Vice President Enterprise Sales Jobs in Illinois

Company Description
Overview
We are seeking an experienced Vice President, Enterprise Transformation & Architecture to lead the design and delivery of next-generation business solutions that harness Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, AI, and enterprise application platforms. This individual will define end-to-end transformation strategies that connect core systems such as SAP, Salesforce, HRIS, Finance, Supply Chain, and Customer platforms into a unified data, analytics, automation, and AI ecosystem.

The ideal candidate combines deep ERP and business process expertise with modern data and AI architecture experience. This role will partner with business leaders, product teams, engineering organizations, data teams, security, and executive partners to align technology investments with strategic business objectives.

Responsibilities
Main Focus: Solution Strategy

• Define end-to-end business solutions and transformation approaches aligned with business strategy, enterprise priorities, and process needs.
• Drive automation and tooling decisions using established standards, reference architectures, governance, and industry standards.
• Ensure technical solutions meet multi-functional business needs while remaining secure, scalable, reusable, supportable, and cost-effective.
• Translate complex business challenges into pragmatic roadmaps, target-state architectures, and sequenced implementation plans.

Solution Strategy & Business Transformation

• Define target-state solution architectures aligned with enterprise strategy, operating model, process requirements, and measurable business outcomes.
• Develop transformation roadmaps that modernize ERP-centric environments through cloud, data, integration, automation, and AI capabilities.
• Lead solution definition across Finance, HR, Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Customer Operations, and other enterprise domains.
• Find opportunities to simplify processes, reduce technical debt, improve controls, and increase speed, quality, and operational efficiency.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to business and technology leadership on platform modernization, architectural trade-offs, and investment decisions.

Enterprise Data & Platform Architecture

• Design scalable architectures using Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Azure data services, and AI platforms to access, integrate, and activate enterprise data.
• Architect governed data flows across SAP, Salesforce, HRIS, financial, customer, operational, and transactional systems.
• Define integration patterns using APIs, events, batch, streaming, data virtualization, and data products based on business and technical requirements.
• Establish enterprise information models, semantic layers, metadata, lineage, data quality, and master data practices.
• Drive lakehouse, analytics, and real-time data strategies that enable trusted self-service access without compromising security or governance.

AI & Intelligent Automation

• Identify and prioritize high-value AI, machine learning, generative AI, agentic workflow, analytics, and intelligent automation opportunities.
• Design reusable architectures for enterprise AI, process orchestration, knowledge access, decision support, and predictive insights.
• Embed human oversight, security, privacy, responsible AI, model risk, and operational controls into solution designs.
• Partner with business collaborators to define value cases, success measures, adoption plans, and scalable operating models.

Architecture Governance & Standards

• Establish reference architectures, standards, design patterns, decision criteria, and implementation guardrails.
• Lead architecture reviews and ensure alignment across application, data, integration, cloud, security, and AI domains.
• Drive platform and tooling decisions based on interoperability, scalability, security, resiliency, supportability, reuse, and total cost of ownership.
• Reduce duplication and complexity by promoting common services, shared data products, reusable integration patterns, and lifecycle management.
• Maintain alignment among business capability maps, transformation roadmaps, delivery portfolios, and enterprise architecture direction.

Multi-Functional Leadership

• Facilitate discovery sessions and process workshops that convert business needs into clear capability, data, integration, and technology requirements.
• Collaborate with executives, business owners, enterprise architects, product leaders, engineers, data teams, security teams, and external partners.
• Communicate complex architectures, dependencies, risks, options, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Provide architecture leadership from strategy and concept through delivery, adoption, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications
Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, technology strategy, or business transformation.
• 5+ years of experience with ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, or comparable enterprise applications.
• Demonstrable experience integrating ERP, CRM, HRIS, Finance, Supply Chain, Customer, and operational platforms.
• Strong knowledge of business process design, capability modeling, data architecture, APIs, integration patterns, event-driven architecture, and cloud-native solutions.
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Azure data services, lakehouse architectures, and enterprise integration platforms.
• Experience leading complex, multi-functional transformation initiatives from strategy through implementation.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior collaborators and make clear, evidence-based architecture recommendations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing enterprise AI, machine learning, generative AI, or agent-based solutions.
• Knowledge of SAP business processes and S/4HANA, Salesforce architecture, and HRIS ecosystems.
• Experience with master data management, metadata management, data governance, data quality, and semantic modeling.
• Familiarity with Azure AI services, Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot technologies, and modern agent frameworks.
• Experience operating in a large, global, matrixed enterprise environment.
• Relevant certifications in Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, TOGAF, SAP, or related disciplines.

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Additional Information
When you join Epsilon, we'll create something EPIC together. We're a global leader in data and identity, with deep expertise in digital media, clean rooms, customer data platforms, loyalty and marketing services. Positioned at the center of Publicis Groupe, Epsilon helps brands deliver personalized experiences at scale and build lasting customer relationships by unlocking the full potential of data and identity. Epsilon operates in 30+ countries across EMEA, the Americas and APAC, with more than 8,000 employees.

Check out a few of these resources to learn more about what makes Epsilon so EPIC:

Our Culture: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/our-culture-epsilon

Life at Epsilon: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/epic-blog

Epsilon has five values that define our culture and guide us as we create value for our clients, our people and consumers. We seek candidates who align with our company values, demonstrate them and make them meaningful in their day-to-day work:

• Act with integrity. We are transparent and have the courage to do the right thing.
• Work together to win together. We believe collaboration is the catalyst that unlocks our full potential.
• Innovate with purpose. We shape the market with big ideas that drive big outcomes.
• Respect all voices. We embrace differences and foster a culture of connection and belonging.
• Empower with accountability. We trust each other to own and deliver on common goals.

Because You Matter
As an Epsilon employee, you deserve perks and benefits that put you, your family and your finances first. Our benefits encompass a wide range of offerings, including but not limited to:

• Time to recharge: Flexible time off (FTO), 14 paid holidays, paid sick time
• Family well-being: Parental/new child leave, childcare & elder care assistance, adoption assistance
• Extra perks: Comprehensive health coverage, 401(k), tuition assistance, commuter benefits, professional development, employee recognition, charitable donation matching, health coaching and counseling

Epsilon benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms.

Epsilon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Epsilon's policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on actual or perceived race, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy), marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, religion, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Epsilon also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. Epsilon will provide accommodations to applicants who need accommodations to complete the application process. Please reach out to LeaveofAbsence@epsilon.com to request an accommodation.

For San Francisco Bay and Los Angeles Areas: Epsilon will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in a manner consistent with the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and San Francisco Police Code Sections 4901-4919, commonly referred to as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Applicants with criminal histories are welcome to apply.

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Compensation Range: USD $164,500.00 - USD $325,000.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. This role may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/30/2026.