VP, Analyst Relations

Newtown Square, PA

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VP, Analyst Relations

Are you looking to leverage your strategic talent and unleash your potential as a business and communications leader? Come join a growing dynamic analyst relations team and work at the center of SAP’s efforts to help reinvent how the world runs as a network of intelligent, sustainable enterprises.

The VP of Analyst Relations will lead a talented team and our analyst engagement across the fast-growing customer and human experience solution areas. SAP’s offerings in these markets include SuccessFactors for employee experience management, and a portfolio of customer experience solutions for Commerce, Marketing, Sales, Service, and Customer Data management. Industry analysts, among firms including Gartner, Forrester, IDC and more, have taken notice of SAP’s tremendous opportunities for growth in these markets. This analyst community wants to learn more and to provide valuable and constructive inputs to SAP related to our strategies in these critical markets for the company.

Key responsibilities

Manage and foster a team environment of shared ownership and collaboration.
Strategically engage with analysts to bring insights to inform and influence SAP strategies and foster mutually beneficial relationships.
Successfully manage key evaluative research instruments such as Gartner Magic Quadrants and Forrester Waves, as well as other analyst reports, blogs and social content.
Understand SAP’s competitive differentiators and how to best leverage them across analysts’ research portfolios.

Requirements

10+ years successfully leading a strategic product portfolio or broad scale transformation work.
10+ years in a leadership role including working with senior executives.
Excellent communications and writing skills.
Passion for building and maintaining relationships.
A passion for championing the voice of the analysts and being a source of business neutrality.
Creative thinking to develop innovative solutions for day to day obstacles and opportunities.
Ability to influence & lead cross functional teams with an emphasis on being a relationship builder; works well across functions and at all levels of an organization.

We are SAP

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.

Our inclusion promise

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: Americas: Careers.NorthAmerica@sap.com or Careers.LatinAmerica@sap.com, APJ: Careers.APJ@sap.com, EMEA: Careers@sap.com.

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.