Senior Manager PMI Excellence (m/f/x)

Welcome to ZEISS - a company that combines innovation and responsibility!
Our corporate areas are diverse and play a crucial role in the strategic direction and sustainable success of the ZEISS Group.
PMI Excellence is a newly created team working across all areas of the ZEISS Group (our business segments, corporate functions, and country organizations). PMI Excellence aims to be the trusted advisor and executive business partner for post-merger integration and separation activities within the ZEISS Group. The PMI team provides governance and program management support for ZEISS-wide PMI activities to enable sustainable transaction success and secure acquisition value for the ZEISS segment.
Do you want to play a pivotal role in shaping PMI Excellence at #teamZEISS?

Your role

• Development of integration strategies in collaboration with business segments and strategic business units, based on newly defined company standards for PMI processes and tools.
• Responsible for creating comprehensive approaches for post-merger integration and separation planning to ensure successful implementation.
• Ensuring compliance of all PMI activities in alignment with the company's overall strategy and objectives.
• Leading collaboration with cross-functional teams to enable seamless integration and separation of systems, processes, and technologies.
• Active involvement in due diligence processes to define the PMI and separation strategy, as well as to identify risks and opportunities.
• Conducting regular progress reviews, preparing status reports for senior management, and contributing to the continuous improvement of PMI processes through lessons-learned sessions and updating the PMI toolkit.

Your profile

• A degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Finance, Physics, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent professional experience.
• Proven experience as a post-merger integration/separation manager, preferably in a mid-large sized matrix organization or as a consultant, with at least 10 years of working experience, for which 5 years in a corporate environment.
• Strong project management skills, including experience leading cross-functional teams (Program or Project Management Certification a plus).
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• English proficiency is a must, any other language is a plus

If you want to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, and growing team that sets the strategic direction for PMI at ZEISS, we look forward to receiving your application.
Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:
Carina-Rachele Germano, Lameez Peer