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At SAP Business Network, we strive to hire amazing people, engage them, and maintain a diverse workforce. The concepts of inclusion, collaboration, and respect for the individual are central to our values.
We are looking for an experienced Product Manager to join our team and lead initiatives within the SAP Business Network, focusing on the supply chain sector. The ideal candidate will bring a strategic vision to develop and manage innovative SAP product solutions that enhance supply chain processes. This role requires a professional adept in navigating the SAP ecosystem, with a keen ability to drive product development and lifecycle management. The successful applicant will demonstrate a strong capacity for strategic planning, stakeholders' management, and a collaborative spirit to work closely with cross-functional teams. This position offers the opportunity to play a pivotal role in advancing our supply chain solutions, ensuring they meet the evolving needs of our customers.
This role is particularly focused on the critical area of supplier integration, aiming to significantly improve operational efficiencies and collaboration within our business networks. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in leveraging technology to foster seamless integration of tools and processes to build robust and scalable ecosystem for our trading partners.
We are looking for a product professional who excels in executive communications, public relations and/or corporate messaging experience, and can proactively develop communications plans and strategies that will help us bring the Business Network strategy across inside our own organization but also across all of SAP.
Key tasks and responsibilities :
Develop and Enhance PRDs: Craft detailed Product Requirements Documents that outline functionalities, system behavior, and user interfaces, aligning with both technical capabilities and business objectives.
Lead Feature Lifecycle Management: Manage the development, launch, and iteration of features from a technical standpoint, prioritizing based on strategic importance and customer feedback.
Strategize Technical Roadmaps: Create and maintain product roadmaps that outline the technical progression of the product, integrating new technologies and market opportunities.
Guide Agile Product Planning: Utilize agile methodologies to adapt to shifts in technology and market demands, facilitating flexible product development cycles.
Ensure Technical Collaboration Across Functions: Act as the technical bridge between engineering, marketing, and sales teams, ensuring technical considerations are factored into product strategies.
Monitor Technology Trends: Stay abreast of emerging technology trends relevant to the product, including advancements in cloud computing, AI/ML, and data analytics, to drive innovation.
Communicate Technical Features: Effectively explain complex technical features and benefits to non-technical stakeholders, promoting product understanding and adoption.
Employ Data-Driven Decision Making: Use analytics and performance metrics to inform product development priorities and enhance user experience based on data insights.
Translate Visions into Technical Specifications: Convert product visions into precise technical specifications for engineering teams, including data schemas, and integration guidelines.
Manage Technical Aspects of Product Launches: Collaborate with engineering and marketing on technical preparations for product launches, ensuring new features or products are seamlessly introduced to the market.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science is required.
Minimum 12 years of experience in product management and/or software development and web technologies, with a preference for hands-on experience
Knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning processes
Communications superstar
Creative, an “outside the box” thinker
Able to quickly assess the lay of the land, ask good questions, and be curious about everything.
Adaptable and highly functional in a dynamic, fast-paced, and changing environment.
Versatile with ability to shift between tactical and strategic thinking.
Demonstrated strength in working collaboratively with, and across, a variety of global, cross-functional teams.
Understanding of business network scenarios, market trends and competitive landscape
Understanding of SAP’s strategy and product portfolio.
ABOUT THE TEAM:
SAP Business Network has been identified as one of the four strategic growth areas for SAP by our executive board. Our vision is to elevate our intelligent enterprise to the “Network of Intelligent Enterprises”. We build on a strong and leading cloud portfolio, together with other innovations, all on top of the SAP Cloud Platform. In our diverse and globally dispersed team, we are looking for talents from program management, product management, development, architecture, and operations. Do you enjoy being part of a market making venture and building something that is bigger than the sum of its parts? If yes, then join us on our journey to shape the future of the SAP Business Network.
We build breakthroughs together
SAP innovations help more than 400,000 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 200 million users and more than 100,000 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, we build breakthroughs, together.
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.
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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 185,100 - 403,800 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: 393232 | Work Area: Solution and Product Management | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid
