Product Manager SAP Advisory and Professional Services

at  SoftwareONE

Job Function: Software & Cloud Services The role:
The Product Manager for SAP Advisory & Project Services role is part of the global SAP CoE. The role is responsible for the products, offerings and solutions related to Advisory and Project Services owned by the SAP CoE.
The Product Manager is working in close collaboration with and reporting to the Global SAP CoE Leader and SAP CoE SMEs to understand market and customer demands and need for future products and offering improvements and enhancements.
The product manager analyses market signals, identifies the new additions within their area of responsibility and plans for how the addition will be successfully launched, deployed and adopted in the regions across sales and delivery.
The Product Manager generates high level business cases for CoE investment in support of the development of new capabilities, products and offerings for the SAP CoE, which will be foundational proof points for more substantive investment with fail fast, go fast philosophy in collaboration with other CoEs where appropriate.
The Product Manager manages the planning and build to launch of new products and offerings in collaboration with the Demand & Need Capture (DNC), Execution & Acceleration team (E&A) and the Shared Platform and Integration team (SPI)
What we need to see from you:

SKILLS REQUIREMENT

• Detailed understanding of matrix organizational structures and the dynamics in the sales, pre-sales and delivery domains with a strong ability to collaborate.
• Confident Leader who is highly motivated, self-driven, and results oriented.
• Being able to work effectively with people having diverse skillsets and experience levels, passionate about helping people grow.
• Strong skills in business case development and presentation
• Passionate about navigating through international matrix structures.
• Capable of using a consultative/solution selling approach to senior business decision-makers by reinforcing the value of SoftwareONE services to customer’s overall business pain and/or strategic opportunities.
• Good storytelling / communication, collaboration, and coaching skills (to be applied both internally & externally).
• Solid problem solving and assertive consultative skills.
• ‘Feedback & improve’ personality to consistently land,test and improve our portfolio in the regions
• Strong project management skills to collaborate, lead and manage the tollgate process with many different stakeholders

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Deep domain expertise with the specific CoE / service line and understanding for market environment of associated services, especially: o 10+ years of experience of working with SAP solutions – 15+ years desirable o Strong understanding of SAP solutions offering, especially around ECC, S/4HANA and BTP)
• Previous experience in service delivery model conception, designing capability and learning programs; strong creative and technical skills
• Skilled in technical tools which are relevant for product managers (Jira, etc.) including SAP specific methodology and tools (Activate, SAP Roadmap Builder, SAP Solution Manager, Cloud ALM, Value Lifecycle Management)
• Relevant industry recognized SAP and cloud certifications.
• Genuine passion about technology.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• Experience of S/4HANA implementation and conversion, ideally using different approach (greenfield, bluefield and brownfield)
• Experience of BTP and integration and data management
• Experience of operating SAP on cloud (native cloud and RISE desirable)
• Previous experience in service delivery model conception, designing capability and learning programs; strong creative and technical skills, especially: o SAP Advisory services o SAP Project services
• Experience in leading people and passion for building geographically distributed teams.
• Previous leadership experience including a position in business and product strategy
• Extensive knowledge of product management standards and methodologies
• Proven track record of leading technical teams, attracting and retaining talent
• Exposure to key project management frameworks and best practices.
• Managing various stakeholders in complex environments (both internally within the company and externally within customers).
• Experience in pre-sales and delivery motions, preferably in complex customer environments.
  Why SoftwareOne?:
  For over 30 years SoftwareOne has been the foundation for organizations around the world for their technology solutions. With changes in the market from on-premises to cloud we have always been one step ahead. Underpinning our transitions and evolutions are our seven core values which we expect from all our current employees and look for in our future colleagues. The global nature of our organization allows us to adapt and commit to these values unique to the culture and business needs of each location.

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