Your Role:

• As a Project Manager, you drive the execution of digital and AI-enabled initiatives that create measurable business value for ZEISS’s manufacturing businesses

• Work closely with Strategic Business Units (SBUs), business stakeholders, and interdisciplinary teams to identify opportunities, validate concepts, and deliver scalable solutions from idea to implementation

• Translate strategic objectives into actionable project plans, ensuring alignment, transparency, and successful delivery

• By managing innovation initiatives from concept to execution, you help accelerate digital transformation and realize tangible business impact across ZEISS

You will:

• Lead innovation and innovation transformation projects and workstreams from opportunity assessment through implementation and scaling

• Identify, validate, and develop digital and AI-enabled business opportunities in manufacturing and operations together with ZEISS SBUs

• Enable SBUs to experiment quickly and learn from early market and user feedback through real in-market experiments

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver solutions that create measurable business value, operational excellence, and superior customer experiences

• Drive the adoption of (Gen)AI and other digital technologies to improve processes, decision making, and business outcomes across manufacturing-related domains

• Contribute to the design of operating models, processes, and governance structures that enable the sustainable adoption of digital and AI-powered solutions

• Advise business stakeholders on emerging technologies and innovation initiatives to support informed decision making and transformation success

Your Profile:

• You have an excellent university degree, preferably in business and/or manufacturing

• 3-5 years of professional experience in management consulting, innovation management, product management, manufacturing excellence, or related business functions

• Experience in managing projects or workstreams involving multiple stakeholders in cross-functional environments

• A solid understanding of digital and AI-driven business models, digital products, and emerging AI technologies

• Experience or strong interest in how (Gen)AI is reshaping manufacturing, operations, business processes, and innovation activities

• Ability to navigate ambiguity, structure complex challenges, and translate ideas into actionable plans

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to engage effectively with senior leaders and diverse teams

• Experience working in international environments; exposure to the APAC region is a plus

• Fluency in English; German language skills are a plus

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Sabrina Rieker