Succession specialist (Talent Management Expert)

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 touch 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, prioritise your wellbeing, and truly belong.

The Succession Specialist supports the design, evolution, and strategic execution of SAP’s enterprise-wide succession management practices, ensuring strong, diverse, and future‑ready leadership pipelines. This role translates business priorities into forward‑looking succession strategies, integrating data, assessment insights, and development pathways to enable high‑quality talent decisions and long‑term organisational readiness.

• Define and continuously evolve succession management strategies, frameworks, and governance aligned with business priorities.
• Lead enterprise‑wide succession planning processes, ensuring consistency, scalability, and strategic impact.
• Partner with senior P&C and business leaders to shape succession strategies and drive adoption across regions and board areas.
• Integrate assessment insights, talent segmentation, and pipeline analytics into succession decision‑making.
• Provide expert guidance on leadership readiness, mobility, and pipeline risks, informing executive‑level decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement of succession practices, tools, and processes based on data and stakeholder feedback.
• Ensure alignment between succession, leadership development, and talent acceleration initiatives.

• Succession Planning Strategy Execution: Deep expertise in designing and evolving enterprise‑level succession practices.
• Talent Segmentation & Leadership Potential Models: Applies data‑driven approaches to assess readiness and potential.
• Data Analysis & Insights: Interprets pipeline data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Stakeholder Management: Acts as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders and business leaders.
• Pipeline Risk Assessment: Identifies and mitigates risks in leadership pipelines across populations.

• Succession management is a consistent, strategic, and integrated process across SAP.
• Leadership pipelines are transparent, diverse, and aligned with future business needs.
• Senior stakeholders rely on succession insights to inform critical talent decisions.
• Pipeline risks are proactively identified and addressed through targeted actions.
• Succession practices are recognised as a strategic enabler of business transformation, not just a process.

This position is based at the SAP UK HQ in Feltham (Hybrid).

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements. Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.