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Vikas Venugopal

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Director | Partner Product Management, SAP Business AI at SAP
📍 Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Vikas is a technology strategist with over two decades of experience in enterprise software, currently leading Partner Product Management for SAP Business AI. He has a strong background in product management, data strategy, and customer engagement, and holds an MBA from the University of Torontos Rotman School of Management.

He has a track record of converting strategic sales engagements and successfully turning around post-sales escalations for multiple customers.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Director | Partner Product Management, SAP Business AI
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Personality Overview

How Vikas shows up

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Assertive
Curious

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They often ask many questions and rely heavily on information and documentation. They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.

Priorities

Topics Vikas cares about

AI Partner Ecosystems
His current role focuses on leading the partner strategy and partner product management specifically for SAP's Business AI division.
Enterprise Data Strategy
Previously led data strategy and innovation at SAP, where he developed approaches for internal data management and 3rd party data integration.
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Career

Work history

3-2024
Director | Partner Product Management, SAP Business AI
SAP
5-2021 - 3-2024
Director | Product Strategy Lead, Product Management, Industry Product Engineering
SAP
10-2017 - 5-2021
Director | Data Strategy & Innovation Lead
SAP
4-2014 - 9-2017
Director | Solution Manager, Marketing Solutions
SAP Hybris
7-2008 - 3-2014
Senior Product Manager | Marketing Solutions
SAP
In the press

Media appearances

How SAP's AI Integration Saved European Manufacturing. Featured in Medium
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Education
2006 - 2008
MBA
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
1996 - 2000
Bachelor of Technology
University of Kerala
Social presence
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DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

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