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Zeiss

Corporate venture capital for deep-tech startups

Head of Real Estate Germany

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

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed university degree in Facility Management, real estate management, civil engineering, building services engineering, industrial engineering, or a comparable field, with additional business administration knowledge.
  • Additional qualifications in facility management, project management, change management, or environmental, social, and governance topics are desirable.
  • Several years of leadership experience in a comparable role in an industrial or real estate environment, including demonstrated responsibility for large organizational units and significant budgets.
  • Demonstrated success in cost optimization, organizational development, and transformation, along with experience in multi-project management and strategic initiatives.
  • Deep understanding of integrated facility management across technical, infrastructural, and commercial services, including key performance indicator and control systems and service-level models.
  • Strong digitalization skills and experience with computer-aided facility management or reporting systems.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and assertiveness skills, with a high degree of customer and service orientation.
  • Strategic and entrepreneurial thinking, and experience in change management and organizational development.
  • Very good German and English language skills.
  • High willingness to travel within Germany.

Responsibilities

  • Lead facility management strategically and operationally in Germany; derive and implement a group-wide facility management strategy; and manage the organization through clear objectives, processes, and service levels.
  • Hold overall responsibility for facility management budgets and cost structures, including financial performance, cost optimization, and lifecycle planning.
  • Provide disciplinary and professional leadership for approximately 140–150 employees; build a scalable matrix structure; develop employees; and manage organizational transformation.
  • Ensure safe, legally compliant, and reliable operations; meet legal and internal requirements; and manage emergencies and escalations.
  • Hold overall responsibility for technical, infrastructural, and commercial facility management services; define the optimal balance of internal and external delivery; and establish service-level models.
  • Manage construction, refurbishment, maintenance, and implementation projects of small to medium scale, ensuring cost-effective and timely delivery.
  • Lead strategic initiatives in digitalization, sustainability, and organizational projects; set priorities and allocate resources.
  • Integrate construction, refurbishment, and maintenance projects into the long-term strategy and ensure cost-effectiveness, schedule adherence, and quality.
  • Improve customer satisfaction and strengthen Real Estate's reputation as a high-performing internal partner.

Desired Qualifications

  • Additional qualifications in facility management, project management, change management, or environmental, social, and governance topics.

About the Company

Zeiss

Corporate venture capital for deep-tech startups

ZEISS Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of the ZEISS Group, investing in deep-tech startups that align with its core business areas. It focuses on early-stage rounds (pre-Series A to Series A), typically $1–$5 million, across Information Technology, Industrial Tech, MedTech, and Life Sciences. It adds value by providing targeted funding and using ZEISS’s global network and expertise to support portfolio companies. The goal is to accelerate development of new technologies and business models that complement ZEISS’s portfolio, while actively engaging with external innovation.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding
$69.9M
Headquarters
Oberkochen, Germany
Founded
2001

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