Expert Technical Product Manager (m/f/d/) for Multiple Products in Sovereign Cloud

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What You'll Do:

We are looking for a Technical Product Manager (f/m/d) supporting the enablement of multiple products for Sovereign Cloud.

In this role,

• you will become a member of the Technical Architecture and Coordination team.

• as Technical Product Manager, you will initially be responsible for one product and progressively assume responsibility across multiple products.

• your initial product assignment will be aligned with your experience and expertise and may include, for example, Signavio, Fieldglass or CX

• you will align with the GTM, Solution Management, and Portfolio Management teams, to get the pulse of the market, and create an external-facing product roadmap for products.

• you will refine requirements, clarify these with stakeholders and ensure they are ready for engineering.

• you will leverage your strong understanding of SAP solutions and your ability to project manage major technical initiatives, to enable the delivery of multiple products, into the Sovereign Cloud portfolio.

• your ability to rapidly build product knowledge will allow you to gauge customer and SAP-internal stakeholders’ requirements against the existing product backlog.

• you will help to design and establish the operational tooling required to deliver and operate Sovereign Cloud use cases within a Sovereign Cloud information security boundary.

• your technical background in at least one of the following areas - Signavio, CX or Fieldglass architecture - will help our SC engineers to decompose requirements into small iteration cycles enabling continuous delivery.

• you will help to push more and more tasks (e.g. scratch-install automation, operations harmonization, security hardening) upstream into respective product teams relieving the SC engineers from repetitive tasks.

• you will actively coordinate/project manage the work on requirements in the backlog in close collaboration with the SC engineering teams.

What you bring:

• Master’s degree in computer science, engineering or a related field

• Strong understanding of SAP solutions and enterprise application landscapes, particularly in S/4HANA transformation environments

• Experience with SAP-related integrations, cloud technologies and BTP-based concepts

• Proven ability to rapidly build product knowledge and steer complex SAP-related initiatives across technical and business teams

• Strong end-to-end understanding of complex enterprise IT landscapes, spanning infrastructure, SAP solutions and business applications

• Proven ability to translate between technical teams, product organizations, business stakeholders and senior management

• Extensive experience driving implementation, transformation and continuous improvement initiatives across SAP-centric environments and different industries

• Proven ability to lead successful teams (e.g. technical project managers) and work cross-organizationally

• Experience working in cloud transformation and cloud-native delivery environments, with modern platform services (e.g. lifecycle/automation/CI/CD tools, Hyperscale).

• Ability to understand and coordinate secure authentication and connectivity concepts across applications, platforms and infrastructure (e.g. Cas, Oauth, LDAP, AD,..)

• Strong understanding of AI from a product perspective, with the ability to identify relevant opportunities for SAP Sovereign Cloud products and critically assess their practical value and feasibility

• Ability to take a technical approach to design specifications of large-scale networks

• Strong technology skills and the willingness to learn new topics quickly

• Proven ability to lead and coordinate cross-functional teams.

• Ability to build trusted relationships with key stakeholders

• Ability to think strategically, delivering services to meet stakeholders’ demands on a timely basis

• Decision-making and can-do attitude

• Capability to influence without formal authority

• Ability to work towards alignments and joint decisions in a matrix environment

• Persistence, self-motivation, and willingness to work under pressure

• Cultural awareness and intercultural competencies

• English (fluent), German is a plus

• RUP, PRINCE2, SCRUM or similar project management certificate

Due to the potentially classified nature of our work, your willingness is required to subject yourself to a governmental security clearance process.

Work Experience:

• 5+ years of experience with a successful track record of leading geographically dispersed engineering projects and cross-functional program teams

• Proven track record in end-to-end implementation initiatives

• Extensive experience in people management

• Professional experience in software engineering roles

• Experience in developing, delivering, and maintaining an SAP application or service

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Requisition ID: 457972 | Work Area: Solution and Product Management | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid

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