SAP Industry Advisor Expert-Media 

United States, Illinois, Chicago 

692960861

What you"ll do:

In this role, you are accountable for developing the Media business in India and APJ where needed as part of the Media IBU team. You will be responsible for supporting the development of pipeline, building GTM strategies, and scaling initiatives in the geography to increase industry pipeline and revenue, while also providing senior strategic sales cycle support across the table from VP+ level customers.

You will be part a diverse team that promotes the adoption of SAP solutions for the Media industry. This involves building trusted relationships with senior business executives from priority industry-relevant customer accounts, while supporting the Virtual Account Team (VAT) in various phases of the Customer Value Journey. You will align within the region and other functional areas such as development, marketing, services, Industry Advisory, and partner ecosystem to influence the future of SAP and partner solutions as they relate to Media.

• Market and GTM Strategy definition: Support the creation of multi-year Market, Solution, and Commercialization strategies by driving Industry Thought Leadership, supporting the IBU head in devising and developing annual Operational GTM Business Plans, identifying target markets and customers for sales, conducting intensive research on a global level through market and competition analysis.
• Field / Market Readiness and Demand Generation: Raising market awareness and demand for our Media Industry Value Proposition and Solution Offering. This includes supporting Regions and Market Units, Marketing, and the Global Partners Organization in demand generation planning and execution, Sales Plays and Market Awareness campaigns, driving demo definition, build & execution with use cases (in close collaboration with the Solution experience team).
• Enablement & Scaling - Build the Knowledge company: Together with SAP product engineering and partners, develop and cascade standard content which enables Sales and Sales Support teams to take our Value Proposition to Customers, for example, Executive Industry overview, Executive Points of View, Value Maps, Demo scripts, AI use cases and Sales Assets.

You will build and maintain strategic partnerships with internal and external decision-makers, representing SAP externally in the market. You will foster understanding and trust through effective communication, tailoring your style to different stakeholders.

What you"ll bring:

• Experience & Language Requirements: The ideal candidate will have the following skills in these approximate relative weightings: Industry knowledge across at least two media segments (40%), Management Consulting background at a manager or above level (30%) Knowledge of SAP Business Suite (20%) Executive presence at VP and above level for you customer counterparts (10%). These percentages are guides and may be adjusted based on candidate skills and experience.
• Specifically, more than 7 years of professional experience in Media or Gaming, either in the industry or at an SAP competitor. 3 years of experience in Consulting at a leading consulting company, doing business consulting.
• Demonstrated success in working in a matrix environment. Written and verbal fluency in English required, other languages an asset.
• Mobility: Ability and willingness to travel globally.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, or Computer Science required.

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

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