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What you will do

EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS

This is a customer-facing role where you will support the sales teams during the entire cycle of a RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition. The following are the key tasks that this role will perform:

Present in detail the RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition service offerings and value proposition to the customers (usually to CIO’s, IT managers, data center managers, and SAP Technology staff) Support and organize technical responses to RFP / RFI’s. Conduct detailed technical workshops with customers to define the “to-be” architecture and plan the migration roadmap together with Professional Services. Work closely with the SAP solution architects & customers to map the planned solution architecture into the Private Cloud Edition reference architecture. Blueprint customer requirements around HA/DR, Business Continuity, Security & Compliance, networks etc. Work to generate pricing and provide ongoing deal support to sales teams. Own the technical discussions with the customer on the Private Cloud Edition topic and act as the orchestrator of experts to obtain expertise from the Cloud Architecture & Advisory organization as required.

What you bring

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Very high proficiency in customer communications and presentations is required. Bachelor’s / master’s degree in engineering or computer science, Business Administration required from an accredited university. Good understanding of SAP technologies (releases, platform interdependencies etc.) Good understanding of the entire platform stacks (storage, virtualization, hardware, networks, etc.) Good understanding of RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition Good understanding of the SAP Business Technology Platform Ability and willingness to undertake customer-related travel on short notice. English native speaker, any other language an asset

WORK EXPERIENCE

5-10 years of hands-on customer-facing SAP Technology Consulting and/or Presales experience (e.g. Basis Admin, DB Admin, Migrations, Upgrades, Business Continuity, etc.) Experience with hosting providers, and data centers is a BIG advantage; HANA / Suite on HANA skills would be very helpful but not mandatory. Experience working for an enterprise software and/or services vendor is necessary

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

We are looking for highly motivated and customer-focused team members to strengthen the Cloud Architecture & Advisory team.

The candidate will act as a primary point of contact for the customer on technical topics and will work closely with internal teams during the sales cycle. They will perform as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert for the customer on the S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition topic and its offerings.

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