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
In this role, you will:
* Coach your senior user experience leaders and experts to bring a user centered product strategy to life
* Pave the way for your unit’s success by using your value-led, cloud-mindset and strong business acumen
* Be responsible for delivering end-to-end design assets like UX Visions, User Journeys, C-Suite Presentations, Elevator Pitches and Business Case
* Steer and run research activities (User-, Polls, Telemetry) that put the user in the center of our actions
* Use analytics and user types to convey your message in a scientific manner
* Directly impact the product roadmaps, semester plans and software deliveries
* Aim to ship code that is usable, accessible and consistent
* Be aware that the future of software tooling will be deeply connected to the latest technology trends (e.g. Agentic AI) and thus constantly adopt to changes and use that knowledge to invent the futures that others predict
What you bring:
* Combine strong User Experience Design expertise with a background in (enterprise) software engineering
* Proven track of leading Design teams and organizations
* Comfortable working with design systems and understanding how to scale design across products via a preferred UI technology stack
* Understanding of the urge to provide better onboarding experiences and help our users to reduce their time to task completion
* Ability to think strategically about how design drives adoption and business results (outcomes)
* Hands-on and pragmatic mindset when guiding teams toward simple, elegant solutions advocating for the User
* Knowing design tools and practices like Personas, Journeys, Hero Moments, SUS or PSAT like the back of your hand
* Empathy for diverse users (from citizen developers to IT professionals and project managers)
* Ability to communicate clearly and confidently to advocate for design in an engineering-driven environment
* A growth mindset where you see feedback as fuel and you’re eager to learn, adapt, and help others grow is essential
* Experience in business strategy, product management or an MBA degree is a plus
* Experience with low-code/no-code and developer tooling is a plus
Where You Belong:
What makes this workplace special is the scope of impact: the work you do on SAP Build will ripple across thousands of customers, millions of end users, and entire ecosystems. You won’t just be designing features — you’ll be shaping how enterprises build, automate, and innovate for years to come
You work closely with the Chief Product Owner of SAP Build and her/his engineering and product management leadership team. Your foundational team, however, will be the platform design and experience management leadership team. In this team, we strive together towards an ever-stronger UX org maturity at SAP via strategic initiatives and close alignment with central design semester plans. Your main responsibility will be to coach, guide and steer the work of your teams and advertise their success, deliverables and the outcomes for the users of the software products and service we built.
Growth opportunities are rich: whether you want to scale your influence across SAP, explore AI-driven design and automation trends, or deepen your expertise in enterprise UX systems, this role places you at the intersection of high-impact technology and global reach.
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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We are ethical and compliant
Our leadership credo: Do what’s right. Make SAP better for generations to come. We believe that great leadership extends far beyond the mere pursuit of business goals. We value and foster leadership that is driven with purpose and integrity. Our leaders are role models who uphold SAP’s values and shape SAP’s culture of integrity, by demonstrating and championing ethical and compliant behavior towards all stakeholders.
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Requisition ID: 436351 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Management | Employment Type: Regular Full Time #LI-Hybrid