Senior Researcher (f/m/d): SAP Business AI - SAP Knowledge Graph 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. 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. What you`ll do At SAP, we're integrating state-of-the-art AI technology with our industry-specific data and deep process knowledge to innovate across SAP products & services. Our goal is to provide Knowledge Graphs (KGs) as key differentiators to address challenges in business applications and enable the development of foundation models on structured data. Establish and manage research collaborations with academia, industry and commercial partners Contribute pioneering technical advances to the combination of knowledge graphs and large language models, including hands-on contributions to model code Enable academic research by providing Business AI relevant problem statements, frameworks and data sets Keep the pulse with the research, providing insights into the latest research findings and making them comparable with internal work Translate project innovations into research publications and contribute to thought leadership in large language models and Generative AI. Work closely with the knowledge graph team to exchange information and ensure that internal initiatives and project deliverables are aligned with community best practices. What you bring PhD or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, physics, mathematics or other relevant disciplines Extensive experience with Knowledge Graphs as well as large language models (e.g. graph embeddings) Proven experience and deep understanding of the opportunities and challenges associated with collaboration between industrial and academic research Candidate must have an academic background in one of the following fields: LLMs, Foundation Models, or Knowledge Graphs, supported by a substantial record of related publications and a well-established network in these fields. Proficiency in Python, and experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar. Optionally, hands-on experience with RDF, Neo4j, TypeDB, PyG or similar technologies Ideally, professional experience with the combination of knowledge graphs and large language models in ERP domain Proven history of leading projects with a strategic mindset complemented by superior organizational abilities Meet your team SAP's AI organization is dedicated to seamlessly infusing AI into all enterprise applications, enabling customers, partners, and developers to enhance business processes and generate remarkable business value. Bring out your best SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. 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. We win with inclusion SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone feels included and can run at their best. SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Requisition ID: 411747 | Work Area: Software-Research | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: Walldorf or Berlin | #LI-Hybrid #J-18808-Ljbffr