SAP Industry Business Unit iXp Intern - Sales Support
The SAP Internship Experience Program
The SAP Internship Experience Program is SAP’s global, strategic, paid internship program that provides university students with opportunities to find purpose in their careers.
Three reasons to intern at SAP
- Culture of collaboration: meet with mentors, make new friends across the globe and create a thriving personal network.
- Project-driven experience: gain cross-functional skills from our virtual and in-person learning sessions, diverse subject matter experts, and project deliverables.
- Gain visibility: with SAP Internship Experience Program in your title, you’ll have a global network of SAP leaders, entrepreneurs and career development opportunities at your fingertips.
What you’ll do:
Position title: SAP Industry Business Unit iXp Intern – Sales Support
Location: Chicago, open to considering other US based office locations
Expected start date: September/ October 2025
Expected contract duration: 6-months to start
Your work will help in supporting SAP growth ambitions in the industry, especially in achieving the cloud bookings, pipeline, and customer engagement goals. Role responsibilities include:
- Support Go-To-Market (GTM) Strategy: Assist in creating compelling, industry-specific value propositions, presentations, and sales enablement materials.
- Industry Research & Trend Analysis: Conduct research on emerging trends, analyze industry bookings and revenue, identify right target accounts in Industrial Manufacturing and A&D. The expected outcome is to provide actionable insights to guide GTM strategy.
- Community of Practice Support: Help manage and grow SAP’s internal industry-focused communities of practice by organizing sessions, creating content, and facilitating knowledge sharing. Support the team and Industry Business Unit (IBU) experts in collaborating with customer focused programs like advisory councils.
- Support the industry team with driving key marketing and demand generation events.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Support the team and Industry Business Unit (IBU) experts in driving strategic programs and working closely with teams across Product Engineering, Marketing, Customer Success, and Partner Ecosystem.
- Reporting & Communication: Prepare concise updates, reports, and presentations for stakeholders and senior leadership.
What you bring:
We’re looking for someone who takes initiative, perseveres, and stay curious. You like to work on meaningful innovative projects and are energized by lifelong learning. Requirements include:
- Student at a university pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Engineering, Technology, Business, Marketing, Strategy, or related field.
- Eligibility: Must be currently enrolled, or recently graduated (start date must be within 6 months of graduation date) from a coding academy/bootcamp, apprenticeship, associate, bachelor’s, master’s, or JD/PhD programStrong research, analytical, and communication skills (both written and verbal).
- Comfortable working with PowerPoint, Excel, and collaboration tools (Teams, etc.).
- Proactive, detail-oriented, and able to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
- Language skills: Fluent in English
Meet your team:
The Global Industries organization drives SAP’s growth ambitions in the industry by helping customers realize the value SAP brings to their processes. Comprised of industry experts, the team collaborates with stakeholders and partners to translate SAP’s innovations into clear, industry-focused strategies that accelerate customer success.