Senior Risk Specialist / Risk Management Expert (f/m/d)

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What you’ll do

SAP has founded the Delos Cloud GmbH to deliver a vendor and solution-neutral sovereign cloud and accelerate the digital transformation of public services in Germany. Catering to the need for digitization in the public sector, the new company will act as a trusted partner providing an open sovereign cloud platform. With Sovereignty and Security at its heart, the cloud infrastructure offering is designed to meet the strict and unique national requirements set out by the German Government’s multi-cloud strategy.

• Analysis of regulatory developments pertaining to national security
• Multi-level stakeholder management with applicable government and law enforcement agencies as well as industry peers
• Identification of global and regional regulatory trends in collaboration with peers from the global SAP GS2 organization
• Representation of SAP in applicable public-private-partnerships, business associations and fora
• Provision of internal briefings, presentations, and publications on national security developments
• Translation of regulatory requirements into SAP government security processes
• Support federal government agency audits according to sovereignty requirements
• Comply with specific national security requirements for sovereign cloud under instruction of the Secrecy Commissioner

What you bring

• Work experience in a commissioned security position according to current German national regulations
• Deep understanding of business enabling and sales/presales processes is a plus
• Deep understanding of contractual terms and conditions for identification of required actions to protect government classified information
• Ability to analyze political situations and interdependencies in Germany
• End-to-end understanding of government communication
• Excellent negotiation skills with government authorities and security organizations
• Excellent c‑level communication & presentation skills
• German language skills both in written and spoken language on native speaker level; English skills both in written and spoken language
• Regular mandatory on‑call duty for night‑time and weekend coverage required
• Residing in Berlin or (direct) surroundings
• Willingness to go through personal security clearance (Government process)

Meet the team

SAP Government Security and Secrecy (GS2) organization is part of the SAP Customer Services and Delivery Board Area. This organization ensures strict liability fulfillment of customers’ national security requirements, business enablement in sensitive industries and compliance with Critical Infrastructure as well as Telecommunication regulations for SAP world‑wide.

Bring out your best

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