Labs Munich Ecosystem Engagement Lead (f/m/d) - SAP Labs Germany (Maternity leave cover)

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What you`ll do 

 

Summary:

As the Ecosystem Development Lead at SAP Labs Germany – Labs Munich, you will play a pivotal role in driving SAP’s engagement with strategic customers and the wider innovation landscape. Your mission is to cultivate meaningful relationships, facilitate impactful collaborations, and orchestrate high-value engagements across the Munich ecosystem.

By proactively connecting SAP with influential partners and translating innovative impulses into actionable outcomes, you will empower SAP to stay at the forefront of technological advancement. A key aspect of your responsibilities includes leveraging the SAP Defense Innovation Hub Munich as a significant platform for fostering collaborative opportunities and accelerating innovation within the ecosystem. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape SAP’s presence in Munich’s dynamic innovation community, positioning SAP Labs Germany as a leader in ecosystem development and engagement.

 

Beyond these operational responsibilities your core responsibilities are:

1. Ecosystem & Relationship Management

1. • Establish and maintain a structured network of strategic customers and ecosystem stakeholders (including startups, partners, VCs, research, and technology peers)
   • Strengthen SAP’s connectivity, relevance, and visibility within the ecosystem. Act as a central interface for ecosystem-related interactions and opportunities

1. Engagement & Ecosystem Activation

1. • Prepare, design, and coordinate strategic customer and ecosystem engagements (e.g., executive meetings, workshops, offsites, innovation sessions)
   • Define objectives, shape agendas, align stakeholders, and develop supporting materials
   • Design and drive interaction formats that foster meaningful collaboration (e.g., Ecosystem Talks, curated sessions)
   • Enable SAP colleagues to participate in and benefit from relevant ecosystem activities and events
   • Contribute to SAP’s presence at strategic ecosystem gatherings and conferences

1. Experience & Storytelling

1. • Contribute to SAP engagement environments (e.g., Experience Center, Build Room) as a facilitator and storyteller
   • Translate ecosystem initiatives, innovation topics, and prototypes into compelling narratives
   • Support impactful executive and customer experiences

1. SAP Defense Innovation Hub München

1. • Support the development and positioning of the SAP Defense Innovation Hub München as an ecosystem collaboration platform.
   • Orchestrate connections between startups, industry, research, customers, and SAP stakeholders.
   • Translate relevant challenges into prototype or experimentation initiatives.
   • Drive showcasing, communication, and ecosystem integration of innovation outcomes.

 

What you bring 

 

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration or related field.
• Several years of relevant work experience in business development, innovation ecosystem building, strategic partnerships, and enterprise tech exposure.
• Organized, proactive, multitasker in dynamic settings
• Reliable, hands-on, service-oriented approach
• Fluent in English and German (required for local coordination)
• Proven ability to build and grow networks with strategic customers and ecosystem stakeholders.
• Skilled at enhancing organizational visibility and acting as a central ecosystem interface.
• Experience coordinating customer and ecosystem engagements (e.g., customer meetings, workshops)
• Capable of shaping agendas, aligning stakeholders, and preparing collaborative materials

 

Meet your team

 

At SAP Labs Germany, you become part of SAP’s largest and most diverse engineering community — more than 13,000 developers, designers, and innovators working across our four connected locations: Walldorf & Rot, Berlin/Potsdam, Dresden, and Munich. As one unified hub, we operate under the vision of “One Hub, Four Locations,” meaning you join a network where each site is a strong innovation cluster and all collaborate closely to shape SAP’s future.
We co innovate with leading universities, startups, partners, and customers to build the next generation of enterprise technology. You help turn ideas into real impact by contributing to cutting edge engineering, deep-tech research, and product differentiation that matters.

 

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Requisition ID: 447818  | Work Area: Corporate Operations  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Limited Full Time   | Additional Locations:  #LI-Hybrid

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