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Requisition ID: 430327 Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services Expected Travel: 0% Career Status: Professional Employment Type: Regular Full Time Career Level: T3-2 Original Posting Date: 06/30/2025 Job Title: Senior Technology Consultant  Location: Palo Alto, CA  Work Model: Full Remote  Purpose and Objective:    Ariba, Inc. seeks a Senior Technology Consultant at our Palo Alto, CA location to support the technical workstream and the coordination of technical stakeholders in an engagement.  Expectations and Tasks:   Explains complex technical aspects to stakeholders, including non-technical audiences. Supports coordination of delivery activities with technology partners. Plans and executes solution deployments. Leverages the capabilities of the SAP's latest technology platform(s) and reinforces their benefits. Supports the transformation towards the Intelligent Enterprise. Implements and supports the operation of technical system landscapes. Supports setup and connectivity of integrated system landscapes (on-premise, cloud and hybrid) by applying state-of-the-art methodologies. Delivers technology components-specific expert consulting. Delivers system optimization services. Supports solution proposals and bid management. Supports escalated projects. Occasionally takes over responsibility as a (sub-)project lead or team lead for a service delivery. Supports line manager(s) in people development tasks. Delivers customer workshops and trainings. Creates project documentation and documentation of delivered services. Supports the evolution of the relevant section of the services portfolio for the respective solution area and key related areas; can be owner of a service and/or supports updates to the portfolio. Supports in solution testing and issue resolution. Can mentor technology consultants. Develop understanding of customer-specific processes, configuration, landscape, pain points; provide guidance to internal support team. Responsible for assessing functional/technical issues and developing system solutions for the deployment and the ongoing post-deployment support of Ariba cloud (OnD) based products and solutions. Collaborate with SAP Ariba professionals to deploy a holistic analysis approach to complex and cross-component system platform issues. Master and use available means for customizing Ariba application and develop a solution meeting customer functional/technical requirement.  Education and Occupational Experience:   Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related field of study and six (6) years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or related occupation.  Alternatively, a Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related field of study and four (4) years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.  Qualifications/Skills and Competencies Experience:   Experience must involve four (4) years in the following:   ~ Implementing full life-cycle of SAP Ariba solutions using SAP ACTIVATE methodology;  ~ Product demos, Requirements, Design workshops, Core template design, Build & Integration, Testing and Training, Deployment, Data migration and Hypercare;  ~ Working in a Global delivery model formulating global template and performing multiple rollouts;  ~ Handling Project management, Team Management, Customer/ Stakeholders Management;  ~ Leading pre-sales activities such as responding to RFPs, solution demos and client orals; and  ~ Collaborating with cross functional teams such as Business, IT, ERP, middleware, vendors etc.  This position is eligible for the Employee Referral Program subject to the eligibility criteria outlined in the SAP Internal Employee Referral Policy .  Internal use only: reference code lhrs4262  SAP:SAIL  EX:OUT  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 world. SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides 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: Careers@sap.com. For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training. Qualified 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. Compensation Range Transparency: The annual base salary range for this position is $194,792 - $196,945. 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 $194,792 - $231,700 . 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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