Principal Product Manager

Role Summary Enterprise AI is only as good as the data it can reach. Today, that data is fragmented across SAP, hyperscalers, lakehouses, and SaaS - locked behind connectors, copies, and brittle pipelines. We are building the opposite: a single, governed, zero-copy fabric that makes every customer’s data wherever it lives usable for analytics, applications, and AI agents. You will own the product for BDC Connect: the strategic surface where SAP Business Data Cloud meets AWS, Databricks, Google Cloud, Microsoft Fabric, and Snowflake. Bi‑directional, semantically rich, governed data sharing at performance and scale. This is one of the highest‑leverage product roles at SAP. What You’ll Do Own the Product Set and own the end‑to‑end strategy and roadmap for BDC Connect from raw customer signal to shipped and adopted product. Spend serious time with customers and partners. Be in the room for the hard escalations. Be the deepest product expert on the personas you serve: data engineers, platform owners, AI builders. Treat every integration as leverage, not a one‑off. Operate with a product‑led growth mindset. Instrument everything and let usage and customer outcomes drive product direction. Build and Ship Hold a sharp, defensible point of view on what AI‑native data integration looks like and then ship it. Pick a small set of metrics that matter. Move them. Be honest about what is working and what is not. Drive Alignment Customers and partners come first. SAP leadership, the AI organization, LoBs, and the field come next. Communicate vision, strategy, and progress with precision; set expectations early; surface risk before it becomes news. Drive alignment across multiple engineering stakeholders; identify and resolve bottlenecks. Represent the product externally in customer meetings, industry events, executive briefings. Raise the Bar Stay sharp on the data and AI landscape. Know what Snowflake, Databricks, and the hyperscalers are doing. Improve how the team works. Cut what does not create customer value. Create the kind of team environment strong PMs want to join: high standards, real ownership, fast feedback, no politics. What You Bring Extensive product management experience in data infrastructure, cloud platforms, or enterprise software with a track record of developing or shipping products customers love. Hands‑on familiarity with the modern data stack and the major platform players: Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Microsoft Fabric, AWS data services. Deep understanding of data platforms: connectivity, sharing, governance, performance, security, scale, and where the industry is going next. Working knowledge of the SAP portfolio and BDC. Familiarity with SAP data integration is a plus. Real expertise with the technologies underneath the product: Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, distributed systems, Kubernetes, Spark, and at least one systems language (Rust, Go, Java). A clear track record of enabling AI and ML workloads through better data foundations. Proven ability to operate as the single product owner across multiple engineering teams and stakeholders. First‑principles product thinking. Customer‑facing scar tissue from real enterprise engagements and a habit of turning that signal into product. Engineering or technical consulting background. Strategic clarity paired with a bias to ship. You are measured by adoption and outcomes, not roadmap slides. Strong communicator capable of speaking with executives, customers, and engineers. Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; advanced degree a plus. Equal Employment Opportunity Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability. SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you need accommodation or assistance to navigate our website or complete your application, please send an e‑mail to Recruiting Operations Team: View email address on click.appcast.io . Compensation Range Transparency TP provides the annualized compensation range inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target for the career level applicable to the posted role. The targeted annual combined range for this position is 198,200‑420,000 USD. The actual amount to be offered will be within that range, dependent on education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process. Any variable incentive includes a targeted dollar amount; actual payout is dependent on company and personal performance. Please refer to the SAP North America Benefits for a summary of benefits and eligibility requirements. AI Usage in the Recruitment Process For information on the responsible use of AI in our recruitment process, please refer to the Guidelines for Ethical Usage of AI in the Recruiting Process. Violations may result in disqualification. Requisition Details Requisition ID: 454445 Work Area: Solution and Product Management Expected Travel: 0 - 10% Career Status: Professional Employment Type: Regular Full Time Additional Locations: N/A #J-18808-Ljbffr SAP