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Product Manager SAP Advisory and Professional Services

SoftwareOne

Why SoftwareOne?

For over 30 years SoftwareOne has been the foundation for organizations around the world for their technology solutions. With changes in the market from on-premises to cloud we have always been one step ahead. Underpinning our transitions and evolutions are our seven core values which we expect from all our current employees and look for in our future colleagues. The global nature of our organization allows us to adapt and commit to these values unique to the culture and business needs of each location. 

The role

The Product Manager for SAP Advisory & Project Services role is part of the global SAP CoE. The role is responsible for the products, offerings and solutions related to Advisory and Project Services owned by the SAP CoE.

The Product Manager is working in close collaboration with and reporting to the Global SAP CoE Leader and SAP CoE SMEs to understand market and customer demands and need for future products and offering improvements and enhancements.

The product manager analyses market signals, identifies the new additions within their area of responsibility and plans for how the addition will be successfully launched, deployed and adopted in the regions across sales and delivery.

The Product Manager generates high level business cases for CoE investment in support of the development of new capabilities, products and offerings for the SAP CoE, which will be foundational proof points for more substantive investment with fail fast, go fast philosophy in collaboration with other CoEs where appropriate.

The Product Manager manages the planning and build to launch of new products and offerings in collaboration with the Demand & Need Capture (DNC), Execution & Acceleration team (E&A) and the Shared Platform and Integration team (SPI)

What we need to see from you

MARKET SENSE & PRODUCT MANAGEMENT 

  • Maintains relevance and differentiations of products and offerings owned by the SAP CoE for Advisory and Project services, drawing on inputs from internal (e.g., Regional Portfolio Strategists, Portfolio Managers, other Product Managers, CoE SMEs, delivery leadership, regional heads, etc.) and external stakeholders (e.g., technology partners, customers, etc.) as well as proprietary research. ·

Drives Product strategy/Solution priorities for the near/mid-term together with the relevant partners; build investment cases and product roadmap.

  • Develops the business case for solution investment (when effort is contained entirely in the CoE) based on market research or work with the DNC portfolio strategists to develop the business case for new offering for larger or cross-CoEs investments
  • Actively engages with the regions, the Regional Portfolio Strategists and have frequent customer interactions to gain valuable input on what the demands and needs are across different markets.

E2E LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

  • Owns and presents the business case for MVPs (when effort contained entirely in the CoE/service-line/practice) to the relevant SCP leadership team.
  • Is a key stakeholder and contributor in the generation of business cases produced by a Portfolio Manager (when effort is NOT contained entirely in the CoE/service-line/practice).
  • Leads reviews and tracks results of business cases to ensure the team prioritizes the right investments.
  • Works with Portfolio Managers and Regional Portfolio Strategists and manage global & local CoE products, offerings and solutions for the area of responsibility (SAP Advisory and Project services).
  • Supports sales enablement (e.g., create CoE collaterals) and works closely with software development and solutions architects in creating new offerings.
  • Drives and manages strategic vendor partnerships together with Portfolio Managers and CoE SMEs

PEOPLE

  • Leads the distributed Product Management team (where necessitated by scale of CoE / Service Line) and collaborates closely with peers from other CoEs and Service Lines.
  • Seeks insights from the team members on areas for improvement within the CoEs products and offerings, the Solutions & Services organization, and the company.
  • Mentors the team members and assists them with their onboarding / professional development (incl. upskilling and re-skilling).
  • Engages team members in various internal initiatives (like innovation projects) whenever the business environment is right to drive their engagement and excitement with the company.

LEADERSHIP

  • Consistently acts as SoftwareONE Culture role model for team members, other CoEs and Service Lines, peers, internal and external partners (Leading By Example).
  • Collaborates and shares best practices / learnings from the regions / delivery experience across the globe to improve both overall customer satisfaction and SoftwareONE’s portfolio.
  • Evangelizes the CoE / Service Line’s and the CoE offerings and products, proactively supports the sales enablement / readiness motions across Solutions & Services as well as represent SoftwareOne in Industry and Analyst events
  • Actively maintains and develops the relationship with key technical roles with top technology partners relevant for the CoE / Service Line.
  • Actively follows and adapts to (emerging) business, industry, and competitive trends through interaction with customers, industry peers and the regional services

Skills Requirement

  • Detailed understanding of matrix organizational structures and the dynamics in the sales, pre-sales and delivery domains with a strong ability to collaborate.
  • Confident Leader who is highly motivated, self-driven, and results oriented.
  • Being able to work effectively with people having diverse skillsets and experience levels, passionate about helping people grow.
  • Strong skills in business case development and presentation
  • Passionate about navigating through international matrix structures.
  • Capable of using a consultative/solution selling approach to senior business decision-makers by reinforcing the value of SoftwareONE services to customer’s overall business pain and/or strategic opportunities.
  • Good storytelling / communication, collaboration, and coaching skills (to be applied both internally & externally).
  • Solid problem solving and assertive consultative skills.
  • ‘Feedback & improve’ personality to consistently land,test and improve our portfolio in the regions
  • Strong project management skills to collaborate, lead and manage the tollgate process with many different stakeholders

Technical Skills

  • Deep domain expertise with the specific CoE / service line and understanding for market environment of associated services, especially: o 10+ years of experience of working with SAP solutions – 15+ years desirable o Strong understanding of SAP solutions offering, especially around ECC, S/4HANA and BTP)
  • Previous experience in service delivery model conception, designing capability and learning programs; strong creative and technical skills
  • Skilled in technical tools which are relevant for product managers (Jira, etc.) including SAP specific methodology and tools (Activate, SAP Roadmap Builder, SAP Solution Manager, Cloud ALM, Value Lifecycle Management)
  • Relevant industry recognized SAP and cloud certifications.
  • Genuine passion about technology.

Relevant Experience

  • Experience of S/4HANA implementation and conversion, ideally using different approach (greenfield, bluefield and brownfield)
  • Experience of BTP and integration and data management
  • Experience of operating SAP on cloud (native cloud and RISE desirable)
  • Previous experience in service delivery model conception, designing capability and learning programs; strong creative and technical skills, especially: o SAP Advisory services o SAP Project services
  • Experience in leading people and passion for building geographically distributed teams.
  • Previous leadership experience including a position in business and product strategy
  • Extensive knowledge of product management standards and methodologies
  • Proven track record of leading technical teams, attracting and retaining talent
  • Exposure to key project management frameworks and best practices.
  • Managing various stakeholders in complex environments (both internally within the company and externally within customers).
  • Experience in pre-sales and delivery motions, preferably in complex customer environments.

Job Function

Software & Cloud Services

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