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Position Title: SAP iXp Intern - Operations, Employee Engagement & Ecosystem Program Support

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Anticipated Start Date: September 2026

Contract Duration: 12 months

Work Hours: Full-time; 40 hours per week

Key Responsibilities

Event & Program Support

• Support planning and execution of onsite events in the Bay Area, virtual, and hybrid events across SAP Labs U.S., including employee engagement events, learning sessions, tech talks, hackathons, startup events, and ecosystem programs.
• Assist with event logistics, communications, registration, speaker coordination, onsite support, and follow-up.

Employee Engagement & Communications

• Support programs that strengthen employee connection, collaboration, and workplace experience across office locations.
• Draft and maintain internal communications, newsletters, event updates, reports, visual content, and SharePoint/MS Teams content.
• Collect and summarize event feedback, engagement data, and reporting metrics.

Ecosystem, Innovation & Customer Support

• Support AI thought leadership, startup engagement, policy-related forums, technical knowledge-sharing, and customer-centricity programs.
• Research startups, conferences, accelerators, and ecosystem trends; capture key takeaways from events and forums.

Operations & Process Improvement

• Maintain tracking documents for events, sponsorships, contacts, participants, partnerships, and program activities.
• Support internal tool rollouts, process improvements, reporting, and general project/admin needs.

What You’ll Bring

A curious and agile mindset, with a passion for learning and the resilience to adapt in a fast-paced, evolving environment. Strong problem-solving and creative thinking skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and communicate ideas clearly and effectively. Emotional intelligence and cultural awareness that support inclusive teamwork and thoughtful stakeholder engagement. A growing foundation in business acumen and emerging technologies — especially artificial intelligence — paired with a results-oriented approach and the courage to take initiative.

Education: Business, Communications, or another relevant field.

Eligibility: Must be currently enrolled, or recently graduated (start date must be within 6 months of graduation date) from a coding academy/bootcamp, apprenticeship, associate, bachelor’s, master’s or JD/PhD program.

Qualifications

Required

• Able to work onsite in Palo Alto, San Ramon, and San Francisco at least 3x per week, with additional onsite support as needed.
• Able to travel to all three Bay Area office locations.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, proactive, and collaborative.
• Interest and/or experience in project management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Can-do attitude and willingness to pitch in where needed.
• Experience with MS Office Suite and standard productivity/collaboration tools.

Desired

• Experience with MS Outlook, MS Teams, SharePoint, event planning, and/or internal communications.
• Interest in AI, tech startups, innovation ecosystems, employee engagement, and/or public policy.
• Ability to occasionally support evening events.
• Technical background or interest in developer engagement, hackathons, or innovation programming.

Where You Belong

The Labs U.S. Managing Director’s Team is a highly visible, fast paced team that strives to cultivate a thriving employee experience for our U.S.-based development teams by fostering a collaborative work environment, a culture of continuous learning, and connecting what our teams are doing to the broader ecosystem.

We also ensure that our employees have the skills and experience they need to succeed in the cloud native and AI first development environment. This dedicated focus ensures that SAP Labs U.S. creates hubs for innovation, community, and provides a unique experience for U.S.-based development teams.

We are primarily on-site in Palo Alto, San Francisco, and San Ramon, CA.

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Requisition ID: 457576  | Work Area: Corporate Operations  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Student  | Employment Type: Limited Full Time   | Additional Locations:  #LI-Hybrid