Principal Researcher (f/m/d) - Foundation and World Models on Structured Business Data

SAP
Germany
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Research & Scientific (R&D)Education: phdSkills: ["Research leadership","Strategic thinking","Organizational skills","Collaboration","Communication","Vision"]

Drive pioneering research into foundation and world models for structured business data, advancing methods for graphs, tables, and time series. Lead a small squad’s research agenda, create and benchmark business-focused problem statements, and translate breakthroughs into publications and thought leadership. Collaborate with applied research teams, domain specialists, and academic partners to align internal work with open-source and conference best practices, including supervising PhD students during academic collaborations and internships.

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Principal Researcher (f/m/d) - Foundation and World Models on Structured Business Data

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Job Summary

Drive pioneering research into foundation and world models for structured business data, advancing methods for graphs, tables, and time series. Lead a small squad’s research agenda, create and benchmark business-focused problem statements, and translate breakthroughs into publications and thought leadership. Collaborate with applied research teams, domain specialists, and academic partners to align internal work with open-source and conference best practices, including supervising PhD students during academic collaborations and internships.
Location: Germany
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Research & Scientific (R&D)
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Advance foundation models on structured data and explore world models for business problem solving.
  • •Expand model capability by combining rich semantic context with large-scale business data.
  • •Define and steer the research agenda for a small squad of research scientists and engineers.
  • •Enable and accelerate academic research by providing business AI problem statements, frameworks, and datasets.
  • •Translate applied research breakthroughs into research publications at top-tier conferences and contribute to thought leadership; collaborate with internal teams and academic partners.
Travel: Low travel

Key Requirements

  • •PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, physics, mathematics, or related fields.
  • •Academic background in foundation models/machine learning on large-scale structured data or world models, with top-tier conference publications and a strong research network.
  • •Extensive research experience with machine learning on structured data.
  • •Strong research vision for foundation models on structured data and how world models impact them.
  • •Proficiency in Python and experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow (or similar).
Experience:Machine learningFoundation modelsWorld modelsKnowledge graphsLarge language modelsERP domain
Education:PhD / Doctorate
Skills:Research leadershipStrategic thinkingOrganizational skillsCollaborationCommunicationVision
Tech Stack:PythonPyTorchTensorFlowKnowledge graph technologiesKnowledge graphsLarge language modelsSAP-RPT-1Relational pre-trained transformer

Company Brief

SAP
Global enterprise software company best known for ERP systems and business applications covering finance, supply chain, procurement, HR, analytics, and customer management for large organizations.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Walldorf, Germany
Founded: 1972
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