Product Owner Engineering Standards

As Product Owner Engineering Standards at ZEISS, you take on a key role at the interface of technology, innovation and governance. You are the first point of contact for standardization topics and actively shape the standards portfolio and engineering standards.

• Defining and further developing engineering services standards, guidelines and internal norms
• Managing the build-up and development of a central AI-based platform for standardization and engineering knowledge
• Strategic development of the ZEISS standards portfolio and the standards management system
• Coordinating standardization work and representing technological interests in relevant national and international bodies
• Ensuring compliance with license rules, cost allocation and continuous optimization of license models, advising on procurement of standards
• Aligning with stakeholders from R&D, engineering, operations and IT
• Managing the product vision, roadmap and backlog for the topics you own
• Technical leadership and coordination of an interdisciplinary team and project participants
• Developing, aligning and implementing the central standardization strategy at ZEISS

• Successfully completed university degree, preferably in engineering, industrial engineering or a comparable field
• Several years of professional experience in product development, engineering or design
• Several years of experience as a product owner, project manager or in a comparable role responsible for complex products, processes or platforms
• In-depth knowledge of standardization, standards and technical regulations
• Knowledge of knowledge management and process optimization
• Strong strategic, analytical and conceptual thinking
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills and the ability to bring different interests together
• Strong stakeholder orientation, persuasiveness and assertiveness
• Very good German and English skills, spoken and written