WE HELP THE WORLD RUN BETTER

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

WHAT YOU`LL DO

SAP Design is seeking a Design Manager (f/m/d) to lead a team within the Web Design Systems organization, a team that influences design across the entire company. The Design System plays a crucial role in shaping the design strategy and user experience for all SAP products by ensuring consistency, scalability, and innovation throughout the product portfolio.
In this role you will drive design excellence and lead efforts to implement cohesive, scalable solutions across SAP’s products. Your leadership will foster innovation while advocating for the strategic value of a unified design system that serves the company’s diverse needs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and manage a design team, driving project execution and deliverables using agile methodologies
• Ensure design excellence by providing strong visual design direction, refining details, and maintaining high aesthetic standards
• Advocate for visual consistency, accessibility, and usability across all designs
• Foster a culture of collaboration and growth within the design team and across the organization through mentorship, feedback, and design reviews
• Collaborate with designers, developers, marketers, and product managers to align on user needs and behaviors
• Champion the value of a cohesive design system, ensuring consistency in design patterns and components across platforms
• Analyze complexity, simplify workflows, identify the right problems to solve
• Translate user research into compelling design solutions, guiding projects from concept to final implementation
• Create essential UX artifacts such as prototypes, workflows, design patterns, and design specifications
• Present design work effectively to stakeholders and lead team reviews and discussions
• Advocate for human-centered design principles in all stages of the design process