Your Role

• Drive the Cine technology and product roadmap with own budget responsibility

• Be responsible for the achievement of all product development targets (time, cost and quality)

• Built up and lead a team of system engineers, project managers and manager to design and develop new lenses and digital solutions for Cine applications

• Be the sparring partner of the Category Management to develop the category vision by identifying and integrating technology trends and develop a comprehensive technology roadmap

• Be responsible for the advanced development of digital products and services for visual effects workflows

• Innovate in the field of system design and SW and integrate design to value approaches into the development process to secure COGS targets

• Report the progress regularly to the board of management

• Be part of the Consumer Products Technology & Innovation team and share results with the other segments Hunting/Nature and Mobile Imaging

• Build and foster networks by connecting within the ZEISS Group (e.g. Corporate Research) and external partner

Your Profile

• Academic degree (PhD) in the field of physics

• 3+ years of practical experience in leading teams

• 5+ years’ experience in designing and developing optical and or digital imaging systems in an industry environment

• Willingness to develop a genuine passion for the process and techniques of filmmaking and get involved with major aspects of production

• Customer-centered mindset that enables you to understand and focus on end users and their usage context in order to pragmatically find the best solution

• Strong strategic thinking to contribute to product visions and derivation of long-term goals and technology roadmaps

• Strong technical background in system engineering

• Agile mindset with strong experience in design thinking methods knowledge in agile development processes using SCRUM is a plus

• Excellent communication and presentation skills in front of top management, partner and customer

• Team player with excellent motivational skills and quick perception, reliability and accuracy

• Ability to work independently and willing to adapt to flexible tasks

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