Job description
As a Principal Product Manager – Innovation & Incubation, you will be at the forefront of exploring and shaping new strategic opportunities within SAP and connecting them to the SAP LeanIX product vision. You will play a critical role in identifying emerging trends, understanding SAP’s evolving technology landscape, and fostering collaboration across departments to translate these insights into tangible product strategies for SAP LeanIX. This role requires a deep understanding of SAP’s strategic initiatives, an ability to engage with key stakeholders across SAP, and the expertise to bring new ideas into the SAP LeanIX Product & Engineering (P&E) organization. If you thrive in an environment where you can drive innovation, connect business strategy with technology, and shape the future of enterprise architecture and business transformation solutions, this role is for you.
WHAT IS WAITING FOR YOU?
- Explore & evaluate SAP innovations - continuously monitor and assess new strategic initiatives, emerging technologies, and trends within SAP, identifying opportunities for LeanIX.
- Act as a frontrunner in innovation - deeply engage with new SAP topics, understanding their technical and business impact while identifying synergies with LeanIX.
- Drive cross-company collaboration – establish and maintain strong relationships with SAP departments, product teams, and leadership to align on innovation and technology trends.
- Translate insights into product strategy – work closely with SAP LeanIX Product & Engineering to transform SAP-driven opportunities into actionable roadmaps and product innovations.
- Ensure seamless integration & alignment – identify and define how new SAP capabilities can be leveraged within the SAP LeanIX product ecosystem.
- Foster knowledge-sharing & thought leadership – act as a key representative for SAP LeanIX in SAP-wide discussions, advocating for innovation-driven business transformation.
- Validate and refine ideas – work with customer advisory councils, UX teams, and engineering to prototype and test early-stage concepts before formalizing them into the product roadmap.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
- 7+ years of experience in Product Management, Strategy, or Innovation with a strong track record of driving new product initiatives.
- Deep knowledge of SAP technologies and strategic initiatives, with the ability to identify synergies with SAP LeanIX.
- Experience working cross-functionally with SAP departments, engineering, and business stakeholders to drive technology-driven business transformation.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with hands-on experience in exploring, evaluating, and incubating new product opportunities.
- Strong strategic and analytical skills, with the ability to assess and prioritize innovation potential.
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable product opportunities.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels within SAP and SAP LeanIX.
- Fluency in Business English; German is a plus but not required.
SAP LeanIX is a market leader for enterprise architecture management (EAM), driving the modernization of IT landscapes and continuous business transformation. Its software-as-a-service solutions empower organizations to create transparency, enabling them to visualize, assess and manage the transition towards their target IT architecture. By offering a data-driven and automated approach enhanced with AI, SAP LeanIX helps organizations make sound decisions and collaborate more effectively. SAP LeanIX serves over 1.400 companies globally across various industries, including more than 10% of the Fortune 500 and half of the German DAX 40. Headquartered in Bonn, and offices in Munich and Berlin (Germany), SAP LeanIX also has a strong international presence with offices in Boston (USA), London (UK), Paris (France), Amsterdam (Netherlands), and Ljubljana (Slovenia). In November 2023, LeanIX became part of SAP. For more information, visit www.leanix.net. Your application information might be therefore shared across both SAP and SAP LeanIX recruiting and hiring teams.
SAP LeanIX is not just a product, in fact it‘s a great place to work. Colleagues (700+) from dozens of countries jointly make our vision reality. We believe in transparent communication, personal development, diverse workforce, innovation by creating ideas that prove useful and that our world-class team deserves the best software stack money can buy.
At SAP LeanIX we have a Hybrid Work Mode which means you work remotely from your home office and work from one of our offices. SAP LeanIX teams and team members decide together on the work mode which suits them best. Next to that, we have great benefits for you, CHECK OUT HERE WHAT IS IN FOR YOU!
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