Legal Counsel

Company Description

At SAP, you'll belong to a diverse, international community that learns fast, shares openly, and celebrates impact. You'll have access to global peers, modern tools, and development pathways-so your ideas travel and your career grows.

Job Description

What you'll bring

You have well-developed expertise in legal analysis, , regulatory compliance, , and risk management. The ability to independently advise business stakeholders on legal matters, , , and handle local Data Protection Authority requests is what defines readiness at this level.

What you'll build

You'll monitor local data privacy and AI related developments and provide proactive legal advice to business stakeholders, drafting local guidance and reviewing legal documents, Data Privacy Impact Assessment, Data Subject rights for your assigned scope. Monitoring data privacy legal landscape, advising and guiding on data privacy, matters, preparation are core accountabilities. Mentoring junior colleagues is an explicit expectation.

Where you belong

You'll be the named legal practitioner for the business areas and matters you support. The quality of your advice, the rigour of your documentation, and managing risks directly protect SAP's interests and enable business to move forward with confidence. If you are ready for independent legal ownership and accountability for compliance and risk outcomes, this is the right role.

Skills: regulatory compliance · · data privacy laws · · risk management · · legal support · · AI governance operations · strategic AI synthesis · · AI output quality assurance · agentic AI day-to-day practice · AI-Assisted Automation and Prototyping · AI adoption capability

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement

Our company does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

Qualifications

sound judgment, clarity in drafting, and partnership skills. Your ability to enable business while managing risk is paramount. You bring depth in your craft and can coach others while raising the quality bar across processes and decisions.

Additional Information

About SAP
With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, SAP helps the world run better and improves people’s lives.
As a leader in enterprise applications and business AI, SAP stands at the nexus of business and technology. For over 50 years, organizations have trusted SAP to bring out their best by uniting business-critical operations spanning finance, procurement, HR, supply chain, and customer experience.

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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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