Global Licensing - Business Operations Specialist, Contracts Administration

 We help the world run better

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

THE ORGANIZATION

SAP offers products and services that help customers to become intelligent enterprises and run at their best.

SAP’s Global Licensing & Royalty Management (GL&RM) organization is responsible for partnering with third parties to acquire rights to use, integrate and/or offer third-party IP (software, web/cloud services, content etc.) into and with SAP products and solutions in accordance with SAP product licensing standards. We also manage the lifecycle of third-party agreements, ensure compliance of third-party IP with third party requirements, approve third-party IP usage in SAP products and solutions per negotiated terms, and manage third party royalty payments.

We work in close cooperation with SAP development, product lines of business, legal, global support, controlling, partner organizations, field areas, etc.

In short, we help to expedite and enable amazing SAP products and solutions.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Business Operations Specialist, Contracts Administration, will help enable GL&RM to accomplish SAP objectives in regulatory compliance. The role will report to the Head of Business Operations, Global Licensing.

What you´ll do

• Administer and manage workflow of needed changes to inbound licensing contracts for regulatory compliance.

• Understand applicable regulatory requirements.

• Advise and educate third party partners and vendors of needed regulatory contract terms.

• Negotiate contract amendment terms with partners and vendors as necessary, in close cooperation with internal stakeholders including legal, inbound licensing team, partner managers, etc.

• Prepare risk summaries for deviations from standard.

• Support other operational activities and projects as may be assigned.

What you bring

•   Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

•   High level of ownership and responsibility.

• High service attitude, while making no compromises on compliance.

• Flexible team player, able and willing to adjust to transition and shifting priorities.

• 3-5+ years of experience.

What you can expect is professional onboarding, exciting career progression, a diverse work environment providing growth opportunities, learning & development possibilities, and an international business network for you to leverage. Interesting non-work related activities (volunteering, charity, sport events,..)

This role is based at the ultra-modern Metronom office building directly above the Nove Butovice metro station. The location encompasses SAP's vision for the perfect work-life balance by featuring uniquely decorated relaxation rooms, parents' and kids' room.

BENEFITS

Yearly bonuses, sick days paid and sick leaves fully refunded, flexible start/end of working hours, contributions to the pension/life insurance, meal vouchers, holidays 5 weeks, educational courses, coaching and mentoring opportunities, free massage, cafeteria plan, free fitness studio, generous shares program, etc.

​Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com
For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 402673  | Work Area: Finance  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.