Product Manager (Data & Analytics portfolio)

Lead Domain Delivery for Data and AI Portfolios

Take ownership of a comprehensive domain portfolio spanning Data Products, Analytics, AI, and Integrations. As the central delivery counterpart, you will bridge the gap between Product Owners, architecture, engineering, and platform teams. This role focuses on managing the current portfolio while strategically driving the transition towards a shared enterprise platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary Product Manager for the domain portfolio across Data Products, Analytics, AI, and Integrations.
• Serve as the main counterpart for technical engineers and the platform team within the SAP Data & Analytics Domain.
• Maintain the domain roadmap, backlog, and delivery plan to ensure consistent progress.
• Ensure transparency across priorities, dependencies, capacity, and milestones.
• Translate approved business demand into executable product and delivery roadmaps.
• Coordinate Architects, delivery teams, and external partners to deliver solutions end-to-end.
• Manage dependencies across products and address delivery risks proactively.
• Manage the evolution of the existing SAP BW/HANA-based landscape towards a shared enterprise platform for governed data, analytics, AI, and integration.
• Ensure new requirements are evaluated against the strategic target architecture and a reusable Data Product approach.
• Facilitate effective communication across different teams.

Required Qualifications

• Strong project experience as a Product Manager or Portfolio Manager.
• Experience managing a portfolio of products and initiatives.
• Strong background in Data & Analytics.
• Project experience in SAP BW, SAP HANA/HANA Views, and SAP-centric data landscapes.
• Experience with Databricks/Lakehouse or similar solutions.
• Technical understanding sufficient to challenge solution approaches and decisions.
• Stakeholder Management capabilities.
• Fluency in English and German.

Preferred Qualifications

• AI and Integration experience.
• Project experience with SAP.
• Experience in the manufacturing industry.

Engagement Details

• Start date in November.
• Duration until the end of the year, with an option to extend, planning for a 12-month contract.
• Workload of 5 days per week.
• Mainly remote work, with some on-site work in Germany required approximately once per month and for onboarding.