Digital Transformation Manager (m/f/d)*

As Digital Transformation Manager IT/OT (m/f/d)* within our Business Unit High-Performance Materials, you will drive the global strategic and operational advancement of digitalization across the entire organization. In this role, you shape the IT/OT transformation strategy and roadmap, identify and evaluate digital optimization opportunities and ensure that digital initiatives deliver measurable business value. You act as a key enabler of business impact, connecting digital transformation initiatives with tangible value creation. You combine a strategic approach with hands‑on technical expertise, strong coordination‑ and stakeholder‑management capabilities for a global business.

Your Contribution

• Define and implement the IT/OT digitalisation strategy to create benefit for all stakeholders with a clear focus on business impact, transparency and measurable value contribution.
• Identify, assess, and prioritise digital business cases, including profitability evaluation and decision‑making on implementation, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives and sustainable growth.
• Design and implement IT/OT‑supported process improvements, by contributing in hands‑on value creation and in managing digital initiatives, actively driving the digital transformation of core operational and business processes.
• Harmonise and optimise IT/OT solutions across sites, working closely with BPM, Operations, Sales, Finance, and Corporate Functions.
• Coordinate IT/OT projects end‑to‑end, from demand management and solution evaluation to stakeholder alignment and rollout.
• Act as the central interface to the OT 4.0 organisation, ensuring governance, documentation standards, and capability building.
• Lead change management activities for digital transformation initiatives and support the roadmap execution contributing to the continuous development and future readiness of the business.

Your Profile

• University degree in engineering, industrial engineering, or business informatics.
• Several years of professional experience in IT/OT, with a strong background in processes, project management, and implementation.
• Excellent business acumen and the ability to globally collaborate with diverse stakeholders across all functional levels.
• Strong process and IT affinity, familiarity with ongoing process documentation initiatives is a plus.
• Extensive knowledge of Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing tools (e.g., MES), as well as very good SAP skills.
• Strong capability to operate confidently across all hierarchical levels and manage diverse stakeholder expectations.
• Professional fluency in German and strong English communication skills.

Your Benefits

SCHOTT’s openness to promote your further development is just as great as our additional benefits. Ranging from active health management via flexible working hours and hybrid work all the way to corporate pension plans: everything geared to suit your goals and needs. Discover a special corporate culture where everyone has the opportunity to develop their entire potential.

At SCHOTT, you can expect a unique corporate culture where we emphasize equity, diversity, and inclusion. We know: motivated and committed employees are the precondition for the success of our company.

Holistic corporate health management; International assignments; Multiple career opportunities; Subsidised pension plan

*At SCHOTT, it’s your personality that counts – not your gender, your identity, or origin.