Zeiss Manufacturing

Beyond Innovation Manager (f/m/x)

Oberkochen, Germany In person Full-time

Location: Oberkochen

Beyond Innovation is ZEISS’ vehicle for building long-term growth opportunities beyond today’s business. It enables the development of high-potential, high-risk ventures in new markets and technologies through dedicated funding, governance and management attention.

A Beyond Field is a strategically relevant innovation domain with the potential to create significant future business for ZEISS, either in adjacent markets, entirely new markets, or emerging technologies.

Your Role

  • Defining the organizational and operational setup of Beyond Fields
  • Help to define and structure strategy and approach for new Beyond Fields and establish OKR set-up to align campaign goals
  • Independently collaborating with all team members on Key Results and associated initiatives
  • Deriving action items from OKRs and moving the team into action
  • Accountability for preliminary financial planning
  • Organizing and structuring governance meetings incl. board presentations
  • Project specific stakeholder management
  • Challenging and structuring ideas to enhance their communicability
  • Coaching team members and facilitating team formation
  • Moderating the communication between team and management
  • Continuous support for ongoing Beyond Fields

Your Profile

  • A degree in natural science, life science, engineering, or economics with outstanding grades. An additional PhD or MBA degree is a plus
  • Minimum 3 years of professional experience in dynamic working environments such as Consulting, Venture capital, etc.
  • Proven ability to thrive in highly ambiguous environments and transform ideas into actionable business plans
  • Executive-level communication and presentation skills
  • Comfort working across technical and commercial topics
  • Excellent commercial acumen and financial planning skills
  • Superior interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
  • Strong analytical and problem-structuring capabilities
  • A resourceful team player with a willingness to help others succeed
  • Proficiency in English and German, both in written and spoken communication

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team

Markus Repp

Additional Locations: München

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