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Zeiss

Supplies lithography optics for semiconductor manufacturing

Operational Product Manager / Product Owner

Product ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeOberkochen, GermanyNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A successfully completed degree in engineering, physics, computer science, industrial engineering, or a comparable field.
  • Extensive professional experience in an industrial, technology-oriented environment, ideally in product management, systems engineering, project management, or product development.
  • Experience combining technical and commercial requirements and deriving clear priorities from them.
  • Knowledge of product lifecycle processes, such as product maintenance, change management, product launches, or product discontinuation.
  • Practical knowledge of S3 / R4 and confident use of these systems for master data, change, variant, or portfolio management.
  • Ability to communicate clearly with different specialist and management levels and to facilitate complex topics in a structured way.
  • Analytical, independent, and solution-oriented working style; ability to make decisions within the area of responsibility and consistently drive their implementation.
  • Willingness to travel 20% domestically and internationally for customer visits, trade fairs, and conferences.
  • Very good spoken and written German and English.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and continuously develop a defined product portfolio throughout its lifecycle, from product maintenance and improvements to launch and discontinuation.
  • Gather, structure, and prioritize requirements from customers, sales, service, development, operations, and other stakeholders.
  • Maintain and prioritize the product lifecycle and product backlog in close coordination with development teams, strategic product management, and specialist departments.
  • Coordinate product changes, improvements, and new functionality, including alignment on effects on quality, cost, delivery capability, service, and communication.
  • Contribute to the product roadmap using customer feedback, market monitoring, and technology and competitor analyses.
  • Support product and market launches by coordinating product information, handovers, and change-management processes with sales, service, operations, and other stakeholders.
  • Facilitate cross-functional alignment and provide transparency on priorities, decisions, dependencies, and implementation progress.
  • Track relevant product portfolio metrics and work with specialist departments to derive improvement measures.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in product management, systems engineering, project management, or product development is preferred.

About the Company

Zeiss

Supplies lithography optics for semiconductor manufacturing

Zeiss SMT designs and makes high-precision optical systems for semiconductor manufacturing, including lithography optics, photomask solutions, and process-control components. Its products are used in lithography equipment to project circuit patterns onto silicon wafers, with responsibilities spanning advanced optics, mask technology, and monitoring tools that ensure precise, repeatable imaging.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding
$1.1B
Headquarters
Oberkochen, Germany
Founded
2001

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