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.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

SAP started in 1972 as a team of five colleagues with a desire to do something new. Together, they changed enterprise software and reinvented how business was done. Today, as a market leader in enterprise application software, we remain true to our roots. That’s why we engineer solutions to fuel innovation, foster equality and spread opportunity for our employees and customers across borders and cultures.
SAP values the entrepreneurial spirit, fostering creativity and building lasting relationships with our employees. We know that a diverse and inclusive workforce keeps us competitive and provides opportunities for all. We believe that together we can transform industries, grow economics, lift up societies and sustain our environment. Because it’s the best-run businesses that make the world run better and improve people’s lives.

YOUR FUTURE ROLE

As a future IT/IP legal advisor in the Open Technology & IP Counseling team, which is part of SAP’s global IP team, you will advise various SAP departments on IP matters and ensure that these align with SAP’s IP strategy. Your tasks will include consulting, reviewing, and negotiating publicly funded projects on both German and European levels. You will provide legal advice on open technologies, such as participation in standardization organizations or support in founding such organizations. In the field of open technologies, your responsibilities will also include collaboration with SAP’s Open Source Office, supporting the legal review of open source requests and policies, as well as assisting in the negotiation of OSS clauses.
Another component will be advising and negotiating IP rights, for example, in the labor law context. Additionally, you will participate in further developing the IP compliance system, particularly negotiating issues or contracts related to confidentiality and trade secrets.
You will be responsible for creating process documentation, training materials, and internal portal content, carrying out process improvement initiatives, and managing internal projects and processes. You should keep yourself updated on the latest legal regulations in the IP area, such as AI, and apply this knowledge in legal counselling.
Your role will support SAP’s corporate goals by balancing legal risks with commercial objectives and ensuring compliance with SAP’s policies and processes. Furthermore, you are expected to efficiently handle research and administrative tasks.

The ideal candidate for the IT/IP Legal Counsel role within the OTIP team at SAP should possess the following qualifications and attributes:

• Fully qualified lawyer in Germany.
• Experience of minimum 5 yrs. in counselling on IP/IT matters in a law firm in the field of IP law or in the legal department of an IT company or environment.
• Fluent in both German and English.
• Assertive and convincing personality with a high level of commitment and flexibility.
• Hands-on, open-minded personality with strong interpersonal skills.
• Excellent presentation and writing skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and legal professionals and to work collaboratively in a diverse team.
• Capacity to provide timely and sound legal advice with an appropriate business perspective to the internal client base.
• Efficient work habits, capable of meeting demanding deadlines and balancing multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment