Product Manager Planetariums (f/m/x)
The Product Manager for Planetariums will define roadmaps, manage product lifecycles, and align hardware, software, and service offerings with market needs. The role involves collaborating across departments to drive go-to-market strategies and identifying opportunities for AI and automation integration.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Jena
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Product
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- University degree in natural sciences, engineering, or technology
- Several years of experience in product management, portfolio management, or technical project/business development
- Experience in complex B2B or project environments
- Excellent German and English language skills
- Willingness to travel internationally 20-25%
Nice to have
- Business administration qualifications or product management training
- Experience with hardware, software, and services as well as international markets
- PhD
Full description
We bring the stars to life – for 100 years. As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of complete systems for modern planetariums, ZEISS delivers top-tier solutions for fascinating planetarium applications. Shape the digital future of ZEISS Planetariums and reach millions of planetarium visitors worldwide.
Your role
In this role, you will play a key role in aligning products, hardware, software, and services to market and customer needs and strengthening the go-to-market approach:
- Structure product and portfolio decisions, define market- and customer-driven requirements, and develop a clear roadmap for the product portfolio
- Derive hardware, software, and services requirements and translate them into market-ready offerings, including pricing, launch, and lifecycle strategies
- Strengthen the go-to-market approach through close alignment with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Experience; ensure a consistent market introduction
- Alleviate project management by targeted offering prioritization, opportunity assessment, and market analyses; identify AI and automation potentials to scale the global business
Your profile
- Completed university degree in natural sciences, engineering, or technology; business administration qualifications or product management training are an advantage; PhD optional
- Several years of experience in product management, portfolio management, or technical project/business development in complex B2B or project environments; experience with hardware, software, and services as well as international markets is desirable
- Responsibility for the product lifecycle, conducting market and competitive analyses, and preparing decision papers for executive boards
- Strong technical and business understanding; structured market and customer analyses, requirements engineering, roadmap and go-to-market competencies
- Excellent German and English language skills; confident communication with development, sales, service, marketing, and international partners
- Ability to identify AI and automation potentials and integrate them into processes as well as product/service concepts
- Willingness to travel internationally 20-25%
Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:
Norman Funk