SAP recently announced the launch of SAP Labs Singapore, a digital innovation hub that will drive product leadership, foster local digital talent, and boost ecosystem and community engagement.
The new SAP Labs Network location will catalyze deep technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning and advance SAP solutions in digital supply chain, intelligent business network, and sustainability. Fundamental to the mission of SAP Labs Singapore will be engagement with organizations to understand how innovation and new technologies are transforming their capabilities to weather challenges and drive long-term, future-ready growth.
SAP also announced that, with support from the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), SAP Labs Singapore will employ more than 500 highly skilled digital professionals locally by 2025, doubling its existing team of Product Engineering professionals in Singapore. About 200 are to be hired by the end of 2022 and will be based at SAP’s newly revamped regional headquarters for Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ).
Manik Saha, previously the strategic partner for SAP Product Engineering and CIO for SAP APJ, has been appointed managing director for SAP Labs Singapore. In his new role, Saha will help establish SAP Labs Singapore as an engineering hub. SAP plans to recruit early digital talent from Singapore’s local universities and institutions of higher learning, with a focus on software engineers and areas including AI, data analytics, cloud, and sustainability.
