Product Manager Optimization, Quantum & AI

Enterprise software is shifting from passive process infrastructure to active decision infrastructure. SAP is pioneering autonomous enterprise decision systems that combine optimization science, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence to help organizations navigate complexity and execute under real-world constraints.

The Product Manager Optimization, Quantum & AI will own the strategy and roadmap for highly technical products within SAP's business application portfolio. You will translate the vision of autonomous decision systems into deployable enterprise solutions that create measurable value across diverse domains — from supply chain and manufacturing to finance, HR, procurement, and customer operations.

The role:

• Define and execute product strategy for autonomous decision systems that combine classical optimization, quantum algorithms, and AI into enterprise-grade solutions
• Own the product roadmap, balancing innovation in decision infrastructure with customer adoption, technical feasibility, and business value delivery
• Translate enterprise customer requirements from diverse business domains into technical specifications for optimization engines, orchestration layers, and execution interfaces
• Work closely with architects, development managers, and research teams to ensure product decisions reflect both market needs and technical possibilities
• Position the product in market context: articulate differentiation, competitive advantage, and strategic value of autonomous decision infrastructure
• Drive customer engagement and validation: conduct discovery sessions, run pilots, gather feedback, and iterate based on operational deployment experience
• Collaborate across SAP business units to identify integration points, reuse opportunities, and ecosystem partnerships
• Define success metrics and track product performance: decision quality improvements, planning cycle time reduction, resource utilization gains, and customer satisfaction

What you bring:

• Product management experience in enterprise software with proven track record owning technical products in business applications (5+ years)
• Strong technical foundation in optimization, operations research, or computational methods — sufficient to engage with architects and developers on algorithmic approaches and system design
• Deep understanding of enterprise business processes across multiple domains — supply chain, finance, HR, procurement, or customer operations
• Ability to translate between technical and business stakeholders: explain quantum algorithms to executives and communicate market requirements to researchers
• Experience launching products in dynamic, emerging technology spaces where category definition and customer education are part of the challenge
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills with ability to assess technical feasibility, market opportunity, and competitive positioning simultaneously
• Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills with ability to influence across organizational boundaries
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or related technical field

MBA or equivalent business experience is a plus.

What you get from us:

• Constant learning and skill growth in a wide range of technology areas
• A team that wants you to grow and succeed
• Flexible working models with a strong focus on health and well-being
• Recognition for individual contributions and a variety of benefit options to choose from

We help the world run better. 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.

SAP is the 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 more than 200 million users and over 100,000 employees worldwide, we serve over 400,000 customers and touch 80% of global commerce across more than 20 industries.

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. SAP is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse environment. We believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.