Data Scientist for Strategic Workforce Planning

Job Description

We help the world run better
At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

What you'll do:

The Strategic Workforce and Skills Management team is seeking a Data Scientist who pairs analytical rigor with strategic influence to translate complex people data into recommendations that drive workforce and talent decisions.

• Master Data Wrangling & Databases: You'll dive into complex organizational data structures, integrating and joining different data sources, ensuring quality and optimizing pipelines.

• Generate Strategic Workforce Insights: Apply advanced statistical methods, machine learning, and predictive modelling to extract meaningful insights from prepared data, informing organizational development and planning.

• Advance SAP’s Workforce Strategy: Drive the continuous evolution of workforce insights, KPIs and planning, integrating different methodologies, real-time analytics, and strategic insights. Manage stakeholders (senior executives, HR leaders, works councils) to ensure transparency and impact.

• Translate Business Needs into Analytical Approaches: Mediate between HR leaders and data scientists by translating business questions into actionable research and analytics projects.

• Deliver Storytelling with Data and Insights: Craft clear, persuasive narratives, aligning complex analytical findings with actionable business recommendations for non-technical audiences.
• Contribute to Project Success: Collaborate on complex projects, contributing to end-to-end execution, ensuring timely delivery, and supporting stakeholder alignment. Affinity for agile project management (e.g., Scrum or Kanban) is helpful.

What you bring:

You are a dynamic, strategic thinker with a passion for workforce transformation and a strong focus on skills development. You bring significant expertise in HR and business management, combined with a track record of leading high-impact projects with executive visibility.

• Exceptional Data Wrangling & Data Science Expertise: You possess strong skills in data wrangling, database management, applying statistical methods (e.g., sampling, forecasting, trend interpretation), and ML models (e.g., classification-, and clustering-based machine learning and data mining) to derive business-relevant insights. Proven proficiency in R is a significant advantage.

• Experience and Education: Relevant experience in People Analytics, Data Science, or quantitative research roles. You hold a bachelor's or master's degree in Statistics, Computer Science, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, or a related quantitative field.

• Strategic Thinking and Problem-Solving: You're adept at identifying trends, connecting dots, and applying innovative solutions. You have a proactive mindset to refine and evolve programs based on insights and business needs. Experience with data governance tools like Databricks is a valuable asset.

• Storytelling with Data and Insights: Experience in linking data-driven findings to business strategy and operational decision-making. You can translate complex data into clear, compelling narratives and actionable recommendations. Building dashboards is a useful skill.

• Stakeholder Management & Business Acumen: Proven ability to collaborate across all organizational levels and manage stakeholder relationships, including senior management and executives, as well as social partners. Experience in managing expectations and influencing decision-making.

• Team Player with a Growth Mindset: You are an absolute team player with a strong growth mindset, thriving in an open feedback culture and willing to take ownership to get things over the finish line. Psychological safety is paramount to our team's success.

• Fluency in English is essential, and German is an advantage.

Meet your team:

Welcome to SAP's Strategic Workforce and Skills Management Team! We are the cornerstone of the transformation and proactive design of our future workforce. Our team drives the integration of business strategies and workforce planning to ensure that SAP and its employees are well-positioned to tackle future challenges and seize opportunities.

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 world.

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Requisition ID: 437772 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid