Manager Product Management (f/m/d) Head of Product - Public Services and Financial Services

SAP SE; Garching bei München; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading tech company in Garching is seeking a Manager for Product Management to lead a global team in developing ERP solutions tailored for public services and financial sectors. The role requires over 7 years of experience in product management, strong leadership skills, and proficiency in tools like Jira and Excel. Join a diverse team committed to innovation and customer success.

Qualifikationen

• 7+ years of experience in the software industry, primarily in product management.
• Direct leadership experience with global teams is required.
• Familiarity with ERP solutions will be beneficial.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.

Aufgaben

• Lead a team of product managers towards product excellence.
• Develop product vision, roadmap, and usage plans.
• Engage with partners and customers to inform product investments.

Kenntnisse

Leadership experience

Product management expertise

Collaboration skills

Market analysis

Excellent communication

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Jira

Microsoft Projects

Excel

PowerPoint

Jobbeschreibung

Manager Product Management (f/m/d) Head of Product - Public Services and Financial Services

We help the world run better

Overview

As a product leader (f/m/d) for our industry group, you will be a key enabler of our ERP solution across customer segments, being accountable for our vertical industry scope in Public Sector, Education, Banking and Insurance. You will lead a global team focused on identifying key segments that require specific investment to increase our addressable market and will be accountable for successful product delivery of these industry-specific capabilities within SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.

What you’ll do

• Lead a team of product managers to product excellence
• Make decisions based on market analyses to assess attractiveness of investment areas
• Develop, set goals and manage performance to build a high-performing global team
• Guide teams in designing, prioritizing and describing an industry product backlog
• Proactively engage early in the product discovery process
• Engage with strategic ecosystem partners to build a partner-driven product portfolio
• Engage with customers to gather product sentiment and feedback to inform future investments
• Be a thought leader for your product area and provide industry expertise in external engagements and events
• Develop and drive the product vision, roadmap, and usage plan
• Make decisions about in-house developments, purchases, or partnerships on product level
• Ensure the delivery of high-quality specifications according to customer and user requirements
• Work in close collaboration with other teams, such as product marketing or product engineering
• Contribute to efficiency and process improvement

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• 7+ years of work experience in the software industry, majority in product management roles
• Direct and indirect leadership experience with a proven track record of leading global teams
• Experience in verticalization of software products and expansion into new industries
• Experience in the public sector industry is a plus
• Knowledge about SAP’s business application portfolio, in particular ERP
• Familiarity with large enterprise software requirements processes and tooling
• Deep understanding of product management and development processes with a product-led growth mindset
• Ability to work independently on projects with functional ownership and budget responsibility
• Excellent knowledge of tools like Jira, Microsoft Projects, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Excellent team player and collaborator across matrix organizations
• Flexibility to work in an international team with multiple time zones
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with customers, partners and internal teams
• Self-motivated and results-driven with demonstrated success
• Fluent or near-native English language skills

Meet your team

The mission of the Finance & Spend organization and the Cloud ERP Product Management team is to drive SAP’s core business as a cloud ERP market leader. We define product scenarios based on market and target customer needs and translate them into consumable product requirements for engineering. We work with engineering, product marketing, customers and partners to continuously improve the Public Cloud ERP product.

Bring out your best

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Requisition ID: 435851 | Work Area: Solution and Product Management | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Management | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: Berlin, Montreal, Bangalore, Brno, Budapest

Requisition ID: 435851

Posted Date: Sep 12, 2025

Work Area: Solution and Product Management

Employment Type: Regular Full Time

Expected Travel: 0 - 10%

Location: Garching, DE, 85748

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