Lead Solution Consultant (German Speaker)

About Us

Perk (formerly TravelPerk) is the intelligent platform for travel and spend management. Built to tackle the time-consuming, manual work that gets in the way of real work, our tools automate everything from travel bookings to expenses, invoice processing, and more. By eliminating this shadow work that wastes hours, erodes morale, and saps innovation, we’re on a mission to power real work, with real impact.

We’re trusted by more than 10,000 companies worldwide, including Wise, On Running, Breitling, and Fabletics, and we’re tackling the 7 hours of lost productivity per employee each week, a $1.7 trillion problem.

Founded in 2015, Perk has grown into a global company of more than 1,800 people across 12 offices globally, with headquarters in London and Boston. We combine innovation, control, and simplicity to transform how businesses work and how people feel at work.

At Perk, we’re driven by our values, like being an owner, delivering a 7-star experience, and working as one team. We value curiosity, purpose, and mindset, not just knowledge, to unlock the power in your potential. Our talent team brings together leading minds from the travel and SaaS industries, representing over 70 countries. If you’re excited about having a real impact and shaping how millions of people experience work, we’d love you on the team.

Visit www.perk.com to learn more.

About the Role
As a Lead Solutions Consultant at Perk, you will serve as a subject matter expert within our solution consulting organization, driving excellence in fast-moving sales cycles in a dynamic sales environment. You will lead or support some of our key pursuits while simultaneously helping define best practices, mentoring junior team members, and acting as a key conduit to our product organisation.

You are a practitioner and expert in spend management, accounting and financial processes, with strong knowledge of enterprise ERP landscapes and the ability to confidently discuss integrations with customer IT teams. This role is for a professional who has a proven ability to sell value effectively by connecting product capabilities to real-world finance and operational needs.

What You’ll Do

Solution Leadership

• Create scalable solutions and also provide guidance on solution architecture, often involving integrations with key ERP systems like SAP, Oracle Netsuite, Microsoft Dynamics BC, F&O etc.

• Bridge the gap between business requirements and technical implementation, and guide clients through the entire solution lifecycle, including design, integration, and adoption.

Solution Design

• Translates complex business requirements into technical design and architecture for Perk’s spend management solution

Solution Design

• Translate complex business and finance requirements into clear, scalable solution designs for Perk’s spend management platform.

• Ensure solutions align with accounting best practices, financial controls, and operational realities while remaining pragmatic and easy to adopt.

Team Mentorship

• Take a lead role in the onboarding, coaching, and continuous development of Solutions Consultants, ensuring team consistency and high performance.

• Conduct whiteboarding sessions to elevate the technical acumen and sales skills of the team.

Enterprise Architecture Expertise

• Maintain good knowledge of complex enterprise IT landscapes, including on-premise vs. cloud ERP, security protocols, and API strategies.

• Act as the internal subject matter expert on the most complex ERP integrations with our spend management solution (e.g., large-scale SAP or Oracle deployments across multiple subsidiaries integrating with our solution).

• Knowledge of the spend management industry is highly desirable.

Enterprise Architecture Expertise

• Maintain strong knowledge of enterprise ERP environments, including cloud and on-premise systems, core finance modules, and common integration patterns.

• Act as an internal subject matter expert for complex customer setups, including multi-entity ERP environments and integrations, working comfortably with customer IT and integration teams without needing to act as a developer.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience: 7-10 years of successful experience in Sales Engineering or Solution Consulting for complex B2B SaaS solutions, with at least 2 years in a lead or mentoring capacity. Additionally, you could come from a tier-1 System Integrator background with proven solution architecture experience

• Domain Experience: Good understanding of enterprise accounting processes, global financial controls, and shared service center operations. A background in finance/accounting is desirable.

• Strategic Mindset: Proven track record of not just executing deals, but defining solution consulting methodologies and improving team processes.

• Technical Acumen: Good understanding of complex ERP landscapes (SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Netsuite, Microsoft etc.) and integration architectures (APIs, middleware, SFTP). You can lead architectural discussions with enterprise IT leaders.

• Leadership Presence: Comfortable in presenting value propositions to C-level executives in Global 2000 type companies.

• Languages: Fluency in English and German is required. Any other languages are an asset for supporting our regional sales teams.

What You'll Get

• 30 days of annual leave to rest and recharge, plus all public holidays.

• Your choice of perk: a gym membership (Urban Sports Club) or a BVG public transport ticket.

• Competitive compensation paired with equity in Perk.

• Unforgettable team experiences, including our annual summer party.

• Comprehensive wellbeing support through Spring Health, offering fast access to 12 therapy and 12 coaching sessions for you and your loved ones.

• Flexible compensation options to help your money go further.

• 16 paid volunteer hours each year to give back to causes you care about.

• Up to 20 “Work From Anywhere” days annually to explore the world while staying connected.

• A fully paid four-week sabbatical after five years with Perk.

• Relocation support to help you move seamlessly into one of our hubs.

How We Work

At Perk, we take an IRL-first approach to work, where our team works together in-person 3 days a week. As such, this role requires you to be based within commuting distance of our hubs. We fundamentally believe in the value of meeting in real life to improve connectivity, productivity, creativity and ultimately making us a great place to work.

For certain roles, we can help with relocation from anywhere in the world, English is the official language at the office. Please submit your resume in English if you choose to apply. Do not forget to submit an updated portfolio and/or resume.

Perk is a global company with a diverse customer base, and we want to make sure the people behind our product reflect that. We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means you’re welcome at Perk regardless of how you look, where you’re from, or anything else that makes you, well, you.

Protect Yourself from Recruitment Scams

All official communication from Perk will always come from email addresses ending in @perk.com or @externalperk.com, our verified social media channels, or recruiters listed on our official LinkedIn page. We will never ask you to pay for equipment, training, or fees, request sensitive personal information such as bank details early in the process, or communicate through unofficial apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, or Signal. If you receive a message claiming to be from Perk that seems suspicious, please do not respond. Forward it to security [at] perk .com, and we will confirm whether it is legitimate.