Senior Manager Business Development (m/w/x)

The Microsurgery (MCS) Strategic Business Unit at Carl Zeiss Meditec AG is seeking a Senior Manager Business Development (f/m/x). The role focuses on shaping and advancing external growth opportunities for MCS, with emphasis on strategic partnerships, investments, and M&A in close collaboration with senior stakeholders.

Your Role

• Co-develop and drive the external innovation and growth strategy for MCS in alignment with strategic priorities
• Identify, assess, and prioritize external growth opportunities across partnerships, investments, and M&A
• Own selected opportunities end-to-end, from screening and business case development to recommendation and execution support
• Build and manage a structured pipeline of external opportunities with clear strategic and business impact focus
• Lead cross-functional workstreams across key functions to advance high-priority strategic initiatives
• Prepare decision materials for senior management and support executive and board-level discussions on selected growth topics

Your Profile

• University degree in Management, Business Administration, Medicine, Engineering, or a related field; MBA or PhD is a plus
• Several years of experience in business development, corporate strategy, investment, or a related strategic role, ideally with exposure to partnerships, venture capital, or M&A
• Strong strategic and analytical skills with experience in market analysis, company evaluation, and business case development
• Proven ability to lead complex strategic initiatives independently and align stakeholders across functions without formal authority
• Strong understanding of medical technology markets, applications, and value chains is an advantage
• Excellent communication skills with executive-level presence; fluent in English, German is a plus

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team: Sabrina Rieker

Step out of your comfort zone, excel and redefine the limits of what is possible. That’s just what our employees are doing every single day – in order to set the pace through our innovations and enable outstanding achievements. After all, behind every successful company are many great fascinating people. In a spacious modern setting full of opportunities for further development, ZEISS employees work in a place where expert knowledge and team spirit reign supreme. All of this is supported by a special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl Zeiss Foundation: to bring science and society into the future together.

Diversity is a part of ZEISS. We look forward to receiving your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, philosophy of life, disability, age, sexual orientation or identity.