Senior SAS Pre-Sales Architect – Pharma

Siemens AG; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens Software is seeking a technical consultant to support account executives in all phases of the sales process, focusing on SLC for SAS language development and execution, with Python, R, and SQL support.

You will engage customers, run discovery sessions, port SAS code, conduct pilots, and deliver pharma industry presentations. Hybrid work model and global mobility accompany attractive benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience programming in the SAS language.
• Deep understanding of Statistical Programming within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Strong communication skills, explaining complex problems in simple terms.
• Ability to influence executives and guide enterprise-scale technology adoption.
• Full professional proficiency in English and Swedish (written and spoken).
• Experience conducting and running workshops.
• practical experience in customer-facing technical roles (PreSales, Solutions Consulting, Technical Consulting, Training, Business or Technical Support or similar).
• Strong ability to explain and demonstrate SAS language behavior, compatibility considerations, migration patterns, and performance implications to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience designing and running proof-of-concepts and technical evaluations with clear success criteria and structured outcomes.
• Confident presentation skills: ability to deliver technical demos, workshops, and architecture discussions.
• Comfortable working across stakeholders (sales, product, engineering) to influence solution direction and remove blockers.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers and prospects, leading conversations to gather high-level business and technical requirements.
• Lead technical discovery sessions and activities, assessing feasibility and effort in porting existing SAS code to be executed in SLC.
• Review existing and target IT infrastructure, ecosystems, and Statistical Computing Environments, providing architectural guidance for deploying SLC.
• Aid customers in porting their existing SAS language code to run in SLC.
• Scope and conduct successful pilots and proof-of-concept activities with prospects interested in exploring the feasibility of SLC as a SAS language capability within their current and target architectures, where SAS language execution, code portability, performance, compatibility, and modernization are key decision factors.
• Provide subject matter expertise in the SAS language and statistical programming within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Create and conduct industry specific software demonstrations.
• Onboard and support service and technology partners in presenting SLC to the industry.
• Author and present pertinent pharma industry specific papers and presentations in webinars and at pharma community conferences and events.
• Participate in and lead pharma industry projects related to statistical programming.
• Orchestrate and lead workshops showcasing SLC.
• Lead and provide input to RFI and RFP responses.
• Own the technical relationship throughout the sales cycle.
• Collaborate with SLC product team, feeding real-world customer insights back into the product roadmap, ensuring SLC is meeting the demands of the pharmaceutical industry.

Skills

SAS language

Pharma experience

Strong communication

Executive influence

English & Swedish

Workshop facilitation

PreSales background

SAS demos

Proof-of-concept

Cross-functional

R

Python

Low-code AI tools

Job description

Siemens Software is seeking a technical consultant to support account executives in all phases of the sales process, focusing on SLC for SAS language development and execution, with Python, R, and SQL support.

You will engage customers, run discovery sessions, port SAS code, conduct pilots, and deliver pharma industry presentations. Hybrid work model and global mobility accompany attractive benefits.