**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. **COMPANY DESCRIPTION** SAP started in 1972 as a team of five colleagues with a desire to do something new. Together, they changed enterprise software and reinvented how business was done. Today, as a market leader in enterprise application software, we remain true to our roots. That’s why we engineer solutions to fuel innovation, foster equality and spread opportunity for our employees and customers across borders and cultures. SAP values the entrepreneurial spirit, fostering creativity and building lasting relationships with our employees. We know that a diverse and inclusive workforce keeps us competitive and provides opportunities for all. We believe that together we can transform industries, grow economics, lift up societies and sustain our environment. Because it’s the best-run businesses that make the world run better and improve people’s lives. **YOUR** **FUTURE** **ROLE** As a future IT/IP legal advisor in the Open Technology & IP Counseling team, which is part of SAP's global IP team, you will advise various SAP departments on IP matters and ensure that these align with SAP's IP strategy. Your tasks will include consulting, reviewing, and negotiating publicly funded projects on both German and European levels. You will provide legal advice on open technologies, such as participation in standardization organizations or support in founding such organizations. In the field of open technologies, your responsibilities will also include collaboration with SAP's Open Source Office, supporting the legal review of open source requests and policies, as well as assisting in the negotiation of OSS clauses. Another component will be advising and negotiating IP rights, for example, in the labor law context. Additionally, you will participate in further developing the IP compliance system, particularly negotiating issues or contracts related to confidentiality and trade secrets. You will be responsible for creating process documentation, training materials, and internal portal content, carrying out process improvement initiatives, and managing internal projects and processes. You should keep yourself updated on the latest legal regulations in the IP area, such as AI, and apply this knowledge in legal counselling. Your role will support SAP's corporate goals by balancing legal risks with commercial objectives and ensuring compliance with SAP's policies and processes. Furthermore, you are expected to efficiently handle research and administrative tasks. **YOUR PROFILE** The ideal candidate for the IT/IP Legal Counsel role within the OTIP team at SAP should possess the following qualifications and attributes: + Fully qualified lawyer in Germany. + Experience of minimum 5 yrs. in counselling on IP/IT matters in a law firm in the field of IP law or in the legal department of an IT company or environment. + Fluent in both German and English. + Assertive and convincing personality with a high level of commitment and flexibility. + Hands-on, open-minded personality with strong interpersonal skills. + Excellent presentation and writing skills. + Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and legal professionals and to work collaboratively in a diverse team. + Capacity to provide timely and sound legal advice with an appropriate business perspective to the internal client base. + Efficient work habits, capable of meeting demanding deadlines and balancing multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment. **ABOUT THE TEAM** The Open Technologies & IP Counselling Team is part of SAP’s Legal IP department. It supports by counselling on general IP matters and by offering standards and enablement, emphasizing the importance of IP and risk mitigation measures to protect SAP’s IP and to use it strategically. **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. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com. 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. (https://one.int.sap/me@sap/jobs\_at\_sap#17498858-1050-415e-8d82-21f91655666b\_96fc) Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training. Requisition ID: 419614 | Work Area: Administration | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | #LI-Hybrid