Job Description

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES? 

The SAP User Experience team defines how our users enjoy the interaction with our products. An intuitive and accessible operation across our product portfolio is a critical priority for SAP. We are now looking for you as a passionate Senior Equity Strategist to join us in thriving for a best-in-class, inclusive enterprise UX. 

We aim for the decolonization of Design to foster equity and justice. You are a perfect match if you are skilled in participatory design, DE&I programs, liberation policy, or other areas in which you have established frameworks and tools to drive intersectional justice. You will help evolve our guidelines, frameworks, and tools towards inclusive design. You are passionate about diversity and social justice and systematize respective practices as both, an advocate and hands-on practitioner. You will work in international and multi-disciplinary teams across the organization. Support business, product design and development, and equity objectives by collaborating with functional area leaders and other internal and external DE&I stakeholders. The key to success for this position is a combination of demonstrated success in design for equity practices and passion for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. 

You enjoy your work and feel responsible for the topics you drive end-to-end. You can translate strategic discussions into tangible projects, goals, and initiatives for our users. Your working style is results-driven, self-driven, with attention to detail. We are looking for a team member who embraces people's uniqueness and has an inclusive mindset. You are curious to continuously broaden your horizon on the latest trends that help to create an equity and justice-driven culture. You possess a capacity and passion for creative problem solving, which could draw from your experience in either design, innovation, program development, or consulting contexts. You will become part of an exciting team with a purpose-driven mission. 

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Develop guidance, frameworks, and tools that shift the way our teams practice design, work with communities and partners, and prioritize their time - driving towards a more equitable design process and outcomes through our work

Benchmark best practices, identify next practices, and incorporate into best-in-class product experience 
Make recommendations based upon assessment of research, analysis, and observations 
Manage, drive, analyze, and report all metrics, budgets, ROE (Return on Engagement), reporting, and accountability for product equity and inclusion efforts 

WORK EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

5+ years of professional experience in a relevant field 
Experience working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams 
Examples of writing, points of view, and/or projects that demonstrate experience with race, justice, and systems of inequality in the US and internationally
Excellent understanding of inclusive design and human interaction principles 
Demonstrable experience designing and delivering programs to address issues of inequity
Experience building and managing relationships with external partners 
Adept at synthesizing data, distilling complexity, and storytelling

Fluency in the human-centered design process 
Cultural sensitivity, creativity, and resourcefulness 
A passion for inclusive leadership and creative collaboration

Ability to work as a strong effective team player, committed to results, and solutions-oriented 
Strong attention to detail, producing quality output 

Superior organizational skills, ability to multi-task, meet deadlines, and follow-through on projects 
Outstanding service orientation, sense of urgency, high-level of personal integrity 
Ability to work well under pressure and flexible in adapting and responding to changing situations 
Experience leading by influence 
Strong relationship building and management skills with key stakeholders 

Fluency in ASL a plus 
Direct human-centered design experience is a bonus.