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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.

 

What is GCID at SAP (Global Cloud Infrastructure and Delivery)  
GCID is the global custodian of SAP’s cloud infrastructure. As such, GCID is empowered to define, provide, govern, and evolve cloud infrastructure and delivery services to meet the current and future needs of SAP’s cloud offering, serving all Cloud Lines of Business (LoBs) and, through them, SAP’s customers. GCID is accountable for ensuring the standardization, harmonization, scalability and cost-efficiency of cloud infrastructure and cloud operations for all Cloud LoBs. GCID delivers reliable, secure, resilient, easy to consume, cohesive services across both hyperscaler environments and SAP own platforms, enabling consistent and efficient cloud adoption at scale. 

 

What is GCID Operations Portfolio Management Team 

The GCID Operations Portfolio Management team drives the strategic governance and evolution of SAP’s global cloud infrastructure services. We define and manage a standardized, scalable, and cost-efficient service portfolio that empowers Lines of Business (LoBs) to innovate and grow. Our responsibilities include translating strategy into actionable portfolio priorities, enabling investment decisions, ensuring lifecycle governance, supporting service onboarding, and coordinating operations. We work closely with L2 units to continuously evolve the portfolio and deliver economic value in line with the GCID Mandate.

 

What you’ll do

Within the Global Cloud Infrastructure & Delivery Operations unit, you will be part of the Portfolio Management team as a GCID Operations Senior Project Consultant. Together with the financial team members you are focusing on efficiencies and automation of processes and procedures which support to manage an IT service provider’s cloud infrastructure service catalogue, costing, and strategic planning. 

Mission of your team: Empower the organization with a robust cloud service portfolio that drives operational efficiency, ensures cost transparency, and fosters innovation for sustained business success.  

 

Translate GCID strategic priorities into actionable service portfolio initiatives and governance frameworks. 

Apply and uphold governance principles across the full-service lifecycle (definition, investment, adoption, retirement). 

Contribute to and facilitate portfolio reviews, service evaluations, and prioritization in close collaboration with GCID units. 

Lead or support the evaluation of service proposals based on strategic alignment, business value, and GCID mandate, driving decision-making with key stakeholders. 

Support investment planning, valuation, and (dis)investment decisions for the service portfolio. 

Partner with L2 leadership and service owners to drive portfolio transformation and change execution. 

Ensure operational readiness and enablement of new and evolving services across the portfolio. 

Maintain service portfolio transparency in alignment with GCID transparency standards. 

Conduct value-based analyses to enable data-driven decisions aligned with SAP’s long-term strategic and economic objectives. 

Contribute to the continuous improvement of governance processes, tools, and service frameworks. 

 

What you bring

In this paid role we are looking for someone who takes initiative, perseveres, and stays curious.

A university degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, or a related field 

5–7 years of professional experience. Experience in cloud service environments, ideally at a cloud service provider or service portfolio management organizations. 

Strong business acumen, analytical thinking, and adaptability to complex environments 

Proven ability to apply economic principles and value management to service portfolio decision-making 

Proven experience in internal stakeholder and customer relationship management 

Strong customer orientation with a focus on customer success and SAP’s strategic outcomes 

Fluency in English, both written and spoken 

Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, including Teams, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and SharePoint 

 

In addition, you bring strong problem-solving solution-oriented experience and superior written and verbal communications skills. Hands-on experience with complex project management and agile frameworks rounds out your skillset. 

 

Meet your team

The GCID Operations Portfolio Management has presence in Hungary, Germany, and United States. We’re part of Global Cloud Infrastructure & Delivery Operations, a dynamic unit within Strategy & Operations | Go-to-Market Operations | Cloud Services & Delivery Operations | GCID Operations. 
We drive the evolution of SAP’s global cloud infrastructure and delivery service portfolio. We define and manage a cohesive, scalable, and cost-efficient service portfolio that empowers Lines of Business (LoBs) to innovate and grow. Our responsibilities include translating objectives into actionable portfolio priorities, enabling service portfolio investment decisions, ensuring service lifecycle governance, supporting service onboarding, and coordinating service portfolio operations. We work closely with L2 units to continuously evolve the portfolio and deliver economic value in line with the GCID Mandate. 

 

 

​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
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EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

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.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 422495  | Work Area: Corporate Operations  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Limited Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.