Health Services Specialist - Ukraine

Role Purpose

The Health Services Specialist is responsible for designing, implementing, and scaling integrated health, safety, and wellbeing strategies across the entire Ukraine, fostering a people-centric work environment.

This position partners with cross-functional stakeholders — P&C teams, Facilities, Safety & Security, Legal, Leadership Teams, and the Global Health, Safety & Well-Being team — to embed health & safety as core elements of the employee experience and organizational success.

It also plays a critical role in advancing the RUN HEALTHY framework and local legal principles to prevent, early detect, and minimize work-related productivity loss while complying with legal requirements and organizational policies.

Why This Role Matters

SAP is committed to the health and safety of all its employees. Our support for occupational safety, health, and well-being through prevention is vital to our innovation, productivity, and employee morale. In short: vital to SAP as a healthy organization.

This is more than a health & safety position — it’s a role with the power to transform how people experience work across SAP Ukraine.

The Health Services Specialist will be an implementer, coordinator, and networker, as well as a cultural translator and changemaker — ensuring that SAP Ukraine is not only compliant but also thriving.

Key Responsibilities

Health & Safety Governance & Enablement

• Responsible for (co-)leading the National H&S Management Council in line with global policy and the related SAP Health and Safety Management Standard, while holding responsibility for the National H&S Budget.
• Works closely with local stakeholders and the Global Health, Safety, and Well-Being Team.
• Co-create and execute a national/regional health & wellbeing roadmap, delivering health, safety, and wellbeing programs aligned with global standards, the National H&S Management Council, and local requirements and circumstances.
• Support the implementation and effectiveness of National H&S Management Council(s) across the country/region while ensuring representation from P&C, Safety, Communications, Facilities, and Leadership.
• Support the P&C Country Lead in representing health, safety, and well-being in leadership teams and advising those towards a healthy culture.
• Support country teams in designing, resourcing, and evaluating local initiatives, while fostering cross-country collaboration.
• Act as a strategic advisor on employee health, safety, and wellbeing to senior leaders in the country/region.

Health & Safety Compliance

• Manage local compliance with Health & Safety regulations, ensuring a healthy working culture and environment.
• Ensure health and safety risks are proactively identified, mitigated, and reported in alignment with legal standards and local laws in the country/region.
• Build reports using dashboards and track progress using KPIs, audits, surveys, and incident data.
• Champion psychological safety and mental health practices nationally/regionally.

Profile Requirements

Professional Experience

• Where applicable: Bachelor’s in HR, Organizational Psychology, or related field PLUS accredited OHS training/certification.
• 2+ years in HR with at least 1 year practical involvement in Health, Well-Being, and particularly Occupational Safety.
• Experience in designing and executing national/regional strategies (in multi-national environments).
• Knowledge of local regulatory frameworks across the country/region.
• Experienced in stakeholder management.

Skills & Competencies

• Capability to develop and implement strategic plans and initiatives to drive positive and sustainable impact.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team, collaborating with diverse professionals and building strong working relationships with stakeholders.
• Demonstrates a “We win as one” mindset, cross-cultural sensitivity, and high emotional intelligence.
• Skilled communicator with facilitation and change management abilities.
• Experience in handling finance and purchasing processes is a plus.
• Expertise in HR field and well-being innovation is a plus.

Your Close Collaboration Partner – The Global Health, Safety & Well-Being Team

The Global Health, Safety & Well-Being Team acts as a health & productivity enabler while contributing to SAP’s People Sustainability efforts and showcasing SAP’s thought leadership in the field of Corporate Health Management.

The team is a regarded purpose-led thought leader in linking health, safety, and well-being to talent management and business success. It is integral to SAP?s strategic people management by connecting how SAP cares for its customers and for its people — with employee experience, productivity, engagement, and innovation as sustainable outcomes.

It designs and delivers innovative health programs for leaders and employees worldwide. Promoting a healthy, safe, and inclusive people-centric work environment, both within and beyond SAP, serves SAP’s higher purpose of helping the world run better and improving people’s lives.