SAP
VP, Business Data Cloud (BDC) Foundation Services
SAP - Bellevue, Washington, United States, 98009
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Product Manager
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. We are looking for a seasoned and visionary Product Manager to lead the strategy, roadmap, and execution of our Business Data Cloud (BDC) Foundation Services. In this high-impact role, you will be responsible for defining and delivering the core runtimes and foundational services that power the entire BDC portfolio, including Data Products, SAP Datasphere, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), SAP Databricks, and Master Data Management (MDM). You will work across a wide matrix of product lines, aligning closely with leaders across AI, SAP Datasphere, SAC, MDM, Catalog, Marketplace, and Ecosystem to shape a cohesive, scalable, and AI-first product foundation that accelerates our Line-of-Business-centric intelligent applications roadmap. This role requires a unique combination of deep technical expertise, organizational leadership, strategic vision, and operational excellence. Strategic Leadership
Own the end-to-end product strategy and roadmap for the BDC Foundation Services, supporting all LOB applications in alignment with SAP's "Suite First" and "AI First" vision. Define a prioritized and cohesive roadmap across core runtimes and foundational services to ensure platform readiness for AI innovation and industry-specific requirements. Collaborate with Product Management and Development leadership to deliver a tightly aligned, semester-based plan that drives measurable adoption and business impact. Cross-Functional Alignment & Delivery
Partner with Product and Engineering leads across SAC, SAP Datasphere, AI, Cockpit, Catalog, Marketplace, and other key BDC components to drive unified delivery and architectural consistency. Navigate complex, multi-layered technical and organizational landscapes, ensuring alignment across SAP LOBs, central product architecture, and cloud platform teams. Team Leadership
Hold both functional and disciplinary responsibility for leading and growing a high-performing Product Management team, fostering a culture of ownership, customer obsession, and excellence. Coach the team with a strong emphasis on persona-centric product thinking and iterative delivery. Drive strong collaboration between Product, UX, Architecture, and Engineering functions to ensure delivery of high-value, scalable foundation services. Platform & Product Excellence
Combine customer and market insight with deep technical understanding to define platform requirements that scale across LOB use cases. Balance inbound (technical delivery, execution) and outbound (positioning, partner engagement) product responsibilities to ensure relevance, adoption, and competitive differentiation. Establish metrics and feedback loops to drive data-informed decisions and continuous product improvement. Qualifications
1520+ years of product management experience in enterprise software, with a strong focus on data, analytics, and AI platforms. Proven track record of building and scaling world-class product teams, with deep experience in cloud-native data and analytics architectures. Experience managing and mentoring large PM organizations (1520+ team members) across complex, global environments. Demonstrated success in delivering platform products at scale, driving adoption and consumption across diverse customer bases. Strong cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to align and influence across organizational silos and legacy architectures. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related technical field; MBA is a plus. Hands-on background in development, professional services, or pre-sales highly desirable. Expertise in combining strategic vision with executional excellence; from market-driven strategy and storytelling to driving measurable product outcomes. 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. 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. SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides 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. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability. SAP provides the annualized compensation range inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target for the career level applicable to the posted role. The targeted combined range for this position is $362,800 - $605,600 USD. The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidate will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process.
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. We are looking for a seasoned and visionary Product Manager to lead the strategy, roadmap, and execution of our Business Data Cloud (BDC) Foundation Services. In this high-impact role, you will be responsible for defining and delivering the core runtimes and foundational services that power the entire BDC portfolio, including Data Products, SAP Datasphere, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), SAP Databricks, and Master Data Management (MDM). You will work across a wide matrix of product lines, aligning closely with leaders across AI, SAP Datasphere, SAC, MDM, Catalog, Marketplace, and Ecosystem to shape a cohesive, scalable, and AI-first product foundation that accelerates our Line-of-Business-centric intelligent applications roadmap. This role requires a unique combination of deep technical expertise, organizational leadership, strategic vision, and operational excellence. Strategic Leadership
Own the end-to-end product strategy and roadmap for the BDC Foundation Services, supporting all LOB applications in alignment with SAP's "Suite First" and "AI First" vision. Define a prioritized and cohesive roadmap across core runtimes and foundational services to ensure platform readiness for AI innovation and industry-specific requirements. Collaborate with Product Management and Development leadership to deliver a tightly aligned, semester-based plan that drives measurable adoption and business impact. Cross-Functional Alignment & Delivery
Partner with Product and Engineering leads across SAC, SAP Datasphere, AI, Cockpit, Catalog, Marketplace, and other key BDC components to drive unified delivery and architectural consistency. Navigate complex, multi-layered technical and organizational landscapes, ensuring alignment across SAP LOBs, central product architecture, and cloud platform teams. Team Leadership
Hold both functional and disciplinary responsibility for leading and growing a high-performing Product Management team, fostering a culture of ownership, customer obsession, and excellence. Coach the team with a strong emphasis on persona-centric product thinking and iterative delivery. Drive strong collaboration between Product, UX, Architecture, and Engineering functions to ensure delivery of high-value, scalable foundation services. Platform & Product Excellence
Combine customer and market insight with deep technical understanding to define platform requirements that scale across LOB use cases. Balance inbound (technical delivery, execution) and outbound (positioning, partner engagement) product responsibilities to ensure relevance, adoption, and competitive differentiation. Establish metrics and feedback loops to drive data-informed decisions and continuous product improvement. Qualifications
1520+ years of product management experience in enterprise software, with a strong focus on data, analytics, and AI platforms. Proven track record of building and scaling world-class product teams, with deep experience in cloud-native data and analytics architectures. Experience managing and mentoring large PM organizations (1520+ team members) across complex, global environments. Demonstrated success in delivering platform products at scale, driving adoption and consumption across diverse customer bases. Strong cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to align and influence across organizational silos and legacy architectures. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related technical field; MBA is a plus. Hands-on background in development, professional services, or pre-sales highly desirable. Expertise in combining strategic vision with executional excellence; from market-driven strategy and storytelling to driving measurable product outcomes. 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. 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. SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides 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. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability. SAP provides the annualized compensation range inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target for the career level applicable to the posted role. The targeted combined range for this position is $362,800 - $605,600 USD. The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidate will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process.