Managing Partner

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At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

What you’ll do:

As a Managing Partner (MP), you will act as the primary executive leader responsible for building deep, value-driven strategic relationships with SAP’s most important customers. You will develop an in-depth understanding of customer business needs and leverage a strong network within the SAP and partner ecosystem. By executing the Strategic Customer Program (SCP) Methodology, you will deliver unique value and a differentiated experience to drive your customer’s success.

You will:

· Drive deep, trusted relationships with your customers’ C-level executives and senior stakeholders, ensuring alignment between their business priorities and SAP’s solutions.

· Define and co-create a strategic roadmap with the customer, focusing on achieving sustainable business outcomes and transformation.

· Lead the execution of the SAP Strategic Customer Program (SCP) in your account(s) by orchestrating a cross-functional Extended Account Team, ensuring a unified, one-team approach to delivering exceptional customer experiences across all touchpoints.

· Develop a high-performing team culture based on collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within customer engagements, identifying new opportunities to create value and drive growth.

· Set up and facilitate multi-level governance frameworks that ensure alignment between SAP, its partners, and customer leadership to deliver business impact and value outcomes.

· Support the expansion of SAP’s footprint by leveraging all relevant SAP solutions and services, and relying on strong partnerships with system integrators, technology partners/hyperscalers, and strategy consulting firms to help customers succeed.

· Drive sales execution by focusing on net bookings and cloud revenue growth, ensuring that sales targets are met or exceeded through strategic planning, business development and effective account management.

· Conduct Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) with key executives to assess Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), customer and SAP expectations, value realization, and future opportunities.

What you bring:

· Strong background in account leadership, industry knowledge, and business acumen, with the ability to translate customer challenges and goals into actionable strategic roadmaps.

· Proficiency in building robust executive relationships, earning trust, and establishing governance structures.

· Thought leadership and deep expertise in value-based selling practices and strategic decision-making.

· Solid general knowledge of SAP solutions, strong communication skills, and proficiency in conducting Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs).

· Proven track record of delivering tangible business results and consistent overachievement of set targets for net booking or cloud revenue growth through strategic planning, relationship management, and skillful sales execution.

· Experience working with customers across various industries, bringing insights and best practices to help customers innovate and grow.

Meet your team:

You will work alongside a diverse and experienced extended account team with expertise in various domains—including sales, value advisory, enterprise architecture, consulting, and customer success—to drive business results and deliver exceptional customer experience and value.

Your account team will consist of several dedicated team members as well as a large pool of shared resources. Furthermore, you will be supported by the Regional and Global Strategic Customer Program (SCP) teams who will provide enablement, go-to-market advice and expertise specific to SCP execution. These teams will support you and help you accelerate customer success and organizational growth.

Additionally, you will interact with and leverage resources from a significant pool of SAP’s partner ecosystem.

Skills you’ll use:

Professional Skills

Business Acumen
Demonstrates deep knowledge of the client's operations, business models, and end-to-end business processes, enabling the formulation of tailored solutions

Strategic Thinking
Business Strategy Mapping – translate strategy into a map with initiatives that we can support achieving customer goals across various customer business imperatives

Accountability
Demonstrates consistent reliability and expertise, instilling confidence in the ability to deliver on commitments and exceed expectations.

Influencing Skills
Successfully integrates within the customer's leadership team, earning a seat at the table through strategic contributions.

Establishing Trust
Adept at developing trust and confidence among major stakeholders within the customer's organization, ensuring a strong foundation for collaboration.

Tech Industry Skills

SAP Portfolio End-to-End Value Messaging
Exhibits a high level of expertise in SAP's solutions and portfolio, adept at developing value-based roadmaps and selling strategies that drive adoption, consumption, and expansion, all while maintaining a keen focus on long-term business outcomes

Industry Knowledge
Commands comprehensive knowledge of the industry and market landscape relevant to the customer, including key players and emerging trends

Partner Relationship Management
Ability to engage strategy consulting firms and system integration partners to accelerate execution of business priorities

Technology Innovation
Recognizes the pivotal role of technology in shaping the customer's industry, understanding how it influences and disrupts traditional norms

SAP General Skills

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Excels at interpreting consumption data and translating it into actionable insights, driving informed decision-making.

Process Improvement
Leverage Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) as a vital tool for gaining insights into customer needs and operational efficiency. Use these insights to drive better business outcomes, identify areas for improvement, and ensure that key performance indicators (KPIs) are met during each review cycle.

Broad knowledge of SAP Solutions
Oversee the alignment of SAP solutions with customer business objectives, ensuring a focus on long-term success.

Value-Based Selling
Guide teams in crafting value propositions that demonstrate the business impact of SAP’s offerings.

Role Specific Skills

Account Strategy
Develops and executes a comprehensive Strategic Account Plan that outlines a long-term vision and strategy in collaboration with the customer. Ensure that this plan is validated and approved by the customer, reflecting their objectives and priorities

Executive Conversations
Exemplifies professionalism and engagement at the executive level. Possesses advanced C-level communication skills, delivering precise, confident, and concise messages. Excels as a strategic conversationalist, crafting and presenting ideas that drive actionable outcomes.

Role Specific Skills cont.

Account Governance
Establishes clear governance structures at both IT and business levels, ensuring accountability and regular alignment, communication and governance cadence.

Relationship Building
Holds responsibility and accountability for the Board Sponsorship, establishing a high-level, strong partnership with clients

Account Team Leadership
Leading the extended account team, leveraging their diverse expertise. Effective coordination of all SAP account resources, ensuring alignment with customer objectives and strategies

Team Performance Management
Demonstrates the ability to structure and motivate the core account team to efficiently support customers, optimizing costs while maintaining excellence in service delivery.

Complex Sales
Ability to position, shape and execute large, complex deals including building compelling value proposition, business case, sales qualification, handling customer objections and competitive positioning.

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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.

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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.
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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.

Compensation Range Transparency: SAP believes the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAP’s 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 247,700 - 508,600 USD. The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidate will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection 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.

Requisition ID: 422169 | Work Area:Sales | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid

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