About this role
Your Role
- Acts as a strategic HR Business Partner for the global MED Operations management team, providing professional HR advisory services and actively drives Operations’ transformation and change process towards
- Operational Excellence and performance Steers global strategic and operational HR decisions related to e.g., recruiting, people development, succession planning, performance management, and job evaluations
- Drives the development and implementation of the HR strategy and assists in organization design changes and workforce assessments
- Lead global HR projects and programs related to the MED Operations organization
- Coach managers in talent and leadership development, managing succession planning processes
- Supports (strategic) workforce planning based on business needs through the HR analytics
- Facilitates the implementation of HR processes and programs with global and regional scope, ensuring alignment with corporate priorities
- Manages interfaces to local HRBMs and central HR functions
- Drives harmonization and standardization of structures and process across all sites
Your profile
- Holds a relevant academic degree
- Several years of proven local and global experience in HR and plant/shopfloor environment
- Several years of proven experience in leading global projects and programs
- Expert in creating HR strategies that align with organizational goals and drive employee engagement, as well as customizing HR policies and procedures to fit the organization’s vision and culture
- Proven ability to work effectively and lead teams in a global, culturally diverse matrix environment, with strong communication, collaboration, negotiation, and interpersonal skills
- Analytical thinker with problem-solving and process improvement skills and the capacity to influence, coach and engage at all levels within the organization with a focus on creating innovative HR solutions
- Fluent in English and German
Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:
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About ZEISS Group
ZEISS is an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the fields of optics and optoelectronics. In the previous fiscal year, the ZEISS Group generated annual revenue totaling almost 12 billion euros in its four segments Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology, and Consumer Markets (September 30, 2025).
For its customers, ZEISS develops, produces, and distributes highly innovative solutions for industrial metrology and quality assurance, microscopy solutions for the life sciences and materials research, and medical technology solutions for diagnostics and treatment in ophthalmology and microsurgery. The name ZEISS is also synonymous with the world's leading lithography optics, which are used by the chip industry to manufacture semiconductor components. There is global demand for trendsetting ZEISS brand products such as eyeglass lenses, camera lenses, and binoculars.
With a portfolio aligned with future growth areas like digitalization, healthcare, and Smart Production and a strong brand, ZEISS is shaping the future of technology and constantly advancing the world of optics and related fields with its solutions. The company's significant, sustainable investments in research and development lay the foundation for the success and continued expansion of ZEISS' technology and market leadership. ZEISS invests 15 percent of its revenue in research and development – this high level of expenditure has a long tradition at ZEISS and is also an investment in the future.
With over 46,600 employees, ZEISS is active globally in around 50 countries with more than 60 sales and service locations, around 40 research and development facilities, and 30 production facilities worldwide.
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What you'll do
- Acts as a strategic HR Business Partner for the global MED Operations management team, providing professional HR advisory services. Drives the development and implementation of the HR strategy and assists in organization design changes and workforce assessments.
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