At SAP, solution managers are right in the thick of the action -- keeping SAP products ahead of the rest.

As a solution manager, your job is to ensure that "your" product is better than the competition's and that it meets the needs of our customers -- today, tomorrow, and the day after. To do this, you'll need to develop an acute awareness of the issues that drive their industry, find ways of translating business trends into concrete IT needs, gain backing for your ideas, and then oversee their implementation.

As part of a global team, you'll have to be prepared to go to the ends of the earth for your product. You might even be asked to stay there for a year or two. That's all part and parcel of working for one of the world's most international companies.