OAuth 2.0, SAML, subaccount and entitlement design, CTS+ and CI/CD that scale without fracturing.

Differentiators

  • SAP Datasphere and Analytics Cloud semantic modelling at enterprise scale.
  • GenAI and ML models embedded in live SAP business processes.
  • Hyperscaler integration experience alongside SAP-native services.
  • Citizen-developer enablement through SAP Build at enterprise scale.

What the client offers

  • A platform architecture seat with genuine design authority across integration, extension, data and AI — not a configuration role.
  • Day rate or salary benchmarked to Netherlands market standards for senior SAP BTP architects.
  • Contract or permanent engagement — the model is set in the scope conversation, before commitment.
  • Direct access to CIOs, enterprise architects and transformation leads across Dutch corporates and MKB companies.
  • Hybrid working from the Netherlands.
Scope
Integration, extension, data and analytics, AI, platform governance
Stack
Cloud Integration · Event Mesh · CAP · Build · Datasphere · AI Core
Engagement
Contract or permanent · EUR day rate or salary
Reports to
Lead SAP Architect / CIO office

The approach

How this mandate runs. Partner-led, end to end.

01 · Day 0–1

Approach

You reach out — through this page, the partner's direct line, or a confidential booking. No application form, no CV upload to a portal. The first conversation is about fit, not paperwork.

02 · Days 2–7

Partner conversation

Harald Agterhuis, the partner who signed this mandate, speaks with you directly. The conversation establishes whether the role and your delivery record genuinely align before anyone invests further.

03 · Days 8–21

Client introduction

If the fit holds, Harald introduces you to the hiring client under confidence. The client sees a short, serious shortlist — not a pile of CVs. You meet the decision-makers and test the role against what you need.

04 · Days 22–35

Decision

The client decides. If it's a yes, Harald works the offer with you and the client to land it — including counter-offer defence. If it's a no, you get a direct debrief, not silence.

Your partner on this mandate

Harald H.R. Agterhuis
Harald H.R. Agterhuis

Founder · Amsterdam · Dubai

Works across all corridors. Thirty years placing technology executives across APAC and EMEA, personally, mandate by mandate.

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Where this mandate connects

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