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Process Architect / Strategic Project Manager R&D (f/m/x)
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About the Company
ZEISS is an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the fields of optics and optoelectronics. In the previous fiscal year, the ZEISS Group generated annual revenue totaling almost 12 billion euros in its four segments Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology, and Consumer Markets (September 30, 2025). For its customers, ZEISS develops, produces, and distributes highly innovative solutions for industrial metrology and quality assurance, microscopy solutions for the life sciences and materials research, and medical technology solutions for diagnostics and treatment in ophthalmology and microsurgery. The name ZEISS is also synonymous with the world's leading lithography optics, which are used by the chip industry to manufacture semiconductor components. There is global demand for trendsetting ZEISS brand products such as eyeglass lenses, camera lenses, and binoculars. With a portfolio aligned with future growth areas like digitalization, healthcare, and Smart Production and a strong brand, ZEISS is shaping the future of technology and constantly advancing the world of optics and related fields with its solutions. The company's significant, sustainable investments in research and development lay the foundation for the success and continued expansion of ZEISS' technology and market leadership. ZEISS invests 15 percent of its revenue in research and development - this high level of expenditure has a long tradition at ZEISS and is also an investment in the future. With over 46,600 employees, ZEISS is active globally in around 50 countries with more than 60 sales and service locations, around 40 research and development facilities, and 30 production facilities worldwide. Learn more about ZEISS: www.zeiss.com/about Data privacy: www.zeiss.com/data-protection Imprint: www.zeiss.com/publisher This is ZEISS's official LinkedIn account. It follows the ZEISS Netiquette: www.zeiss.com/netiquette Machinery Manufacturing Specialties: Optics, Optoelectronics and Precision Mechanics, Binoculars, Microscopy, Eyeglass Lenses, Biomedical Research, Medical Technology, Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Nano Technology, Industrial Metrology, Camera and Cine Lenses, Industry 4.0, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Software Development
Responsibilities
- ● 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. Apply now It takes less than 10 minutes.
- ● Enabling smaller, more powerful, and more energy-efficient microchips Work where tomorrow takes shape. Around 80 percent of all microchips worldwide are manufactured using ZEISS technologies. As the core of every electronically controlled system, microchips have become indispensable in everyday life-from smartphones and smart homes to smart factories. ZEISS is a technology leader in semiconductor manufacturing equipment. With high-precision lithography optics, photomask systems, and process control solutions, ZEISS enables the production of ever smaller, more powerful, and more energy-efficient microchips-and is helping shape the era of micro- and nanoelectronics through its innovations. The Group Projects, Processes & Tools is responsible for strategic projects within the Carl Zeiss SMT R&D organization. Our focus is on developing and implementing processes, methods, and tools across the entire product development process. As Process Architect / Strategic Project Manager R&D, you will play an active role in advancing our R&D value creation system. You will analyze existing workflows in the R&D environment, develop forward-looking and practical target-state concepts, and anchor them sustainably within the organization. Analyze, design, and optimize processes along development and product lifecycle management value streams Develop and implement efficient, scalable, and practical target processes aligned with business requirements, the organization, methods, and IT systems Define suitable KPIs as well as measurement and steering concepts to support sustainable process improvement Plan, structure, and manage strategic improvement and transformation projects Lead interdisciplinary teams from a functional perspective Facilitate workshops and prepare audience-specific analyses, management presentations, and decision documents In this role, you will have a lasting impact on how an innovative R&D organization works and deliver visible improvements in processes, collaboration, and product development.
- ● Your profile
- ● Successfully completed degree in a STEM field, engineering, industrial engineering, or a comparable qualification Three to five years of experience in research and development, engineering, product development, or product lifecycle management Experience in process management / process design as well as in applying common optimization and transformation methods, such as Lean, Agile, or ADKAR Basic project management experience and a structured, self-directed way of working Strong communication and facilitation skills, with excellent written and spoken German and English Confident presence when interacting with different stakeholder groups You are an especially strong fit for this role if you also bring the following qualifications: Consulting experience in process and organizational design with a focus on R&D, for example in management consulting or internal consulting Experience in digitizing and automating processes, ideally using common tools such as SAP Signavio, ServiceNow, Power Automate, Power BI, etc. Strong strategic, analytical, and conceptual skills We look forward to receiving your application
- ● Rebecca Wöhrle
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