Product Management Expert

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. 

SAP is defining the future of sovereign cloud infrastructure for public sector and highly regulated industries – with unparalleled security, flexibility, and scale. This is where innovation meets execution – and we are looking for a stellar Technical Product Manager to be part of our journey. As a Senior Technical Product Manager, you play a vital role in the Product Enablement team within SAP Sovereign Cloud. Your contributions to Sovereign Cloud will be pivotal in automating, scaling, and maintaining our cloud operations at an exemplary level. You will report into the head of the Product Enablement team.  

In this role, you will utilize your extensive network to enable HCM solutions to seamlessly fit into the Sovereign Cloud portfolio.  

• Your deep SuccessFactors product knowledge will allow you to gauge customer and SAP-internal stakeholders’ requirements against the existing product backlog.   

• You will refine requirements, clarify these with stakeholders and ensure they are ready for engineering.   

• Together with HCM product owner(s), you will understand the component-level details and dependencies; your deep technical background of the HCM architecture will help our HCM engineers to decompose requirements into small iteration cycles enabling continuous delivery.  

• Your excellent relationship into engineering and management of SuccessFactors will enable you to influence their product backlog ensuring Sovereign Cloud requirements are prioritized.   

• You will help to enable additional requirements (e.g. scratch-install automation, operations harmonization, security hardening) upstream into the HCM product team, relieving our own engineers from repetitive tasks.  

• Facilitate scrum agile development methodology by leading standups. 

• Review Test Automation framework enhancements and provide technical guidance.  

• Supporting and mentoring teams on Automation framework usage for Microservices validation. 

• Monitor the test Test data management for SuccessFactors products – to enable it for CI / CD across organization 

• Working knowledge of Docker / Kubernetes-based image creation for cloud products. 

• Participate in roadmap discussions. 

• Facilitate e2e feature enablement and testing initiatives. 

• Facilitate intake and maintenance of automation testing framework, and validation methodologies. 

• Work with regional operations teams to ensure smooth implementation of customers and datacenters by providing support across multiple cloud providers. 

Requirements:  

• Citizenship in an EU, NATO, or Five Eyes nation 

• Experience managing global teams 

• Excellent network into HCM engineering and management  

• Deep technical knowledge about HCM components and dependencies  

• Technical knowledge of the SAP ecosystem base products such as BTP and Gardener  

• Ability to work in a matrixed environment and influence without authority  

• Strong methodological and conceptual skills paired with analytical thinking  

• 10 years+ similar, relevant technical and HCM work experience 

• 5+ years of working as HCM Chief Product Manager /Chief Product Expert or similar role 

• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills  

• Decision-making and can-do attitude  

• Persistence, self-motivation and willingness to work under pressure  

• English (fluent)  

Desired: 

• Master’s in management, computer science or relevant technical discipline 

• Previous experience working with government and regulated industries 

​

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.

Compensation Range Transparency: SAP believes the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAP’s commitment to pay equity. SAP provides the annualized compensation range inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target for the career level applicable to the posted role. The targeted combined range for this position is 164700 - 280100(USD) USD. The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidate will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process. Any SAP variable incentive includes a targeted dollar amount and any actual payout amount is dependent on company and personal performance. Please reference this link for a summary of SAP benefits and eligibility requirements: SAP North America Benefits.

Requisition ID: 421536 | Work Area:Solution and Product Management  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid

​