Tell us about yourself?

I am Divya, a mother of a wonderful baby girl Noor. I worked in SAP Labs as a Senior Software Engineer for 8 years and am now on a break to look after my baby. 

I moved from India to Melbourne in October 2018. I love dancing , travelling and practising yoga. I strongly believe in investment, be it money, relations, hobbies, goals, health etc. The more you invest, the better return you will get.

Tell us about your current role?

I worked in SAP Labs Bangalore until August 2018. I was working as a Scrum Lead in HCM Payroll localization for Australia. My team was responsible for delivering all the legal changes announced by ATO. We were handling more than 300 live customers.

Other than delivering legal changes I had responsibility to support customers with any functional or technical issues, building good relations with them, managing the team and all the scrum related activities.

What inspired you to have a career in SAP?

SAP was the first company I worked for. I had two offers, and after reading and discussing with many people who were already part of SAP, I realised that SAP is a company where my full potential would be utilised and I would have a happy life as there is no better place for work life balance.

Tell us about your career journey in tech / SAP to date? 

I joined SAP Labs in June 2010 as a contract employee doing HCM localisation for Great Britain. I met the most amazing mentor and lead. During my training which was for a month, I had typhoid and was not able to attend. But because of the support I had from my team , I quickly gained the knowledge I missed. As a new-comer what I liked the most was the training, it was not only classroom training but hands on sessions with customers as well. I learned a lot and was awarded 'Best Team Player' for a quarter.

Later in June 2013 , I moved to a new product 'HCM Localisation for Australia'.



As a team we delivered many legal changes to the Australian customers and supported them in their journey. I worked as a scrum lead which gave me perspective of handling product as well as people. In August 2018 I left SAP to take care of my baby.

What does equality mean to you?

Equality means equal opportunity regardless of your gender, color, caste, creed etc.. 

What inspirational words would you offer to other women?

Raise your voice, not to shout but to also become the voice of those who cannot be heard. There are many women who are not allowed to even raise their voices and we have to become their voices too.

What do you think is holding back an equal gender balance in the industry at the moment?

It's just the mindset. The patriarchy is so deep rooted that it's not easy, but it's not impossible to have a balance. Companies need to consciously have policies for gender equality, hire more women , train them, have more secure work environment, have more women in leadership roles so that other women can be inspired, have more policies around maternity , after maternity and so on. 

 

If you would like to be featured in or nominate someone you work with to be featured in our 'Women making SAP happen' series, email nadine@sapture.com.au

Divya is working with us to find her next contract role, if you would like to arrange an interview with her, please contact Shane Morgan on shane@sapture.com.au