Success Plan Manager - Specialist - Midwest

SAP; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 231,000; Full time

Job summary

SAP is seeking a Success Plan Manager - Specialist for the Midwest region. The role focuses on managing SAP service engagements end-to-end, establishing trust with customers, and delivering measurable business outcomes.

The ideal candidate brings extensive governance experience, strong stakeholder management, and proficiency with SAP technologies, including BTP, to enable cross-system integration and AI-enabled delivery.

Qualifications

• 8+ years managing SAP service engagements and aligning delivery to business outcomes.
• Experience in customer success management and driving satisfaction/adoption.
• Ability to engage stakeholders at all levels, including C-suite, and translate technical progress into business terms.
• Strong written and verbal communication; manage uncertainty and keep stakeholders informed.

Responsibilities

• Develop engagement strategies aligned to customer goals and business needs.
• Implement governance models for accountability and momentum, including risk tracking and issue resolution.
• Maintain relationships at all levels, including C-level, to keep programs on track.
• Identify and address issues quickly to minimize disruption and maintain value delivery.
• Track and communicate value realization of SAP investments.

Skills

SAP service engagements

governance and delivery alignment

customer success management

stakeholder management (C-suite)

clear business communication

time-boxed engagements (90-day cycles)

value realization tracking

SAP BTP familiarity

cross-system integration

AI tools awareness (agentic AI, prompt

Tools

SAP BTP

Cross-system integration

Codility take-home assignment

Job description

Success Plan Manager - Specialist - Midwest

• Team Links: Consulting

• Location Links: Chicago

• Work Pattern: Hybrid - Contract Type: Full-time - Reference: REF3559S

The Role

Job Description

You manage customer engagements end-to-end, establishing trust, communicating clearly, and delivering outcomes that matter. If you are ready to own what you deliver, this role is for you.

What you’ll bring

• 8+ years managing SAP service engagements, understanding customer goals, implementing governance, and keeping delivery aligned to business outcomes.

• Customer success management skills from hands-on delivery and a track record of driving satisfaction and adoption.

• The ability to establish and sustain trust with stakeholders at all levels, including C-suite.

• Clear, effective communication, translating technical progress into business language and keeping stakeholders informed under uncertainty.

• Discipline in time-boxed engagements, with structured 90-day cycles, clear milestones, tight scope, and a focus on visible value delivery.

• Value management awareness, tracking the business value of SAP solutions and helping customers own their ROI.

• Familiarity with SAP BTP and cross-system integration, with the grounding to engage in technical solution conversations.

• Demonstrated Core AI Skills: Agentic AI, Context Engineering, AI-Assisted Automation, AI Adoption Capability, and AI Output Quality Assurance, assessed via a Codility take-home assignment.

• Emotional intelligence and sound problem-solving, reading dynamics, managing pressures, and finding applicable paths through delivery challenges.

• French-speaking is an advantage

What you’ll build

You manage SAP service engagements across your portfolio, focusing on trusted relationships, governance, issue resolution, and real customer value.

• Develop engagement strategies aligned to customer goals and business needs.

• Implement governance models that drive accountability and momentum, anchoring satisfaction, risk tracking, and issue resolution.

• Maintain stakeholder relationships at all levels, including C-level, reinforcing trust and keeping programs on track.

• Identify and address issues quickly, minimizing disruption and keeping delivery moving.

• Track and communicate value realization, helping customers articulate their SAP investment impact.

• Run time-boxed engagements with clear milestones, fixed scope, and a focus on rapid, tangible value delivery.

• Integrate AI tools into your daily workflow, including agentic AI, prompt engineering and AI-assisted prototyping, to accelerate customer outcomes.

Where you belong

At SAP, individual contribution matters. Specialists own real customer relationships, run programs autonomously, and make decisions that count. You are supported globally with the tools and autonomy to do your best work. Your impact is yours to own.

If you are energized by customer proximity and motivated by measurable outcomes, you belong here.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

About SAP

With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, SAP helps the world run better and improves people’s lives.

As a leader in enterprise applications and business AI, SAP stands at the nexus of business and technology. For over 50 years, organizations have trusted SAP to bring out their best by uniting business-critical operations spanning finance, procurement, HR, supply chain, and customer experience.

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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Compensation Range Transparency

SAP believes pay transparency is essential to fostering an honest, supportive, and inclusive culture and is an important part of our commitment to pay equity. The salary range for this position is included in the job posting. The actual compensation offered to the successful candidate will fall within that range and will depend on factors such as education, skills, experience, location, and scope of the role, as determined through the selection process. Where applicable, SAP may also provide variable incentive opportunities and additional benefits, subject to the terms of the relevant plans and policies. Any variable incentive amount is target-based, with actual payouts dependent on company and individual performance. Please reference this link for a summary of SAP benefits and eligibility requirements:SAP North America Benefits (http://www.sapnorthamericabenefits.com/) .

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Additional Details

Salary

USD 107,300 - USD 230,600 - yearly