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Position Overview
The Private Markets business within SAP is responsible for our engagement with leading investment firms and their portfolio companies - spanning Private Equity Growth Equity Venture Capital Corporate Venture Pension Funds Sovereign Wealth Funds Banks and Asset Managers.
We create measurable value for investors and their portfolio companies by enabling the adoption of SAP AI Public Cloud and industry-specific solutions. We work very closely with investor operating partners and portfolio company C-level executives to accelerate digital transformation enhance operational performance and maximize technology investment returns.
You will collaborate closely with SAPs sales solution and partner ecosystem teams to deliver impactful scalable results across the investment lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
1. Executive Relationship Management
Build and manage trusted senior-level relationships with technology operating partners CIOs CFOs and portfolio company leadership teams.
Position and influence SAP as the strategic partner of choice for AI-driven public cloud-enabled digital transformation.
Maintain active engagement with both investor and portfolio company stakeholders across Global Regional and Market Unit levels to ensure alignment and ongoing value delivery.
2. Sales Enablement & Execution
Identify qualify and drive new opportunities across portfolio companies aligned to investor strategies and sector priorities
3. Implementation & Value Realization
Serve as strategic advisor from contract signature to full adoption ensuring successful deployment user adoption and business impact.
Partner with SAP Services and implementation partners to meet and exceed business outcome targets.
Monitor track and report on adoption success metrics proactively managing risk and removing barriers to success.
4. Internal Collaboration & Influence
Work cross-functionally with SAPs ecosystem marketing solution engineering industry teams and partner organization to ensure coordinated investor-specific engagement.
Provide regular updates to senior SAP leadership on progress key risks and measurable impact across your assigned investor accounts.
5. SAP Private Markets Brand Awareness
Candidate Profile
Significant experience of selling and delivering enterprise technology solutions into complex multi-stakeholder environments
Understanding of private equity/venture capital operating models and the value drivers for portfolio companies.
Experience of selling into private equity or venture capital-backed organizations
Commercial acumen strategic thinking and a bias for action in high-growth environments.
Experience in leading cross-functional teams to drive end-to-end customer success
Deep understanding of ERP public cloud and AI technologies.
Exceptional communication relationship-building and influence skills.
Experience of working in a global multi-national organisation across different cultures and time zones
Familiarity with SAP product suite or equivalent enterprise applications.
Experience working with implementation partners and managing go-to-market motions.
Strong executive presence and consultative selling ability
Ability to travel as required to meet clients and partners
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.
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Requisition ID: 443854 Work Area: Sales Expected Travel: 0 - 10% Career Status: Professional Employment Type: Regular Full Time Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid
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