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Zeiss

Corporate venture capital for deep-tech startups

Senior Manager New Business Development

Corporate StrategyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMunich, GermanyNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Completed degree in business administration, engineering, or a comparable field.
  • Several years of professional experience in business development, strategy consulting, corporate development, or product management.
  • Demonstrated success developing and implementing go-to-market strategies and building new business models.
  • Experience creating business cases, market analyses, and strategic decision documents.
  • Strong strategic thinking combined with a focus on execution.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset and ability to identify opportunities and develop sustainable business models.
  • Confident presence, negotiation skills, and willingness to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders at management level.
  • Business-fluent English; German language skills are advantageous.

Responsibilities

  • Identify, analyze, and assess new market and business opportunities and future growth areas.
  • Develop market-entry, go-to-market, and business strategies and derive robust business cases and investment decisions.
  • Create market, competitor, and potential analyses and prepare decision documents for top management.
  • Identify international cooperation, sales, and business partners and conduct management-level negotiations.
  • During the setup phase, take responsibility for product management, customer development, and positioning new business models in the market.
  • Lead the team professionally, develop employees, and foster an entrepreneurial way of working.
  • Work closely with Strategy, M&A, and Corporate Development and drive cross-functional initiatives.

Desired Qualifications

  • German language skills are advantageous.

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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