SAP Certified - SAP SuccessFactors Succession Management

Who it's for: SAP partner consultants — and HR-technology professionals moving into a succession-planning configuration role — who want a recognized associate credential proving they can configure and run core SAP SuccessFactors Succession Management functionality as a mentored member of an implementation project team.

The SAP® C_THR85 certification confirms that you hold foundational, associate-level knowledge of SAP SuccessFactors Succession Management and can apply it on an implementation project while working alongside a more experienced consultant. It is aimed at partner consultants who configure the solution, and it spans the practical setup the module requires: enabling and permissioning succession, aligning People Profile with the succession data model, defining nomination methods and the position model, running Talent Search, managing talent pools, working with the Succession Org Chart plus the position-tile and lineage views, building Matrix Grid reports and talent cards, and importing successors alongside calibration. Because it sits within the wider SuccessFactors platform, preparation also touches core administration, role-based permissions, and the Metadata Framework that underpins configuration — so you learn the shared tools first and then apply them to succession-specific work.

1. 1Build the platform foundation first — provisioning, Admin Center, role-based permissions, People Profile, and the Metadata Framework — because every succession feature you configure later depends on these shared tools behaving correctly.
2. 2Practise nomination methods and the position model together with talent pools: how you define nominations shapes pool-based nominations, permissioning, and the columns, filters, and role associations you configure downstream.
3. 3Treat the Succession Org Chart as its own study block — rehearse navigating and configuring it, including its XML, position criticality, bench strength, and nomination history, and note how it integrates with other SuccessFactors modules.
4. 4Drill Talent Search and Matrix Grid reporting hands-on — permissioning, search settings, background and competency ranking, rating scales, icons, and retirement eligibility each behave differently and reward repeated, accurate execution.
5. 5Work through importing successors and calibration end to end, confirming how People Profile data, the succession data model, and permissions upstream determine what surfaces in talent cards, presentations, and the final succession picture.