Senior Project Consultant – Development

At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we’ll bring out the best in you. We’re builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what’s next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You’ll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What’s in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

SAP Globalization enables SAP’s global footprint by enabling customers to succeed locally and globally markets by providing legal changes, delivering on legal mandates and best practices for SAP solutions.

Our worldwide presence drives the adoption of SAP solutions across the globe and makes us the market leader in providing localized software solutions.

Within Strategy & Operations, our COO team “SAP Globalization Operations” is the trusted advisor for this unit. We are seeking an experienced and dynamic individual to join our team as a Technical Project Consultant. This role requires an understanding of SAP Localization, as well as strong problem-solving thinking and analytical skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assisting in enhancing the Jira requirements framework to reflect evolving business needs with regard to ongoing Localization topics.
• Independently evaluating feasible technical implementations of new projects, processes, functionalities, and fields in SAPJira, based on specifications provided by business process owners.
• Providing technical consultation and executing the implementations of approved solutions in SAPJira to ensure effective delivery.
• Support in managing Jira Requests raised by Development units while setting priorities.
• Aligning Localization Requirement Project configuration changes with central System
• Administration Team to get test configurations implemented in a timely manner.
• Assuming the responsibilities of the Jira Unit Administrator during absences to ensure seamless operations.
• Generating transparency and supporting business decisions with system-based data, for example, with the aim of ensuring the fast delivery of legal changes, while driving the adoption of Delivery Compliance.
• Leveraging technical expertise by driving activities on setting up dashboards and analyzing requirements for emerging technologies such as Business Data Cloud and AI-technologies.
• Supporting the Leadership team in ad-hoc tasks and requests

Role Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in working in international software companies.
• 2+ years of experience in business operation functions.
• Work experience in global and virtual teams.
• Project and/or product management experience is a plus.
• Proven track record in senior management support and C Level executive communication.
• Professional with an academic education BA or higher in Computer Science, Science or Business.
• MBA or similar degree.
• Outcome/result-oriented, with a strong sense of accountability and ownership
• Ability to deliver quality work under time constraints.
• Strong can-do attitude and growth mindset
• Excellent organization skills
• Fluent in English
• German Language skills are a plus.

Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.

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Requisition ID: 435145 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 – 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid

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