Value Advisor - Federal and Aerospace & Defense

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About the Role:

We are seeking a highly strategic and consultative Value Advisor to join our Public Services Market Unit. This role is ideal for professionals who blend consulting skills, strategic thinking, value management, and executive engagement skills to shape high-impact technology investments and deliver measurable outcomes for government agencies and the aerospace and defense industry.

As a trusted advisor to customers and a strategic partner with sales, you will create compelling value strategies that resonate with mission-driven stakeholders. Your ability to translate technical potential into strategic value, grounded in financial insight and customer context, will directly influence pipeline growth, deal velocity, and long-term customer success. and support territory planning, account strategy, and coordinated sales execution.

This role is ideal for a senior professional with a proven record of selling transformations and advanced technologies, influencing top decision-makers, and shaping large-scale modernization initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Advisory & Consulting

• Lead executive-level value conversations with senior leaders to uncover strategic imperatives and transformation goals.
• Conduct discovery workshops and advisory sessions to diagnose pain points, assess maturity, and identify innovation opportunities.
• Serve as a trusted consultant and thought partner to program sponsors, helping navigate organizational change, modernization mandates, and technology transitions.

• Lead customer engagements by obtaining buy-in of key stakeholders, confirming scope and timeline, conducting discovery workshops, analyzing, and synthesizing information, producing high-quality, executive ready deliverables with the ability to articulate work in a compelling and effective manner.

• Champion a consultative sales approach, guiding customers through technology adoption journeys that include pilots, prototypes, and enterprise scaling.

Business Case & Financial Modeling

• Develop compelling business cases, TCO/ROI models, and investment justifications that align ERP solutions with budget cycles, mission outcomes, and performance goals.
• Present value stories that speak the language of CXOs, budget officers, and operational leaders—linking digital investments to improved readiness, compliance, efficiency, and resilience.

Go-to-Market Leadership

• Act as a strategic partner to the sales teams, shaping deal strategy and influencing competitive positioning with value-centric with customers.
• Develop and execute strategic account and territory plans collaboratively with customers that drive growth and pipeline.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in consulting, pre-sales value engineering, or enterprise software advisory roles.
• Proven ability to influence CXO-level decision makers with compelling strategic insights and financially grounded business cases.
• Strong financial modeling skills with fluency in TCO, ROI, payback, and business impact analysis.
• Track record of partnering across sales and demand generation teams to drive GTM execution and customer value realization.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and visual communication skills; strong executive presentations and whiteboarding.
• Exemplary research & writing skills with strong emphasis on synthesis & representing complex scenarios simply.
• Exceptional executive presence, gravitas, and communication skills; able to influence senior leaders and technical stakeholders alike.
• Self-starter with high emotional intelligence, perseverance, and GRIT.
• Understanding of partner ecosystems (system integrators, VARs, and tech alliances).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with ERP software (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Workday, Microsoft)
• Procurement / Supply Chain domain expertise
• Federal / Aerospace and defense industry knowledge
• 3-5 years’ experience with a top-tier consulting firm
• MBA or advanced degree
• Experience designing or leading digital transformations
• Challenger Selling mindset and experience

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SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand 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 two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand 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, you can bring out your best.  

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Compensation 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 137300 - 294000 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.

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Requisition ID: 443528  | Work Area: Sales  | Expected Travel: 0 - 50%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations:  #LI-Hybrid