Presales Business Architect

Job description / Role

Presales Business Architect - Energy & Natural Resources Job

Work Area: Presales
Expected Travel: 0 - 30%
Career Status: Professional
Employment Type: Regular Full Time
Career Level: T4

Company Description

As you know, SAP's vision is to help the world run better and improve people's lives.
As THE cloud company powered by SAP HANA®, SAP is a market leader in enterprise application software, helping companies of all sizes and industries Run Simple.

We empower people and organizations to work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. SAP applications and services enable our customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably.

At SAP, we believe in the power of collaboration and empower our employees to perform at their best in an environment that encourages free and open expression of ideas. Here, you work alongside creative thinkers who share your intets, while turning big ideas into reality for our customers. With innovative job training, mentors to help you grow, and the flexibility to balance your work and personal life, you're able to build your career. It's no wonder that some of the sharpest minds from around the world are working for a company that is consistently recognized as a global top employer.

Purpose And Objectives

The Presales Business Architect leads and manages strategic presales activities for a given set of opportunities and customers and support driving the digital transformation vision and roadmap. The business architect (hereafter BA) serves as a confidante to sales team to plan and orchestrate sales engagements and to set the appropriate team of Specialists. A BA is an evangelist for the SAP digital transformation, cloud strategy and solutions in their discussions with customers to influence opinions and inspire action. The BA must have a good working knowledge of SAP solutions, and how they relate to customers' expectations and requirements.

The BA engages with the customers to ideate on new and innovate solutions and works closely with the team to architect solutions that solve our customer's most complex business problems. The BA must be resourceful and creative and be able to work collaboratively with the SAP virtual account team, partners and customers. The BA must possess strong solution selling and value-based selling skills.

Responsibilities

- Serve as the single point of contact for the Account Executives and specific customers in support of sales opportunities being the key driver from vision to use cases to tangible solution proofs.
- The BA orchestrate internal and external engagement as a deal captain, drive deal qualification, prioritization and setting the right team in close co-operation with the Account Executive and Presales Manager.
- BAs will spend time with customers and lead the engagement with key stakeholders by actively participating in customer meetings, events and evangelize business innovation topics in customer industry language and solutions.
- Facilitate innovation workshops with design thinking techniques and ensuring consistent theme and readiness for workshop/demo delivery.
- BAs own the quality of the solution specific proposals (presentations, demonstrations, innovation workshops etc.) by driving the process from vision to use cases to tangible solution proofs
- Co-create the digital transformation vision with key stakeholders at customer and SAP.
- BAs hold themselves and others accountable to the standards established via Best-Run for delivering memorable customer engagements.
- Responsible for resource search and reaches out to presales manager for approval and allocation/staffing of the identified resources in the system.
- Drive deliverables as Business Transformation Roadmaps, Solution feasibility studies and proposals, Business case input, RFx's, Use case stories to fulfill vision, Solution maps, manage PoC, Mock-ups etc

Requirements

Expectations

- Build strong relationship with SAP Sales teams and with their assigned customers
- Experienced in presenting to and talking with C-level managers and orchestrate to co-operation of cross teams (Business, IT etc)
- Excellent team management skills and experience with orchestration of complex deals envisioning the big picture and value for the customer
- Provide best-practice guidance on customer processes and present business values related to solution proposition and roadmap

Personal skills

- Self-confident, action and result oriented with a passion for success
- Innovative thinking
- Ability to work in international and virtual teams
- Excellent communication skills on all levels

Work Experience

- 8+ years of professional experience including min 5 years of Business Consulting and/or Presales experience in areas appropriate to the job
- MBA or equivalent degree required from accredited university preferred
- Expert knowledge/expertise on the end-to-end SAP processes/solution
- Experience in sales and presales processes
- Digital transformation, Business Consulting and/or Presales experience
- Leadership experience in virtual and cross- functional teams
- C-Level messaging and influencing experience
- Fluency in English, Arabic other language an asset.

What You Get From Us

Success is what you make it. At SAP, we help you make it your own.A career at SAP can open many doors for you. If you're searching for a company that's dedicated to your ideas and individual growth, recognizes you for your unique contributions, fills you with a strong sense of purpose, and provides a fun, flexible and inclusive work environment - apply now .

Sap's Diversity Commitment

To harness the power of innovation, SAP invests in the development of its diverse employees. We aspire to leverage the qualities and appreciate the unique competencies that each person brings to the company.

SAP is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities.

Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

About the Company

Headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, SAP is the world's largest business software company with more than 51,500 employees at sales and development locations in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Our global development approach focuses on distributing development across the world in strategically important markets. A global network of SAP Labs spanning Bulgaria, Canada, China, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, and the United States, enables SAP to operate locally, yet organize globally.

As the global technology research unit of SAP, SAP Research significantly contributes to SAP's product portfolio and extends SAP's leading position by identifying and shaping emerging IT trends through applied research and corporate venturing. SAP Research has highly skilled teams in 11 research centers worldwide.