Senior Manager – Corporate Strategic Projects (f/m/x)

Step out of your comfort zone, excel and redefine the limits of what is possible. That's just what our employees are doing every single day – in order to set the pace through our innovations and enable outstanding achievements. After all, behind every successful company are many great fascinating people.
In a spacious modern setting full of opportunities for further development, ZEISS employees work in a place where expert knowledge and team spirit reign supreme. All of this is supported by a special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl Zeiss Foundation: to bring science and society into the future together.

Join us today. Inspire people tomorrow.

Diversity is a part of ZEISS. We look forward to receiving your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, philosophy of life, disability, age, sexual orientation or identity.

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In close cooperation with the management, business units and corporate functions, you will

• lead strategic projects at ZEISS Group
  

• act as initiator for project roadmaps along the ZEISS strategy
  

• evaluate new fields of technology, together with the research & development departments and the business units
  

• analyze ZEISS core competencies and identify market potentials and trends
  

• lead key strategic projects, and implement core initiatives to grow, internationalize, and digitize our business, to make ZEISS a global market shaper
  

Your responsibilities will also include planning, controlling, structuring and budgeting of the projects as well as top leadership communication and management of stakeholders

• A degree with excellent grades in natural sciences, engineering or economics. A PhD or MBA are a plus
  

• At least 4 years of professional experience at one of the leading management consultancies, or in corporate strategy
  

• Profound experience in market and competition analysis, technology and innovation management
  

• Proven success in lateral leadership of large teams and responsibility for complex projects
  

• Outstanding analytical competence, strategic and outside-the-box thinking
  

• Enjoy working in an agile way in networked, diverse, and interdisciplinary teams, and strong communication skills
  

• Passion for innovation and enthusiasm for new technologies
  

• Fluent English skills, German is a plus