**We help the world run better** At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging - but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.
**- Role Overview** The Solution Sales Executive (SSE) is a strategic sales role that combines deep SAP expertise, business acumen, and end-to-end domain knowledge of the SAP Customer Experience Lines of Business (CX LoB) cloud to drive revenue, customer success, accelerate adoption of innovation (especially AI), and position the organisation as a market leader. The SSE shapes transformative solutions and delivers measurable value to customers through thought leadership, innovation, and strategic execution—supporting both specific CX LoB and the overall “SAP Business Suite” strategy.
**- What you’ll do**
- **Account Ownership & Strategy**: Serve as the CX LoB owner for assigned accounts, developing and executing strategic account plans that align with customer goals, business objectives and the broader account plans of the account team.
- **Drive the End-to-End Customer Value Journey with Domain Expertise**:Provide domain expertise and thought leadership in the solution area to understand and address high-priority business challenges.
- **Pipeline & Opportunity Management**: Identify and develop new business opportunities within existing accounts, driving pipeline growth and meeting revenue targets.
- **Product Success & Innovation**:Engage early with customers when new products are launched.



Lead AI and innovation initiatives (e.g., scalable PoCs, partner co-investments).
- **Enablement, Demos & Prototypes**:Support solution advisors to ensure demo system readiness and manage enablement programmes
- **Value Proposition & Executive Engagement**:Collaborate with value advisors conducting strategic discovery and workshops
- **Commercial Negotiations**:Navigate complex pricing and contractual discussions, balancing client expectations with organisational profitability and cloud revenue growth.
- **Adoption & Consumption**: Collaborate with CS and CS&D; adoption teams to ensure successful delivery of solutions and services, monitor outcomes, and drive continuous improvement to maximise customer value.
- **Relationship Building & Governance**:Build strong, trusted relationships with C suite decision makers and run Quarterly Business Reviews focused on adoption, innovation, risk mitigation, and opportunity identification
- **Ecosystem & Partner Engagement**:Own relationships with strategic consulting partners and with VARs to co-innovate, develop joint go-to-market strategies
- **Competitive & Industry Expertise**:Maintain deep technical and functional expertise across SAP solutions. Stay at the forefront of emerging technologies and competitive trends to craft differentiated solutions that win in the market.
**- What you Bring**




- Quota carrying sales experience with a management consulting type profile with 10 years Industry or Practitioner experience driving software sales. Executive relationship building skills with proven C-suite influence.
- B2B enterprise experience with multi-stakeholder SaaS cycles, plus top-tier consulting and deep industry expertise.
- Deep SAP and domain expertise, with a strong understanding of AI and innovation trends.
- Maps value levers and tell a quantified ROI story and create a compelling business case
- Strategic thinking, business acumen, relationship building and client advocacy skills.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management abilities.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a matrixed environment and influence without direct authority.
- Analytical mindset with a focus on problem-solving and continuous improvement
- Fluency in both English and Italian is required
**- Bring out your best** **We win with inclusion** 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 world. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.
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