Global Licensing Expert

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SAP’s Global Licensing & Royalty Management organization is responsible for partnering with third party providers, in order to negotiate and acquire the rights to use and integrate third-party Intellectual Properties (software, web/cloud services, content, etc.) into SAP products and solutions, in accordance with SAP Product Licensing standards. As a function, Global Licensing also manages the lifecycle of third-party agreements; ensures SAP’s compliance with third party contractual requirements; and approves third-party IP usage in SAP products and solutions, per negotiated terms. We work in close cooperation with SAP Development and Product Lines of Business, with Tech Legal, Global Support, Finance Controlling, Partner Ecosystem organizations, Field Sales areas, etc.
In short, we help to enable and expedite the creation of amazing SAP products and services.
 
THE OPPORTUNITY
This role is part of Global Licensing’s Commercial Inbound team, consisting primarily of leading complex contract negotiations with industry-leading external partners. Other activities include supporting internal stakeholders from various SAP Executive Board areas: Global Finance & Accounting, Customer Success, Product Engineering and Technology & Innovation. Our efforts also include initiatives and projects to improve, simplify and standardize the existing processes in the Commercial Inbound Licensing Management team.
 
The Position reports to the Licensing Management Co-Lead, based in Prague, who is the Commercial Inbound Team Manager.
 
WHAT YOU´LL DO

Specific tasks include the following:

• Negotiate high-visibility and strategic inbound third-party agreements, which includes presenting templates to potential partners, providing clarifications, aligning and coordinating internal teams, and owning the responsive-redline
• Be the SAP point-person and coordinate response and resolution to various partner-relationship challenging situations
• Review third-party agreements and/or online terms and assess them against the SAP standard terms & conditions
• Prepare & present approval requests, risk assessments and mitigation plans, in close cooperation with other stakeholders
• Perform reviews of existing agreements, in support of Licensing Validation requests
• Provide guidance regarding Commercial Inbound Licensing-related processes and policies, to internal and external stakeholders
• Coordinate and execute special and complex ad-hoc tasks
• Manage the contract life-cycle, including drafting and executing amendments, handling terminations, renewals, supporting partners with general contract administration topics, etc. 
• The role will entail taking ownership of a portfolio of existing and new partner agreements
• Support defined projects across Global Licensing & Royalty Management, taking over work packages and workstreams
   
   

WHAT YOU BRING

Desired skills and characteristics

• At least 3-5 years of active and direct ownership of contract negotiations and drafting experience
• Proficiency in reading, interpreting and drafting complex commercial agreements
• Extensive familiarity with licensing, risk assessment and compliance, preferably in software or any other digital industry
• Familiarity with the software development lifecycle
• Very strong business acumen
• Ability to work with multiple systems and interfaces while maintaining focus on the big picture
• Project management experience
• Experience within Finance roles is  a big plus
• High service attitude, while making no compromises on compliance
• Ability to think proactively and create pragmatic solutions
• Good analytical skills
• High level of ownership, responsibility, motivation, and drive
• Be a flexible team player, able to deal with transition and change
• Being able to work independently
• Open for new topics, learning and assignments
• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills across functions and at executive leadership levels
• Strong networking skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 7+ years experience
   

With your application, please include your cover letter.

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.
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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: 415000  | Work Area: Finance  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.