Project Manager - AI Led Initiatives (Location: United Arab Emirates)

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.

Location: United Arab Emirates

What you’ll build

You will lead high‑impact projects that help customers transform their businesses through SAP implementations and AI‑enabled solutions. Your work will directly influence customer outcomes, technology adoption, and long‑term partnerships across the Middle East.

In this role, you will:

• Drive end‑to‑end delivery of complex projects spanning multiple business units, partners, and vendors.
• Shape customer engagements early by contributing to bid and proposal activities, defining delivery approach, governance, scope, and risk.
• Ensure alignment between customer business objectives and project outcomes, with a strong focus on AI adoption and value realization.
• Act as a trusted partner to customers, building sustainable, long‑term relationships and ensuring high levels of satisfaction.
• Lead and coordinate cross‑functional and cross‑organizational teams to deliver quality outcomes in complex environments.
• Proactively manage risks, issues, and escalations, taking ownership of de‑escalation and recovery activities when needed.
• Contribute to the evolution of delivery models and long‑term concepts that strengthen how projects are executed regionally.

What you bring

You bring structured project management expertise, strong stakeholder skills, and a collaborative mindset. You are comfortable operating across cultures, navigating ambiguity, and staying focused on outcomes.

You bring:

• 2–5 years of project management experience delivering medium‑scale, medium‑risk projects.
• Experience leading cross‑functional and distributed teams within a formal project management methodology.
• Hands‑on experience managing full project lifecycle artifacts (e.g., project charter, plans, schedules, budgets, financials, and reporting).
• Strong capability in project financial management, including tracking actuals, forecasting, and communicating financial status.
• Proven experience managing scope, quality, issues, and risks to deliver projects on time and within budget.
• Experience working within contractual delivery frameworks, including formal review and approval processes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to present delivery approaches clearly.
• Cultural awareness and experience working with customers and teams across different countries and nationalities.
• Fluency in English is required; Arabic is a strong advantage

Where you belong

You will join a collaborative, international delivery environment where trust, accountability, and partnership are fundamental to how work gets done.

Here, you’ll find:

• Teams that work across functions, partners, and regions to achieve shared outcomes.
• A culture built on ownership, transparency, and mutual respect, where project managers are trusted to lead.
• Close collaboration with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders across the Middle East.
• An environment that values different perspectives and supports inclusive collaboration across cultures and backgrounds.
• Opportunities to grow your experience by delivering complex, innovative initiatives—particularly in AI‑driven transformation.

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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AI Usage in the Recruitment Process

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Requisition ID: 447450 | Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid