Product Manager Planetariums (f/m/x)

Location: Jena

Time Type: Full time

Job 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