Technical Solutions Consultant - Germany

Join Pigment: The AI Platform Redefining Business Planning   Pigment is the AI-powered business planning and performance management platform built for agility and scale. We connect people, data, and processes in one intuitive, feature-rich solution, empowering every team—from Finance to HR—to build, adapt, and align strategic plans in real time.   Founded in 2019, Pigment is one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies globally. Industry leaders like Unilever, Snowflake, Siemens, and DPD use Pigment daily to make more informed decisions and confidently navigate any scenario.   With a team of 600+ across Paris, London, New York, Toronto, San Francisco and Austin, we've raised nearly $400M from top-tier investors and were named a Visionary in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Financial Planning Software.   At Pigment, we take smart risks, celebrate bold ideas, and challenge the status quo—all while working as one team. If you're driven by innovation and ready to make an impact at scale, we’d love to hear from you. The Technical Solutions Consultant (Technical Pre-sales) leads all technical discussions with the prospect IT/InfoSec/Technical Architecture personnel.   The Technical SC is responsible for translating customer requirements and questions around key technical topics including platform, clients, authentication/authorization, security, backup and business continuity, data integration, penetration tests and security certifications with the goal of addressing all questions and concerns to quickly gain IT approval and allow the sales team to move ahead with the business champion and/or procurement process.     These responses will include RFI/RFP/InfoSec responses, prospect meetings and on-site workshops. What you'll do: Technical Discovery & Customer Engagement • Work with the account team on technical discovery, determining requirements alongside the AE and Functional SC. • Independently present at customer meetings as Pigment’s technical representative, fielding platform, security, and integration questions in real-time. • Review customer requirements and flag outliers early, raising with the account team any technical signals that suggest a poor fit or a no-go. • Own follow up on technical requests and artifacts, escalating to senior team members where a Director or C level conversation is required. SAP Ecosystem & Enterprise Integration • Act as the Global team’s reference point for how Pigment can integrate with SAP, covering S/4HANA Private Cloud and on premise deployments as well as S/4HANA Public Cloud and older solutions such as SAP ECC and BW. • Advise prospects on integration patterns between Pigment and the SAP estate, including extraction approaches, middleware, staging layers, and scheduling. • Position Pigment clearly against and alongside SAP’s own planning and analytics stack, including SAP Analytics Cloud, with a credible and non-defensive point of view. • Translate between SAP centric enterprise architecture language and Pigment’s platform model, so that both IT and finance stakeholders recognise their world in the answer. • Communicate Pigment’s integration offering with confidence, covering pre-built connectors, flat file import and export, and the REST API. RFP, RFI & InfoSec Response • Independently own end to end responses for small to mid complexity RFPs, including timeline management and coordinating input from Security, Legal, Product, and Customer Success. We do use AI based tools to assist our responses, but you will be expected to contribute to our library of responses as a subject matter expert. • Flag outdated or missing content back to the library and contribute German language and SAP specific answers where gaps exist. • Support prospects and customers through security reviews, data residency and GDPR questions, and vendor risk assessments, with the rigour German enterprise IT expects. Platform Positioning & Competitive Landscape • Understand Pigment’s product offering and how it compares to competitors in the EPM space, with particular depth on the incumbent SAP landscape in DACH. • Position Pigment as an industry leader, communicating technical messaging in line with agreed positioning and messaging guidelines. • Build a working understanding of Pigment’s architecture and tiered offering, and facilitate discussions on high level platform design and system function. • Adapt existing team content to meet specific customer requirements. AI Positioning & Governance • Field customer questions on AI data usage, security, and governance using existing team materials, recognising when a question needs to be escalated to a senior peer or specialist. • Independently articulate Pigment’s AI capabilities and the problems they solve and walk through standard AI use cases as part of a demo. • Use AI tools in your own workflow to accelerate research, drafting, and the maintenance of technical content. Partner & Internal Collaboration • Work with regional partners as an advisor on Pigment’s technical messaging and platform, particularly where partners bring SAP implementation heritage. • Work with senior Technical Solutions Consultants on your own development and provide feedback on team content where you see room to improve it. • Collaborate day to day with Sales, Product Management, Security, Customer Success, and Legal to keep technical messaging aligned with the account team’s value proposition. Who You Are: • Experience: 2+ years in the EPM space as a Technical Solutions Consultant, or 3+ years as a Solution Consultant for a similarly complex enterprise product. We will equally consider candidates coming from an enterprise IT or systems integration background who have experience integrating SaaS solutions into an SAP ecosystem. • SAP Ecosystem Knowledge: Working understanding of the SAP technology stack, including S/4HANA Private Cloud and on premise, S/4HANA Public Cloud, and the data integration options across them. Familiarity with SAP Analytics Cloud is a distinct advantage. • Integration Fluency: Comfortable discussing REST based APIs, connectors, and file based integration. SAP Integration suite/CPI, ETL and data pipeline experience is a plus. • Security Credibility: Able to hold a conversation on authentication and authorisation, data residency, GDPR, business continuity, and certification frameworks. • Languages: Fluency in German and English is mandatory. • Location: Based in Germany, with Frankfurt preferred. • AI Fluent: Actively uses LLMs and AI tools to accelerate your own work, and is comfortable discussing how AI is governed rather than only what it does. • Collaborative: A strong problem solver who works well across teams, shares knowledge with peers, and is comfortable influencing without authority. • Other: Able to travel across the EMEA region as required, with the majority of travel in DACH and Central EMEA. BS/BA degree preferred. What We Offer: • Competitive compensation package • Stock options to ensure you have a stake in Pigment's growth • We encourage you to take the time you need. When you work hard, we know you also need to rest, which is why we offer generous time off and parental leave policies • Along with one company offsite every year, we have brand new offices at the heart of major cities including New York, Toronto, Paris, and London • High-end equipment (based on stock/availability) to do your work in the best conditions How We Work: • Thrive Together: We can only win as a team. We are all founders and do the right thing for our peers, Pigment customers, partners, and the planet. • Never Settle: We aim to become the best at what we do by delivering with rigor and ambition every day. Delivering means building a passionate Pigment community. • Go for it: We are biased towards action. Every action leads to learning and these learnings get us one step closer to our mission. • Be real, be humble: We are generous with our feedback, open to change our views and we approach it with empathy knowing everyone is trying to do the best for Pigment. We conduct background checks as part of our hiring process, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations in the countries where we operate. This may include verification of employment history, education, and, where legally permitted, criminal records. Any checks will be conducted lawfully prior to formal employment contracts being signed, with candidate consent, and information will be treated confidentially.   Pigment is an equal opportunity employer. We believe diversity is a strength and fosters innovation. We are committed to enabling everyone to feel included and valued at the workplace.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, family, gender identity, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability,  sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, social origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. We may process your personal data in accordance with our HR Data Protection Notice.