Title: Expert Lead for Performance Management, Employee Experience & Engagement (f/m/d)

Location: Galway, IE, H91W3P8

Department: Human Resources

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.

We are seeking an Employee Experience & Engagement Expert with deep expertise in Performance Management to lead strategic initiatives that enhance employee engagement, drive continuous feedback cultures, and optimize performance processes. This role will be instrumental in shaping an employee-centric approach to performance management, ensuring alignment with business strategy and fostering a high-performance culture across the organization.

What you'll do:

Strategic Performance Experience Design: Lead the development and evolution of performance management strategies with a focus on employee experience, engagement, and impact.
Enterprise-Level Stakeholder Management: Partner with senior HR leaders, business executives, and key stakeholders to influence and drive adoption of performance engagement strategies.
Culture of Continuous Feedback & Growth: Design and implement frameworks that foster a culture of real-time feedback, coaching, and meaningful development conversations at all levels.
Employee-Centric Transformation: Leverage insights from employee sentiment, engagement surveys, and performance data to continuously improve and refine the performance management process.
Technology & Digital Enablement: Drive innovation in performance management by integrating cutting-edge digital tools, AI-driven analytics, and employee experience platforms.
Global Change Management & Advocacy: Champion the shift towards modern performance management practices, ensuring alignment across geographies and diverse workforces.
Advanced Analytics & Insights: Utilize data-driven methodologies to measure the effectiveness of performance engagement strategies, providing executive-level recommendations for improvement.
Executive Coaching & Enablement: Support senior leaders and HRBPs in driving high-impact performance conversations, fostering leadership development, and enabling talent retention.
Goal Setting : Design and execute an employee centric approach to goal setting which drives clarity, ownership and empowerment across the company.

What you'll bring:

10+ years of experience in HR, Employee Experience, Talent Development, or Organizational Psychology, with deep expertise in Performance Management.
Proven experience designing and leading enterprise-wide performance engagement strategies in a large, complex, global organization.
Strong executive presence with the ability to influence and engage C-suite leaders, senior HR executives, and global stakeholders.
Expertise in employee engagement methodologies, behavioral science, and performance optimization frameworks.
Experience with HR technology, AI-driven performance tools, and digital transformation in the employee experience space.
Highly skilled in data storytelling, people analytics, and performance insights to drive strategic decision-making.
Track record of leading large-scale change management initiatives focused on performance and engagement.
Exceptional communication, facilitation, and consulting skills to drive alignment and impact

Location: This position can be considered across EMEA locations.

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. 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.

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