Health Services Specialist

Job description / Role

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're builders touching 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, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

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.

Reports to: Regional Head of People & Culture

The Senior Health, Safety & Wellbeing Specialist leads the design and delivery of programs that support employee health, safety, and wellbeing across the MENA region. This role ensures compliance with local legislation, aligns with SAP's global standards, and integrates wellbeing into the overall employee experience. Combining strategy, compliance, and people-focused programming, the role helps shape a resilient, safe, and high-performing workplace. This role sits in the Head of People & Culture office for MENA.

Key Responsibilities

Program Strategy & Delivery

• Develop and deliver health, safety, and wellness programs tailored to evolving workforce needs (e.g., hybrid work, psychological safety, burnout).
• Align programs with SAP's People Strategy and Global Health & Safety Management Standard.

Regulatory Compliance & Risk

• Ensure compliance with all relevant MENA legislation, with support from the legal team.
• Track regulatory changes and, where relevant, update policies, processes, and training (or support these updates across other functions).

Governance & Committees

• Lead MENA Health & Safety Councils; run quarterly meetings and drive follow-up actions.
• Support joint health and safety committees where required by law.

Communication & Collaboration

• Drive awareness campaigns that foster a culture of wellbeing.
• Where relevant, facilitate health and safety awareness to employees and managers.
• Collaborate with functions such as Total Rewards and Facilities to embed inclusive wellbeing into the employee journey.
• Act as a trusted advisor and escalation point for health and safety concerns.

Budget & Vendor Management

• Manage the health and safety budget and oversee vendors for mental health and safety programming.

Skills & Attributes

• Strong self-starter with a track record of resolving complex issues.
• Skilled in project management, with the ability to lead from concept to delivery.
• Excellent communicator, able to influence senior leaders and adapt to different audiences.
• Strategic, data-driven thinker who can connect compliance, culture, and outcomes.
• Comfortable shifting between high-level planning and hands-on implementation.

Preferred Experience & Knowledge (assets, not requirements)

• Understanding of MENA health and safety frameworks and legislation.
• Experience in HR, employee experience, or workplace operations.
• Comfortable working with senior stakeholders and running councils or committees.
• Familiarity with mental health strategies and inclusive wellness.
• Budgeting and vendor management experience.

Additional Focus Areas

• Collaborate with global teams to align local efforts with global standards.
• Advise on the health and safety implications of hybrid work models.
• Use data and insights to continuously improve safety and wellbeing outcomes.

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 wellbeing, 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 world.

SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, etc.), 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.

AI usage in the recruitment process

For information on the responsible use of AI in our recruitment process, please refer to our guidelines for ethical usage of AI in the recruiting process. Please note that any violation of these guidelines may result in disqualification from the hiring process.

Additional information

Requisition ID: 436358
Work Area: Administration
Expected Travel: 0 - 10%
Career Status: Professional
Employment Type: Regular Full Time
Location: Riyadh, SA

About the Company

Headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, SAP is the world's largest business software company with more than 51,500 employees at sales and development locations in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Our global development approach focuses on distributing development across the world in strategically important markets. A global network of SAP Labs spanning Bulgaria, Canada, China, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, and the United States, enables SAP to operate locally, yet organize globally.

As the global technology research unit of SAP, SAP Research significantly contributes to SAP's product portfolio and extends SAP's leading position by identifying and shaping emerging IT trends through applied research and corporate venturing. SAP Research has highly skilled teams in 11 research centers worldwide.