Principal Product Manager - Application Foundation

Principal Product Manager - Application Foundation

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.

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

Application Foundation is looking for a Product Manager to further the mission of Harmonization of the Technology and Application Landscape. As a Product Manager (f/m/d), you will be instrumental in shaping and managing the development of AI use cases from conception to delivery together with several product teams, while ensuring alignment with company objectives. You will work closely with development, marketing, and other central teams to ensure that our products meet the needs of our customers and align with our company goals. As a leader, you will represent and be accountable for the work of your teams to internal and external stakeholders. You will work together with the development leads, product owners, product managers, and development operations colleagues in your team and other teams to create value for our customers from the first idea to a successful market entry, adoption, and beyond.

Your tasks include:

• Partner with BTP Component Teams, Lines of Business (Concur, Ariba S/4HANA Cloud & Digital Supply Chain) product teams to shape a competitive and compelling business portfolio and technology landscape for SAP.
• Build successful partnerships with LoB Leads & the wider PM community to jointly shape the AppFND portfolio, harmonization of technology, roadmap and narrative for adoption.
• Support use case prioritization, staffing, commitments, and continuous overview of the development progress of new capabilities.
• Conduct thorough business value analysis, collect feedback, and shape the product roadmap proactively. Ensure quality standards are met for all functionality, including strong business value propositions, high quality product demos and proper evangelism.
• Pitch our App Foundation portfolio and product deep dives to internal and external stakeholders.
• Deliver executive-ready communication to senior leadership roles.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Demonstrated outstanding experience in product management of software products.
• Strong advocate for Agile development processes with experience participating in well-run, agile processes in the role of Product Owner or Product Manager.
• Portfolio of shipped successful products to the market, measured by NPS, CSAT or metrics alike.
• Previous experience with business applications like S/4HANA Cloud, public & private edition and SAP’s Digital Supply Chain solutions is highly desirable.
• Proven ability to build and maintain successful partnerships, fostering a sense of community among diverse stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a hands-on approach to getting the job done.
• Outstanding leadership skills, including a track record of delivering C-level presentations.
• Fluent English language skills, spoken and written.

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.

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.

Requisition ID: 421496 | Work Area: Solution and Product Management | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.