Product Management Associate (Public Cloud ERP for Industries)

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. 

The Role

As a product manager for our industry group, you will be a key enabler of our ERP solution across customer segments. For customers to be able to consume SAP’s innovations, it is critical for us to invest into enablement of our horizontal capabilities and make these usable to our customers with industry-specific processes. You will be at the forefront of identifying key industries that require specific investments to increase our addressable market. Furthermore, you will be responsible for successful product delivery of these industry-specific capabilities within SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition. You will contribute significantly to our goal of making our SaaS ERP available to all 25 industries.

What you’ll do:

The Product Management Associate (Public Cloud ERP for Industries) will be part of the product team, focusing on industry success for SAP’s SaaS ERP solution, S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Conduct market analyses to assess attractiveness of investment areas


• Support in designing, prioritizing and describing an industry product backlog using standard tools like Jira


• Support early in the product discovery process and design user stories and proof-of-concepts


• Assist with strategic partner engagements to build a partner-driven product portfolio


• Engage with customers to gather product sentiment and feedback to inform future investments


• Develop and drive the product vision, the road map, and the corresponding usage plan


• Make decisions about in-house developments, purchases, or partnerships on product level


• Ensure the delivery of high-quality specifications according to customer and user requirements, with the goal of creating a competitive advantage for SAP


• Work in close collaboration with other teams, such as design, engineering, release management, and governance


• Make a contribution towards efficiency, effectively, and process improvement

What you bring:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher with 2-3 years of work experience in in Product Management and AI


• Initial relevant work experience in the software industry, preferably in Product Management and AI


• Ability to work independently on projects with functional ownership


• Excellent team player and collaborator across matrix organizations


• Flexibility to work in an international team with multiple time zones


• Good verbal, communication skills with customers, partners and internal teams


• Self-motivated and results-driven, with demonstrable success in previous roles or projects


• Fluent or near-native English language skills

Where you Belong:

The mission of SAP S/4HANA and the Public Cloud ERP Product Management team is to drive and grow SAP’s core business as a market leader in cloud ERP. We are responsible for defining product scenarios based on market and target customer needs and translating them into consumable product requirements for engineering teams. We work hand-in-hand with our engineering and product marketing teams, as well as with our customers and partners on continuously improving our SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition product. Product Management is the authoritative voice of the legitimate challenges customers face, evangelizing an outcome-based product vision and roadmap that truly solves customer pain points by creating products that delight, yet serve the needs of SAP. 

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: 446319  | Work Area: Solution and Product Management  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Graduate  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations:  #LI-Hybrid