HANA Cloud CoE Solution Advisor Expert
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As a Solution Advisor 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 execution-designed to help scale adoption, accelerate migration, and unlock value from SAP HANA Cloud across our customer base.
You'll work in close collaboration with account teams, partners, and customer success teams-supporting 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.
Serve as a trusted advisor for HANA Cloud migrations, guiding customers in transitioning from legacy systems to cloud-native data platforms while connecting solutions to business outcomes.
- Support account teams in identifying, structuring, and progressing strategic HANA Cloud opportunities, including evaluating account strategies and qualifying new opportunities.
- Deliver tailored solution demonstrations and partner on executing HANA Cloud campaigns, demand generation activities, and competitive differentiation efforts.
- Analyze industry trends around cloud transformations, data platforms, and AI readiness, while helping define reference architectures and scaling insights across regions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams-including Customer Success, Product Management, and Value Engineering-to ensure successful outcomes and seamless transitions to implementation partners.
- Leverage storytelling, digital assets, and regional success stories to enhance engagements, promote consistency, and drive customer success across transformation programs., For information on the responsible use of AI in our recruitment process, please refer to our Guidelines for Ethical Usage of AI in the Recruiting Process. Please note that any violation of these guidelines may result in disqualification from the hiring process.
Requirements
Do you have experience in Sales?, Do you have a Master's degree?, * Bachelor's or Master's 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
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 SAP's GTM motions and internal tools/processes