**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. **Your Future Role** Are you ready to take your career to the next level? We are looking for a motivated and experienced Strategic Co-Innovation Manager (f/m/d) with at least 3 years of professional experience to join our Strategic Co-Innovation Partnerships team. In this key role, you will shape complex projects with strategic partners and significantly drive SAPs innovation agenda forward. **What you'll do:** + Assist in developing and implementing project plans and monitor ambitious timelines for an executive leadership audience. + Support cross-functional and cross-organizational project teams to ensure effective collaboration among all stakeholders. + Monitor project progress and proactively identify risks and opportunities for improvement. + Maintain clear communication with senior stakeholders incl. Board Members to provide transparent project updates. + Build and nurture strong relationships with internal stakeholders and team members to achieve aligned project objectives. + Support internal governance structures to ensure the success of complex partner relationships, including but not limited to those with hyperscalers. + Assist in partner negotiations, from initial scoping through contract signing and project set-up. **What you bring:** + Comfortable working both independently and collaboratively with geographically distributed teams across diverse level of stakeholder seniority / expertise. + Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and German. + Experience working closely with senior management. + Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment, striving for excellence with a flexible and agile approach. + Initial project management experience with a strong focus on driving outcomes. + Ability to effectively synthesize diverse perspectives towards achieving common goals. + Basic understanding of SAP’s engineering organizations and relationships with hyperscalers. **Meet your team** Our Strategic Co-Innovation Partnerships team, led by the Chief of Staff to Th. Saueressig, is at the forefront of SAP’s future, collaborating with key partners including leading hyperscalers. We coordinate senior management engagements and implement board-initiated strategic programs, all with a clear focus on success and innovation. We are small, quite new, low-ego, but ambitious team with strong leadership. If this resonates with you, we’d love to hear from you and see if we vibe. ​ **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 and more equitable world. SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com. For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. (https://one.int.sap/me@sap/jobs\_at\_sap#17498858-1050-415e-8d82-21f91655666b\_96fc) Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training. Requisition ID: 406136 | Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: \#LI-Hybrid ​