Product Manager for SAP Asset Performance Management

Job Description

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.

What you’ll do

In this role you will take full ownership of the Analytics capability within SAP Asset Performance Management. You’ll be focused on the long- and short-term product vision of this area of the product, managing the roadmap and the functional backlog. You will do this productively and efficiently and will be expected to work closely with customers and a range of internal stakeholders. To thrive in this role, you are someone who works well in teams, enjoys collaborating and appreciates the importance of communication and feedback.

• Understand and represent user needs
• Define and lead an outcome-based roadmap
• Support realization of product vision and roadmap, considering strategic, customer, technical and competitive aspects
• Support decisions about in-house developments, purchases or strategic partnerships on product level
• Ensure the product delivery, through high-quality specifications according to customer requirements and market needs
• Foster close collaboration within the Empowered Product Team and with other teams
• Define and track metrics for measuring success of our product and the productivity of our customers
• Speak at events, deliver internal enablement activities, interact with customers/partners to contribute to the product strategy and ensure customer success
• Support marketing in building core content and website/promotional materials
• Be the go-to product expert for other internal teams, executives, sales, marketing, customers, and partners

What you bring

• Master's/Diploma in Economics or IT, PhD is a plus.
• 8+ years of work experience in academia or software development. Strong experience as a product manager.
• Deep understanding of SAP’s Analytics Portfolio.
• Profound knowledge of the Asset (Performance) Management domain and SAP’s product portfolio for Asset Management.
• Profound knowledge of commercialization process and product management practices.
• Proven track record of structuring and managing high stakes development projects, with a strong focus on execution.
• Knowledge of agile development methodologies
• Articulate storyteller and presenter, confident in working with large enterprise customers, both in presales and post-sales phases.
• Excellent writing skills: presentations, white papers, solution papers & case studies-
• Experience working in a matrix organization, crafting and leading initiatives across the company. Knowledge of the SAP organization, practices and processes is a plus. Excellent stakeholder alignment skills is a must.
• Experience in leading teams and coaching junior colleagues, enabling their professional growth.
• Solid understanding of market dynamics in enterprise IT, and ability to analyze competitive landscape and technology innovations and drive product and go-to-market strategy accordingly.
• Empathy with Development teams is very important for you, experience as a software developer in an agile development team is a plus.
• Very strong interpersonal, communication and facilitation skills with ability to work effectively in an agile development environment in cross-cultural global team.
• Experience as a design thinking coach and meeting facilitator is a plus.
• Fluent in English. German language is a plus.

Meet your team

Our vision is to transform Asset Management by seamlessly extending Enterprise Asset Management with Asset Performance Management to define, implement, execute, and monitor optimal asset maintenance. We work hand-in hand with Product Engineering and User Experience as an empowered product team, as well as with customers, partners, and many further stakeholders to drive holistic product success for SAP’s Digital Supply Chain offerings.

​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.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 414567 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.