Product Security Senior Specialist (f/m/d) - Sovereign Cloud in Berlin

SAP LeanIX is expanding into Sovereign Cloud environments - a strategic initiative that will make our product available to customers in regulated industries and the public sector who operate under strict data residency, security, and compliance requirements.

We are starting with NS2 in the United States, with the ambition to extend to further sovereign and government cloud environments globally over time.
This is a greenfield effort that spans engineering, product, and compliance, and it includes building the infrastructure, processes, and capabilities to meet the highest standards of data sovereignty while delivering the full power of SAP LeanIX to an entirely new category of customers.

The SAP LeanIX Security, Compliance and Governance team is looking for a motivated Product Security Senior Specialist to engage in activities related to the SAP LeanIX Information Security Management System, and drive implementation and design of compliance controls for the SAP LeanIX Enterprise Architecture portfolio. This position puts particular focus on Sovereign Cloud / Cloud in Country certifications such as FedRAMP or equivalent national standards, and on control ownership for selected cross-engineering controls.

What You'll Do:

• Work together with colleagues in development, governance and security functions.

• Organize workshops and trainings for control owners and security champions to better understand requirements and best practices.

• Assist in compliance certification efforts for Sovereign Cloud and Cloud in Country environments for LeanIX Enterprise Architecture portfolio, including frameworks like FedRAMP, or equivalent national standards.

• Translate complex regulatory and government compliance requirements into actionable technical tasks and policy updates.

• Stay current with global and local regulations related to data sovereignty, privacy, and government cloud security to ensure proactive compliance.

• Collaborate with certification bodies and internal certification intermediaries.

• Engage as control owner for selected cross-engineering controls that are owned by the LeanIX Security, Compliance and Governance unit.

• Oversee the resolution of Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) items.

• Coordinate certification projects and small networks of functional colleagues for successfully obtaining certifications.

• Engage in Audit sessions together with internal and external auditors.

What You Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Information Security or related Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

• 7+ years in Information Security, with at least 4 years focus on GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance), IT Audit, or a similar compliance-related role.

• Proven experience leading certification or attestation projects for at least one major information security framework (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, C5).

• Deep understanding of GRC assessment methodologies, control design, and the audit lifecycle.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to articulate complex technical and compliance concepts to diverse audiences (from engineers to executives).

• Experience with Jira.

• You’re an open-minded team player.

• Fluent spoken and written English communication skills.

Beneficial skills:

• Experience in BCM / DR topics

• Direct, hands-on experience with government-specific cloud compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP (US), IRAP (Australia), or similar national programs.

• Experience with NIST standards, particularly the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) and controls defined in NIST SP 800-53.

• Industry recognized professional certification such as CISSP, CISA, Lead Auditor or SANS

• Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell) for automating compliance tasks and evidence gathering

• Experience with using AI tools such as Claude.

• Spoken and written German communication skills

Meet your team:

The Information Security team is responsible for managing the security of SAP LeanIX enterprise architecture solution in coordination with Product and Engineering organization as well as SAP’s central security team.

Taking a risk-based approach to security, compliance and governance, we support thousands of colleagues and customers within and outside of SAP LeanIX. We team up with others in SAP (e.g., SAP Global Security and Cloud Compliance, SAP DPP, SAP BTP) to identify, implement, and operate technically effective and trade-off efficient security, compliance and governance solutions.

Skills included: Agentic AI Day-to-Day Practice, AI Adoption Capability, AI Output Quality Assurance, Context Engineering, AI-Assisted Automation and Prototyping, Learning Agility, Collaboration, Complex Problem Solving, Creative Thinking, Effective Communication, Information security management, cloud security, application security, security engineering, AI-Assisted engineering.