UX Design Manager

We help the world run better
At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging - but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

Our UX team in Palo Alto is looking for a Manager, User Experience Design, to manage and grow the team of UX Designers

What you'll do:

The Manager, User Experience should have a unique combination of creative & leadership skills, to be successful in this role. They will be responsible for delivering UX designs for several applications in the Procurement Area. Duties and responsibilities include but not limited to:
Manage, coach and mentor a team of seasoned and new UX designers
Work with Product Management to understand priorities and roadmap
Work with Program Management to share schedules, track dependencies, plan capacity and highlight risks
Work with engineering to deliver designs, iterate based on constraints and push a UX centric vision
Interface with customers & users, alongside UX research team, to get user feedback
Collaborate with other UX leaders within Procurement and across SAP for information sharing and learning
Advocate User Centric Design processes with stakeholders and peers in Product Management and Engineering
Manage the end-to-end project backlog, priority, and schedule for the applications responsible for
Introduce a Scrum & Agile mindset within the design system team, with backlogs, priorities, burn-down, ceremonies, etc.
Partner with UX research team to ensure effective research is planned for and conducted for applications
Partner with UX Design Systems team within and across SAP, to drive consistency and reuse
Place individuals in roles and assignments that contribute to their personal and career development
Hold yourself and your team accountable for setting and meeting departmental goals
Inspire and gain the commitment of others towards the vision, mission, values, and organizational goals

What you'll bring:
Bachelor's degree in art, Design, HCI, Interaction, and/or equivalent practical experience.
7+ years of experience, including a leadership role creating strategy and designing products.
Prior experience leading user experience projects and teams
Experience working with designers, product managers, and engineers.
Experience integrating research programs throughout the life cycle, including experience with digital, global products.
Experience managing scrum and agile teams
Solid communication skills, with the ability to articulate positions and advocate designs.
Excellent managerial and operational skills.

Meet your team

We are SAP's Procurement UX Team, part of the ISBN organization. Our organizational goal is to deliver procurement products that meet our customers' needs and expectations. The UX team is a globally distributed team based in Palo Alto, Bengaluru, Europe and Brazil. Our team's goal is to bring consumer-like ease to large-scale enterprise products. We are a team of passionate UX colleagues who aims are passionate about delighting users with meaningful user experience and reducing complexity.

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 world.

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Requisition ID: 448007 | Work Area: Software-User Experience | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Management | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid

Requisition ID: 448007

Posted Date: Mar 6, 2026

Work Area: Software-User Experience

Career Status: Management

Employment Type: Regular Full Time

Expected Travel: 0 - 10%

Location: