Principal Data Architect – BTP Services – EMEA North Organization

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*This position can be based anywhere within EMEA North – UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Nordics*

What you’ll do

Purpose and Objectives

Are you interested in helping world-class enterprises to solve their most complex business challenges, blaze disruptive new trails and bring their company’s vision to life?

At SAP Regional Services Team, our mission is to empower visionary enterprises to achieve their greatest goals through software innovation. Our experts develop unique, leading-edge software solutions in collaboration with our clients – from discovery to delivery – to create tailored, high-value software that is backed by the power of SAP. We make innovation real by using the latest technologies around the Internet of Things, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning, Big Data, and Analytics. We strive to deliver our solutions quickly by employing an agile development approach.

EMEA North Business Technology Platform (BTP) Services is a regional team under the EMEA North Services organization. It is chartered to run Services Business of BTP – specifically around Integration Suite, Clean Core, Custom Code Migration, Extension Suite, Process Automation, Workflow Services & Analytics. The team is helping customers innovate on Business Technology Platform and accelerate their Cloud journey. The SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) is the platform for the Intelligent Enterprise, helping customers to achieve agility, business value, and continual innovation through integration, data to value, and extensibility of all SAP and third-party applications and data assets.

SAP offers an opportunity to highly motivated individuals to support the BTP Services Team and work closely with customers in the areas of Business Technology Platform, UX/UI Design, and Fiori Principles. We value your interest and experience in problem-solving, as you will focus on modernization needs of our customers and how to extend SAP’s functionality using BTP. You will support as a trusted advisor and solution expert for the SAP BTP solution portfolio in this customer facing role. You will interact with customers’ senior executives, technical and LOB leaders whereby you will articulate the business value of the BTP.

Skills, Competencies and Expectations 

Responsibilities & Tasks

• Hands-on knowledge on BTP services around Data & Analytics and ability to guide customers and partners as SME on SAP BTP Database, Data Management and Analytics and Planning.
• Act as trusted advisory for the customer on complete data lifecycle, related processes, industry trends, concepts and be able to shape the whole data transformation journey
• Ability to guide customers to shape strategy topics like Data Strategy, Analytics Strategy, Governance Strategy, Migration Strategy etc
• Working closely with customers to identify and develop use cases on SAP BTP along a business process across all LoBs with highest quality standards and value. 
• Supporting regional customers through whole lifecycle of projects by delivering onsite and/or remote BTP advisory services. Supporting all activities in the context of implementation projects across all project phases and project tasks for our customers.
• Personalizing materials and demos to ensure delivery of compelling customer presentations based on unique needs identified from discovery sessions.
• Building and Delivering Hands-on demonstrations and presentations of the SAP BTP, including clear value propositions and key differentiators. Managing prototypes and proof-of-concept demonstrations.
• Producing technical architecture documents and conducting independent research in order to interpret, understand, and visualize content in the most effective manner and transmit the message with clarity.
• Producing strategy and governance framework/guidelines to help customers meet their current requirements and also future visions.
• Supporting pre-sales activities and maintaining, creating, & following up on a list of various Services Sales Leads and Opportunities.
• Collaborating in cross-functional teams together with Industry and Specialized Sales and Presales, Product Management, CEEs, Services and Partners.
• Delivering knowledge transfer sessions to SAP employees, partners and customers.

Skills Required

• Must have BTP Development Skills on Data Management and Analytics tools.
• Broad knowledge of SAP’s strategy, the latest product portfolio (S/4HANA, BTP, Cloud and related solutions) and their impact on business strategies is a must

• Experts are expected to demonstrate knowledge of business processes, solution, configuration, integration, and best practices,
• Experience in self-managed project work at customer, high focus on customer orientation, and convincing personality for interaction. Ability to deliver agile services in a fast-paced environment and facing tight deadlines,
• Experience in preparing and delivering strategy and governance framework for the customers across data topics
• Must be able to demonstrate best practices in data management topics like governance, migration, quality etc., and must have experience across projects.
• SAP MDG architecture experience is desired.
• Must have a Knack of innovation – good understanding of EDGE Technologies SAP Business Technology Platform, IoT, Blockchain, etc.,
• Must have creative skills and the ability to visualize a complex concept using tools for designing purposes,
• Must have problem-solving skills with the ability to work conceptually in results driven engagements,
• Strong communication and presentation skills and the ability to design and prepare high-impact presentations,
• Excellent written/verbal communication skills in English and a very good team player.

Education Qualifications and Work Experience

• Graduate with a Master’s/Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Design, Engineering, or similar.
• Demonstrated experience (10 years) in Presales, Solution Advisor, Business Development, Business Consultancy in Architect capacity.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, as well as interpersonal skills including collaboration, presentation, facilitation and persuasion.
• Fluency in English is a must and additional languages will be considered a plus.

Meet the Team

EMEA North Business Technology Platform (BTP) Services is a regional team under the EMEA North Services organization. It is chartered to run Services Business of BTP – specifically around Integration Suite, Clean Core, Custom Code Migration, Extension Suite, Process Automation, Workflow Services & Analytics.

We build breakthroughs together

SAP innovations help more than 400,000 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 200 million users and more than 100,000 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, we build breakthroughs, together.

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 and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: [email protected]
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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.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 381404  | Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services  | Expected Travel: 0 – 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.