Director, Industry Analyst Relations

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t SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

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• artnering with our global Analyst Relations team to support SAP’s Planning and Analytics and Sustainability businesses.
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• riving meaningful engagement with analysts - sharing updates, gathering insights, and building long-term relationships.
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• rafting content that’s both sharp and strategic including briefing docs, messaging, competitive positioning, crisis responses, and more.
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• upporting product launches and helping us tell a strong, differentiated story in the market.
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• orking cross-functionally with teams like Product Engineering, Marketing, and Sales to shine in analyst evaluations like Gartner Magic Quadrants and IDC MarketScapes.
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• elping sales teams by connecting them with timely analyst insights.
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• racking key metrics and helping us continually improve our impact.
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• ontributing to a supportive, collaborative, and very fun AR team — good sense humor welcome!

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• –10+ years of experience in communications, with a focus on Analyst Relations, Influencer Relations, or Media Relations (software industry experience = bonus points).
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• onfidence leading strategic conversations with senior execs, internal stakeholders, and influential analysts.
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• irst-hand experience managing analyst evaluations (like those ever-famous MQs and MarketScapes).
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• knack for aligning communications with broader business goals.
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• bility to juggle multiple projects without dropping the ball, even when things get busy.
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• trong, clear communication skills both written and verbal.

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• degree in communications, marketing, business, or a related field.
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• xperience across sales, consulting, or relationship management is a plus.
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• amiliarity with SAP products, markets, and strategy, or a strong desire to learn.
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• ultural fluency and comfort working across global teams and time zones.
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• roficiency in English (German is a nice extra, but not required).

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ualified 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.

ompensation Range Transparency: SAP believes the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAP’s commitment to pay equity. SAP provides the annualized compensation range inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target for the career level applicable to the posted role. The targeted combined range for this position is 141,800 - 323,900 USD. The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidate will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process. Any SAP variable incentive includes a targeted dollar amount and any actual payout amount is dependent on company and personal performance. Please reference this link for a summary of SAP benefits and eligibility requirements: SAP North America Benefits.