SAP
SVP, SAP SuccessFactors Engineering
Palo Alto, CA, United States · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- 15+ years of engineering leadership, including 5+ years leading large global teams (500+ engineers).
- Education
- BS in Computer Science or a related technical field; advanced degree a plus.
About the job
Leads SAP SuccessFactors engineering strategy and global execution, scaling Autonomous HCM and AI capabilities across the HCM portfolio.
What you'll do
- Own engineering strategy, roadmap, budgets, and resource allocation across SAP SuccessFactors.
- Lead and grow a global engineering organization of 1,000+ engineers, driving delivery, operational excellence, and modern engineering practices.
- Drive Autonomous HCM and AI agent capabilities, and maintain platform extensibility and the partner ecosystem.
What they ask for
- 15+ years of engineering leadership, including 5+ years leading large global teams of 500+ engineers delivering AI-powered or AI-native enterprise SaaS products.
- Track record leading major technology transitions and shipping AI-powered or AI-native enterprise products at scale, from prototype through GA and broad customer adoption.
- Deep knowledge of modern AI/ML technologies, LLM-based agent frameworks, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise data platforms.
- Strong product and people leadership, cross-functional influence, communication, and experience navigating large matrixed organizations.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree.
- Experience with shifts to AI-native or agentic product architectures.
Tools
AI/ML, LLM-based agent frameworks, cloud infrastructure, enterprise data platforms, AI-assisted development, continuous delivery, DevOps
AI focus
Lead the development and global scaling of Autonomous HCM, including AI agents that act, orchestrate business processes, and connect people data to business outcomes.
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