Strategy | Innovation | PM

• Heading the corporate innovation team of up to 7 employees
• Active involvement in the development of the new corporate strategy; ownership of Group innovation and roadmap process
• Supporting independently operating divisions in product management, R&D and divisional strategy including market focus, product management, idea generation for (digital) applications & product platforms; supervising & coaching of strategic projects
• Promote internal and external networking through events, including management of the Jenoptik Innovation Days (e.g. in the fields of digitalization, SW, AI, design thinking)
• Evaluation of R&D investment projects > 100.000 EUR on behalf of the Executive Board; identification & evaluation of M&A targets
• Project lead of the corporate initiative "Speed-up Innovation": Update of the innovation and R&D process landscape, introduction of project portfolio management, etc.
• Head of Group-wide LiDAR program management (Group-wide management of all LiDAR projects with approx. 100 participants; LIDAR = Light Detection and Ranging)

• Research assistant at the department Technology Management and Marketing
• Projects for Siemens, Bosch, Mannesmann, Audi

Strategy consulting, portfolio / program / project management, appraisals, coaching, trainings and moderation of workshops in the areas of:

• Corporate Strategy, New Technologies, Product Innovation management, R&D footprint, product platforms, market and technology research
• New Business development, evaluation of cooperation partner and M&A targets
• Process management (esp. innovation processes)
• Establishment and implementation of cooperation between companies
• Industrial foci: photonics, energy, automotive, medical consumer goods, electrical engineering, IT