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Senior Principal Analyst – SAP Licensing
Location
United States
Posted
90 days ago
Salary
$105K - $140K / year
Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishAWSCloudOracleService Now
Job Description
• Develop leading insights and advice on SAP Licensing for our Sourcing, Procurement, and Vendor Management clients, as well as IT leaders.
• Share your expertise through published research, client conversations, presentations, teleconferences, and meetings.
• Engage daily with senior-level clients via phone, video conference, on stage at Gartner events, or face-to-face meetings—helping them solve complex challenges and improve business outcomes.
• Research markets, practices, and trends, producing written insights for Gartner clients.
• Create strong insights and positions on software and cloud pricing and contracting, focusing on SAP and, ideally, other major providers like Microsoft, AWS, and Oracle.
• Write clear, actionable research documents.
• Deliver high-quality advice through various media channels.
• Predict developments in SAP Licensing, support clients in negotiation and vendor management, and guide vendors in market positioning.
• Stay current with software, SaaS, and cloud licensing developments and related areas, such as application services agreements.
• Provide timely peer review and mentorship to team members.
• Participate in research community meetings and collaborate with peers.
• Establish thought leadership in research positions across analyst teams.
• Respond to client queries and deliver presentations in person or virtually.
• Support the sales organization to retain and grow the business.
Job Requirements
- Deep expertise in SAP Licensing including negotiation and trends in software and cloud services.
- Knowledge of the global market and SAP’s competitive landscape with resellers.
- Excellent written skills, experience in publishing and a passion for writing is a plus.
- Strong verbal communication skills and public speaking is desired.
- Experience with other major software vendors and cloud providers like Microsoft, Google, Salesforce, Oracle, or ServiceNow is preferred.
- Keen understanding of how technology and business trends affect software and SaaS contracting and costs.
- Ability to work effectively in a multicultural, global team.
- Exceptional analytical skills, applying models and patterns to draw and defend conclusions; strong business and financial acumen is required.
- Minimum of 5 years in SaaS/Cloud contract negotiations, technology procurement, category management, vendor management, or software asset management—within a buyer organization, outsourcer, consultancy, or reseller.
- Recent hands-on experience negotiating with SAP (within the last 12 months), with preference for larger, complex deals.
- Strong background negotiating with other major software vendors and cloud providers.
- Experience with compliance risk assessment and management in software audits, especially with SAP, is an advantage.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required; Master’s degree preferred.
- Willingness to travel occasionally (up to 25%), both regionally and globally.
Benefits
- generous PTO
- 401k match up to $7,200 per year
- opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
- world-class benefits
- highly competitive compensation
- disproportionate rewards for top performers
- flexible work arrangements
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