Account Executive Expert

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What you'll do
- Builds and leads the execution of account strategy covering executive alignment, cloud adoption, sustainable revenue generation across Cloud lines of business, and high level of NPS
- Demonstrates Sales leadership to drives revenue growth across all SAP Cloud LOBs throughout the customer lifecycle, driving adoption, consumption, and expansion (LACE)
- Develop Long-Term Strategic Client Engagement, Big Rock development and Co-Innovation agenda with the customer
- Aligning the customer's strategic goals to SAP's competitive differentiators and create initiatives that can be taken up by SAP to enable customer goals
- Ability to create, build, orchestrate, and lead digital transformation programs for customer
- Strong executive presence and capability to build long term C-level relationships
- Able to manage a strong joint SAP-Customer governance model to drive customer success
- Influences and leads a virtual team of resources from various LoBs, functions, and geographies by running effective cadence to achieve vision for the account with all internal stakeholders and participants
- Leads Integrated Account Planning and ensures that SAP footprint is expanded with involvement of all relevant LOBs and strategic engagement with partners
- Provides leadership around business value realization for the customer initiatives
- Experience in leading/influencing global teams and functions
- Managing ambiguity and complexity within SAP driving revenue initiatives
- Focus on Customer satisfaction and advocacy to drive high level of NPS
- Creating a solid demand generation plan, leveraging multiple sources (i.e. sales plays, marketing events, demand generation assets etc.) and sales support teams

What you bring
- 15+ years of business experience in Technology Sales or Consulting with complex business software/IT solutions
- 5+ years of large account management experience/leading account teams
- 5+ years as (Associate) Partner at System Integrator or Business Management Consulting
- Demonstration of success with complex, long-cycle sales campaigns in a fast-paced, consultative and competitive market with strong negotiation skills
- Proven abilities on managing highly complex organizations/customers
- Experience with long term planning of resources, technology, and account structure & strategy
- Exceptional communication skills
- Business level English: Fluent
- Bachelor equivalent, post-graduation in management is preferred

Meet your team

Strategic Accounts is one of the top-most GTM for SAP India and the team is responsible to manage some of the largest & highly strategic customers for SAP India. The Strategic Accounts team has multiple Industry Account Executive Experts (Account Directors) and each of them is assigned to one or more Strategic Customers to deepen & expand the SAP engagement with a defined strategic, market-leading, large & global customer. He/she is accountable for revenue growth, the end-to-end satisfaction, and referencability of the customer throughout the customer lifecycle. The team leads and coordinates SAP’s efforts across all areas (Cloud LoBs, Customer Success, Consulting/Services, ICA, Development, IBU, Marketing, and Partner management) - orchestrating all SAP parties around a single, clearly articulated 2-3 years account strategy.

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SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone - regardless of background - feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.

**EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability**:
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.

Requisition ID: 397698 | Work Area: Sales | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.