Innovation Excellence Manager (m/w/d)

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 silence 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.

At ZEISS Corporate Research and Technology (CRT), we drive technology inspired innovation to prepare ZEISS for the future. Beyond technological and application expertise, i.e. excellence in innovation methods, search as foresighting, roadmapping, design thinking, structured problem solving, open innovation, etc. is essential to achieve this. You, as part our team, will be responsible for recognizing the right innovation methods, developing and implementing them in the context of applied research and put them to work for the group's innovation processes.

Your Role Drive regular and excellent use of innovation methods at CRT

Define and govern a portfolio of innovation methods

Train new and guide existing method owners on how to best spread the method knowledge in CRT and beyond

Work together with method owners and in project teams helping them with excellent method usage out technical challenges

Actively search and develop completely new innovation methods needed by Zeiss

Be an expert in at-least one relevant field and keep up to date with developments

Support the Head of CRT in initiatives to strengthen our innovation culture

Master's degree in mathematics, computer science, technology or engineering with a focus on innovation management or comparable

Strong background in innovation management methods

Proven experience in practical application of one or more methods like foresighting, roadmapping, design thinking, structured problem solving, open innovation

Fluent in English, German is a plus

Skilled team player & stakeholder manager

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