Solution Advisor Expert- HANA Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE)

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Role Overview

As a Senior Specialist in the HANA Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE) you will be the go-to expert for Data & Analytics solutions within our Customer Advisory organization. You will leverage your deep expertise to support the entire sales cycle including identifying opportunities providing post-sale customer support and assisting customers in expanding their SAP footprint. This high-impact role bridges strategy and executiondesigned to help scale adoption accelerate migration and unlock value from SAP HANA Cloud across our customer base.

Youll work in close collaboration with account teams partners and customer success teamssupporting the full customer lifecycle with expert guidance solution architecture and scalable best practices. While not carrying a quota your role is critical in driving sales execution deal velocity and customer outcomes at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the go-to advisor for HANA Cloud migrations and transformation engagements.
• Guide customers on transitioning from legacy/on-premise systems HANA Sybase databases to cloud-native data platforms.
• Support account teams in structuring and progressing strategic HANA Cloud and IBM ASE cloud opportunities.
• Deliver both standard and customized solution demonstrations
• Support the account teams in identifying and qualifying new opportunities
• Evaluate account qualification criteria and fine-tune account strategy
• Collaborate on creating overall themes and competitive differentiation
• Support execution of regional HANA Cloud campaigns and demand generation activities.
• Conduct dry runs for strategic deals and customer engagements
• Transition engagements to implementation partners effectively
• Engage in storytelling that connects HANA Cloud to tangible business outcomes and industry narratives.
• Analyze industry and technology trends around data platforms AI-readiness and cloud transformations.
• Leverage digital assets throughout customer engagements
• Partner with Customer Success Product Management Value Engineering and Ecosystem teams to ensure customer success.
• Help define reference architectures and collaborate on large-scale transformation programs.
• Share insights and success stories across regions to scale impact and consistency.

What You Bring

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Data Science Engineering or a related field
• 7 years of experience in enterprise data platforms architecture or solution advisory roles.
• Deep knowledge of SAP HANA Cloud SAP BTP and cloud data management principles.
• Experience driving or supporting large data migrations and transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of hyperscaler ecosystems (AWS Azure GCP) and hybrid-cloud patterns.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into compelling business value.
• Excellent storytelling facilitation and stakeholder management skills.

Strongly Preferred

• Familiarity with SAP Datasphere SAP BW/4HANA SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Business AI.
• Experience with AI/ML adoption narratives and data-driven transformation strategies.
• Prior exposure to pre-sales or sales execution support roles.
• Understanding of SAPs GTM motions and internal tools/processes.

Why This Role Matters

SAP HANA Cloud is the modern digital core powering the Business Data Cloud. As part of the HANA Cloud CoE your work will help thousands of customers make the leap to a scalable AI-ready data future while helping the field drive execution and impact at scale.

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For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program according to the eligibility rules set in theSAP Referral Policy

Candidate(s) will berequired to work 3 days a week in office/client siteas per our Pledge to Flex return to office policy

SAP is not offering relocation benefits for this role at this time.

SAP is not offering visa sponsorship for this role at this time.

Bring out your best
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database analytics intelligent technologies and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide we are purpose-driven and future-focused with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries people or platforms we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion
SAPs 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 world.

SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team:

For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

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.

Compensation Range Transparency: SAPbelieves the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAPs commitment to pay equity. SAP provides the annualized compensation range inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target for the career level applicable to the posted role. The targeted combined range for this position is 197400 - actual amount to be offered to the successful candidatewill be within that range dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education skillsexperience scope ofthe role location etc. as determinedthrough theselection process. Any SAP variable incentive includes a targeted dollar amount and any actual payout amount is dependent on company and personal performance. Please reference this link for a summary of SAP benefits and eligibility requirements: SAP North America Benefits.

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Requisition ID: 442997 Work Area: Presales Expected Travel: 0 - 30% Career Status: Professional Employment Type: Regular Full Time Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid