Job Description

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. How? 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.

What you'll do:


We are looking for a passionate and experienced Product Owner to lead the development and enhancement of our portfolio of security testing tools. The candidate should have a fair understanding of security scanning and tools, the inner workings of operating tools on hyperscalers, along with proven expertise in Agile methodologies. This role requires a strategic thinker who can align product vision with business and security goals while managing a dynamic product backlog.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of business contexts, requirements, objectives, and expectations of customers (customer-centricity).
• Collaborate with other POs, Tech Leads, Product Designers, and Stakeholders to create a roadmap that enhances the user experience of our security testing tools.
• Align priorities and maintain a prioritized backlog, managing dependencies and risks while integrating security considerations.
• Define and write epics and stories in collaboration with developers, while ensuring alignment with Product Management based on the product vision and strategy.
• Communicate with and manage expectations with the team and the stakeholders, ensuring alignment and transparency.
• Manage progress, remove impediments, and ensure timely delivery of features.
• Act as the spokesperson and ambassador for team achievements to the rest of the organization.
• Work with all development process contributors, e.g., Product Managers, Architects, Scrum Masters, Developers, UX, RTEs and DevOps to establish and execute a flawless development process.

What you bring-

• 9+ years of experience in building software products/services, with experience in working with security tools (preferably Cloud application development - SaaS).
• 5+ years of experience as Product Owner and working with agile development (including Scrum, Kanban, SAFe). Certifications like CSPO / PMPO are preferable.
• Knowledge of the Security Testing domain including knowhow of various tools, processes, technologies (like SAST / DAST) in detail.
• Strong technical skills, with ability to dive deep into technical trends, architectural questions, stack control points, roadmaps, and managing the development lifecycle.
• Background in security tools and platforms (e.g., OWASP, Burp, ZAP, etc.) and understanding of hyperscalers (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to translate between different domains and adjust to different audiences.
• Ability to lead with agility and create progress - even in ambiguous situations.
• A passion for coaching and mentoring less experienced colleagues by drawing upon your experience, skills, and knowledge.
• Strong user focus and methods for discovering user needs, introducing KPIs / metrics
• Demonstrated expertise in leveraging product telemetry data to monitor, analyze, and gain insights into user interactions, behaviors, and patterns.
• An eye for non-functional requirements such as security, performance, scalability, availability, cost, and operations.
• Experience in risk management techniques - not just for the team backlog, but also for the overall solution - at the program level.

Meet your team:


We are the Security Testing and Open-Source Software Security team. We are part of the central Tools Team, an autonomous team within SAP operating from various locations across the globe including India, France, Germany, Sofia and so on.


As the name suggests, we create tools. What kind of tools may you ask? Awesome tools to help people in SAP to get their job done smarter and faster. Some of our main topics are CI/CD, Corporate Compliance and Developer Productivity Tools. Within TTT, the Security Testing team enables SAP development teams to build secure software by providing central services for automated source code scans complemented by other test methods, such as dynamic checks, fuzzing, or penetration testing. This automated security analysis of potentially large software products allows us to detect and eliminate security flaws at an early stage in the development cycle before the products are shipped to SAP customers!


Bring out your best


SAP 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 inclusion


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. 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. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com

For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:


Qualified 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.

Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.


Requisition ID: 399014 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.