Head of Skills Management Hub

Head Of Skills Management Hub

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.

As the Head of the Skills Management Hub, you will lead a global team responsible for shaping and scaling SAP's Skills-based People Ecosystem a strategic key pillar of SAP's People Agenda. This role partners closely with senior business leaders, global HR executives, and technology teams to infuse skills into every people practice across SAP - unlocking smarter talent decisions, stronger workforce agility, and better talent development for our people.

Leadership & Team Culture

Lead and develop a high-performing, globally distributed Skills Management Hub team, fostering a culture of trust, inclusion, accountability, and continuous development.

Governance & Global Standards

Oversee governance, lifecycle management, and harmonization of the Global Job Architecture.

Manage and evolve the Skills Framework and taxonomy, ensuring it remains accurate, scalable, and relevant to business needs.

Executive Influence & Stakeholder Leadership

Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and board members on skills management and global job architecture, delivering compelling executive-level presentations and strategic recommendations.

Drive business alignment across key HR partners (Total Rewards, Global Labor & Relations, Local Services, Business Partnering) as well as IT & Process Excellence, SuccessFactors product teams, and business strategy and operations leaders.

Embedding Skills Across People Practices

Integrate skills into core people processesincluding Talent Discovery, Learning & Development, Talent Management, and Workforce Planningto drive consistent, skills-based decision-making across the employee lifecycle.

Skill & Job Data Management, Benchmarking & Analytics

Establish and oversee data standards, quality, and governance for global skills and job data, enabling reliable reporting and insights. Partner with Workforce Intelligence, benchmarking providers, and internal analytics teams to derive insights on skills supply and demand, external trends, and future capability needstranslating insights into actionable recommendations for leaders.

What you bring

Deep expertise in managing global transformation programs, with a proven ability to design, harmonize, and operationalize global frameworks at scale (ideally with reference to skills and job architecture.)

Project and People Leadership : A track record leading board-visible, enterprise-wide HR programs impacting tens of thousands of employees, including experience interacting with social partners across multiple countries.

HR Acumen : Broad foundational knowledge of cross-HR domains, such as Global Labor Relations, Rewards & Benefits, Business Partnering, and Talent Management topics.

Strategic Thinking and Problem-Solving : Hands-on experience at the intersection of learning, talent management, talent discovery, and workforce transformation, ideally in a multinational environment.

[Nice to have] Team Player with a Growth Mindset : Proactive process-builder mindset, able to create structure from ambiguity, design scalable solutions, and enable others to execute with clarity.

Storytelling and Stakeholder Management : Strong communicator and storyteller, able to articulate a vision, inspire followership, and influence senior stakeholders with confidence and credibility.

Passion for Data and Technology : Leverage data-driven insights and harness your passion for technology to model how AI can enhance skills intelligence and strategic workforce planning.

Think Globally : Thrives in global environments, working across cultures, time zones, and diverse stakeholder landscapes to drive alignment and outcomes.

Ready to be a driving force in SAP's People & Culture's Organizational Growth and Health unit? Join our Strategic Workforce & Skills Management leadership team! We're on a mission to embed skills into every aspect of our people practices, championing a scalable and consistent skills approach throughout the employee lifecycle. Imagine leading the Skills Management Hub team, governing the global job architecture and skills frameworks, ensuring role profiles and skill expectations stay relevant and aligned with business needs. It provides skills benchmarking, analytics, and models that inform talent decisions and support adoption across the organization. By partnering with HR and business teams, we drive the integration of skills into Talent Discovery, Learning and Development, Leadership Development, and Talent Management processesturning skills into a common language for people and talent practices. Are you ready to be a key player in this dynamic team?

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