Senior Project Consultant - Development

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 build

About the Organization: The Corporate Processes & IT (CPIT) organization is responsible for evolving and executing SAP's IT strategy. We drive the internal adoption of standard applications that support end-users in the execution and re-engineering of their processes across all lines of business, with a strong focus on end-user centricity. Our objective is to accelerate co-innovation with development and extend the use of SAP standard products within SAP -- shifting focus from maintaining a heavily customized environment to optimizing processes on top of standard services. By combining technological understanding with business know-how, we act as the earliest adopter of our own solutions and the ultimate proof point in SAP's transition to a cloud company.

About PP&S: Product Processes & Solutions (PP&S) is an L2 unit within CPIT responsible for driving portfolio and process transformation across SAP's product organization. Our ambition is to give SAP the fastest, most AI-driven product lifecycle in the industry. We operate across three delivery areas -- Engineering & Technology, Solution Support, and Cloud Operations -- and we are accountable for translating strategic direction into operational reality at scale.

About the L3 Team: The PP&S Portfolio & Financials team is one of two cross-functional units created to operate across all PP&S delivery areas. We drive portfolio processes, ensure business excellence, implement continuous improvements, and realize the benefits of cross-unit efficiencies. Our key activities span Solution Financials and Staffing, 3rd Party Workforce Management, Portfolio Steering, and Risk Management. The team works in close partnership with PP&S unit leads and acts as the operational backbone that keeps delivery transparent, financially sound, and strategically aligned.

The Role: Reporting into the PP&S Portfolio & Financials unit lead, the Senior Expert – Portfolio & Financials is a dual-scope role at the intersection of financial operations and portfolio management. This person works as a close peer to the team's senior financials expert, forming a complementary partnership: together, they cover the full breadth of the team's mandate, with this role carrying particular responsibility for connecting financial rigor to portfolio-level visibility and steering. The role also operates in close coordination with the PP&S Chief of Staff, supporting cross-unit transparency and ensuring financial and operational topics are surfaced and addressed at the right level. This is a role for someone who is equally comfortable in the numbers and in the strategic IT portfolio conversation - and who understands that in a unit like PP&S, the two are tightly connected.

Key activities:

• Co-own PP&S financials operations alongside the team's senior financials expert, covering budget planning, cost controlling, actuals tracking, and variance analysis across all delivery areas
• Drive portfolio steering processes for PP&S - maintaining visibility into the portfolio, tracking progress against priorities, and preparing portfolio-level reporting for leadership
• Manage Solution Financials and Staffing processes, including headcount cost transparency, staffing plan alignment, and capacity tracking
• Oversee 3rd Party Workforce management operations, including Fieldglass, Ariba, and related procurement and controlling workflows
• Maintain risk tracking and escalation processes for financial and operational risks across PP&S units
• Prepare integrated financial and portfolio reporting for the unit lead and PP&S leadership, ensuring decision-relevant insights are available at the right cadence
• Support the PP&S Chief of Staff on selected cross-unit topics, providing financial data, portfolio context, and ad-hoc analysis to inform leadership decisions and executive-level communications
• Identify and drive continuous improvements in financial and portfolio processes across the PP&S Portfolio & Financials team
• Build and manage relationships with key counterparts in Finance, HR, Procurement, and PP&S unit leads to ensure smooth operations and early issue resolution

What you bring

• University degree in business administration, finance, business informatics, or a related field; master's degree or MBA preferred
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience within SAP, ideally across multiple board areas or CPIT-adjacent functions
• Strong command of SAP's financial and workforce management processes and systems, including Ariba, Fieldglass, BWP, and ISP
• Proven experience in portfolio management or PMO processes, with the ability to connect operational detail to strategic-level steering
• Strong analytical capabilities -- able to translate complex financial and portfolio data into clear, actionable insights for senior stakeholders
• Comfortable operating in a peer partnership model, contributing a distinct perspective while maintaining a cohesive team front
• Excellent communication skills with the confidence to engage at leadership level and across organizational boundaries
• High degree of ownership, reliability, and the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams without losing precision
• Fluent in English; German is a plus
• Work experience: 5+ years of experience spanning financial operations, controlling, or portfolio management - preferably within SAP and across multiple units or board areas; prior exposure to product engineering or CPIT environments is a strong advantage

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: 457329 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid