Project Manager- SAP Customer Innovation Services

at  SAP

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.

HARD-SKILLS EXPERIENCE:

• Work Experience: 8+ years of project management.
• Managed team size: Experience managing 3+ scrum teams and distributed teams.
• Methodology: Experience with 3+ projects running in Agile methodology.
• Customer-facing projects experience.
• Knowledge in cloud practices relevant to project management (e.g., delivery mechanism, CI/CD).
• Seasoned in realistic estimation of projects and boundary setting for successful project setup.
• Excellent workshop setup and facilitation skills.
• Excellent English skills, both written and verbal.

SOFT-SKILLS EXPERIENCE:

• Working Style:
• Self-starter, highly self-motivated, well-organized, self-driven, and independent.
• Plans ahead of the team and timeline.
• Can-do attitude, comfortable working in uncertain project circumstances.
• No-fuss attitude, willing to take on any project assignment from very small to extra-large.
• Problem Solving: Expert in handling and efficiently resolving blockers and issues within the project without management involvement.
• Quality Standards: Passionate about working with and implementing quality standards, including methodologies and security protocols.
• Team Collaboration: Ability to shape and bring together a virtual, international team, turning them into high- performance teams, and managing difficult team members. Leadership with appreciation and feedback culture.
• Risk Management: Proactive risk management skills
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Stakeholder Management: Excellent skills in managing 4+ stakeholders outside of the project.
• Negotiation Skills: Excellent negotiation skills to balance customer demands with team capacity, mitigate disputes, and negotiate change requests.
• Political Sensitivity: Diplomatic communication skills for navigating politically sensitive situations.
• Board Reporting: Ability to provide crisp, to-the-point reporting for top executives and board members.
• Continuous Learning: Enthusiastic about maintaining a continuous learning mindset and contributing to methodology setup and knowledge sharing within the team.

As a Project Manager, you will self-sufficiently manage the full lifecycle of customer projects, responsible for successfully delivering development projects. Your role encompasses a variety of areas: