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Culture & Change Expert

Company: SAP SE
Location: Washington
Posted on: October 29, 2024

Job Description:

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. 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.YOUR FUTURE ROLEP&C - The People and Culture board area enables the organization to develop the skills, culture and workforce needed for successful execution of SAP strategy and so delivers towards our success.The Change & Culture unit is a new addition to P&C with the mandate to provide a systematic change architecture and consistent approaches to culture and change across SAP building on best in practice approaches. The C&C head reports directly to the Executive Board member Gina Vargiu and orchestrates evolving the culture and building change capacity in the organization.Our team is a people-focused organization dedicated to driving positive and sustainable change with the mandate and expertise to design and implement organizational development (OD) interventions and change management strategies that empower people, foster resilience, and build SAP's capacity for change. We build and nurture communities and networks through which we deliver change management for strategic programs and scale to all employees.Our internal customers for Change Management are teams and leaders across the company whose organizations are impacted by shifts in processes, ways of working, re-organizations, and other changes. Our OD practice focuses on interventions with leaders, teams and individual contributors to evolve SAP culture such that it supports growth of the business and a thriving work environment.Change Management Expert - This role will focus on the design and implementation of change strategies to ensure large projects have a people-centered change approach. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of how to lead change that is empathetic and supportive while delivering measurable business outcomes. You will work closely with senior leaders, project management teams, HRBPs and other stakeholders to implement change. Key responsibilities include:

  • Serve as the primary change manager for large-scale, strategic projects across SAP.
  • Lead the design and execution of holistic change management strategies that address the human impact of change and transformation and guide people along the change journey.
  • Apply principles of human-centered design to ensure that change initiatives prioritize the needs and experiences of the people impacted by change.
  • Build strong relationships and be a valuable partner to sponsors, team leads, HRBPs, the project team and internal stakeholders to ensure alignment on change.
  • Mentor and support change agents in the organization and in our networks.
  • Actively support the development of a learning community of change managers, providing guidance on the SAP approach to change and supporting their work in their respective parts of the organization.
  • Work closely with stakeholders especially HRBPs.
  • Lead/facilitate in train-the-trainer sessions to raise change capacity in the organization.
  • Support, coach and engage senior leaders.YOUR PROFILE
    • 6-10 years of working experience in supporting complex change projects at the enterprise level.
    • Master's degree or equivalent in social science, business, or equivalent. Professional certification in OD and/or change management, PROSCI certification desirable.
    • Experience in large organizations necessary. Able to work globally.
    • Engaged in professional networks and aware of developments in OD and culture change.
    • Able to interact on eye level with people in different parts of the organization.
    • Empathy and active listening.
    • Strategic and systems thinking.
    • Strong facilitation and coaching skills.
    • Excellent communication and storytelling.
    • Resilience and adaptability in the face of ambiguity.
    • Proactive problem-solving and decision-making.
    • Project management skills a plus.
    • Working with German and international organizations not necessary but an advantage.Location: EST time zone; Washington, DC area preferred.Bring out your bestSAP 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 inclusionSAP'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.EOE AA M/F/Vet/DisabilityQualified 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.Compensation Range Transparency: SAP believes the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAP's commitment to pay equity. 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 141,800-323,900 (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.Requisition ID: 409210 - Work Area: Human Resources - Expected Travel: 0 - 10% - Career Status: Professional - Employment Type: Regular Full Time - Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid
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