Keynote: SAP SuccessFactors: A New Era for HR with Autonomous HCM | Success Connect at SAP Connect

Watch the full Success Connect 2026 keynote, live from Las Vegas. SAP leaders and customers reveal how Autonomous HCM is helping HR move from AI promise to measurable business outcomes, with live demos, customer perspectives, and new innovations across SAP SuccessFactors. What you'll see: ➡️ Autonomous HCM — the future of human capital management, where AI automates end-to-end processes, supports context-aware decisions, and helps optimize the workforce at scale ➡️ Joule for HR — AI-powered experiences that help resolve payroll issues, analyze skills gaps, update job architecture, and personalize learning journeys ➡️ SAP SuccessFactors innovations — new assistants and agents designed to automate operational work, redesign how work gets done, and reinvent workforce development ➡️ Workforce intelligence — how SAP’s intent to acquire TechWolf can strengthen skills intelligence with real-time insight into what people can do and what the business needs next ➡️ Customer proof points — IBM and SAP leaders discuss AI-first HR transformation, skills readiness, clean core, governance, and the future of work Customers featured: IBM and SAP Speakers: Lara Albert, Chief Marketing Officer, SAP SuccessFactors; Siva Sundaresan, GM and Chief Product Officer, SAP SuccessFactors; Rebecca Carr, President, HCM Products and CEO, SmartRecruiters, SAP; Nadja Ericsson, Customer Advisor, SAP Sweden; Gina Vargiu-Breuer, Chief People Officer and Labor Director, SAP SE; Jon Lester, VP HR Technology, IBM Chapters: 0:00 — Opening: A new era for HR 1:35 — Business change becomes a workforce challenge 4:47 — SAP research on AI, work redesign, and HR capacity 7:41 — Automate, redesign, reinvent: Three priorities for HR 9:18 — Autonomous Enterprise and the role of business context 11:03 — SAP announces intent to acquire TechWolf 13:05 — What Autonomous HCM means for HR 15:07 — Live demo: Automating payroll issue resolution with Joule 18:37 — Live demo: Redesigning skills and job architecture 22:51 — Live demo: Reinventing learning and development 28:39 — Connecting HR outcomes across SAP SuccessFactors 33:06 — Vision demo: Workforce strategy to execution 39:23 — Why TechWolf matters to SAP SuccessFactors 42:38 — SAP SuccessFactors customer strategy for Autonomous HCM 45:16 — Customer panel with IBM and SAP 58:38 — Closing: Building the future of HR Explore SAP SuccessFactors HCM:https://sap.to/6050BG2M7O Follow us on social: LinkedIn: https://sap.to/6050BG0v3M Instagram: https://sap.to/6052BG0v3O Facebook: https://sap.to/6053BG0v3P Threads: https://sap.to/6054BG0v3u About SAP: As a global leader in enterprise applications and business AI, SAP stands at the nexus of business and technology. For over 50 years, organizations have trusted SAP to bring out their best by uniting business-critical operations spanning finance, procurement, HR, supply chain, and customer experience. For more information, visit: https://sap.to/6055BG0v3R #SAPSuccessFactors #AutonomousHCM #BusinessAI