HR Business Manager (f/m/x)

Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH; Aalen; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH in Germany seeks a Global HR Business Manager who will serve as a trusted strategic advisor to senior leaders across CTO, Quality and R&D. You will shape people priorities, lead international workforce planning and drive organizational change in a complex global matrix.

Travel up to 30% and close collaboration with local HR, legal and employee representatives ensure compliant, future‑oriented people solutions.

Qualifications

• University degree in HR, business administration, law or social sciences.
• Extensive experience as a strategic HR business partner in international settings.
• Proven ability to advise senior leaders and translate needs into people solutions.
• Expertise in organizational development, change management and workforce planning.
• Strong knowledge of labor law and co-determination in an international matrix.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted strategic HR partner to senior leaders, aligning people priorities with business and functional objectives.
• Shape strategic talent and leadership priorities, including succession planning, leadership development and critical capability building.
• Lead strategic workforce planning and use people data and analytics to identify future workforce and capability needs.
• Shape organizational structures and operating models while leading organizational transformation and change initiatives.
• Advise on complex and sensitive people matters in close collaboration with local HR, Legal and employee representative bodies.
• Lead and contribute to cross-functional and global HR initiatives, navigating a complex international stakeholder environment.

Skills

Strategic HRBP

People analytics

Change management

Leadership development

Succession planning

Labor law knowledge

Education

University degree in HR/Business/Law/Social sciences

Job description

Your Talent, our Vision – together we see beyond. Your start at ZEISS Consumer Markets. As a leading manufacturer of ophthalmic lenses, we help people around the world achieve a clearer vision – sustainable and with focus on the future. Our products are as diverse as the career paths we offer, from tailored lenses to award-winning measurement systems. Become part of our team and shape a future in which clear vision and professional success go hand in hand.

As Global HR Business Manager, you will act as a trusted strategic advisor to senior leaders across the global CTO, Quality and R&D functions. You will shape and drive people and organizational priorities in line with the overall People Agenda and the strategic needs of the respective functions.

Your role

• Act as a trusted strategic HR partner to senior leaders, aligning people priorities with business and functional objectives
• Shape strategic talent and leadership priorities, including succession planning, leadership development and critical capability building
• Lead strategic workforce planning and use people data and analytics to identify future workforce and capability needs
• Shape organizational structures and operating models while leading organizational transformation and change initiatives
• Advise on complex and sensitive people matters in close collaboration with local HR, Legal and employee representative bodies
• Lead and contribute to cross-functional and global HR initiatives, navigating a complex international stakeholder environment

Your profile

• A university degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Law, Social Sciences or a comparable field
• Significant experience in a strategic HR Business Partner role in an international environment, with a proven track record of partnering at senior leadership level
• Proven ability to advise senior leaders and translate business needs into effective people and organizational solutions
• Strong expertise in organizational development, talent and succession management, change management and strategic workforce planning
• Sound knowledge of labor law and co-determination requirements, combined with experience working with employee representative bodies
• Excellent analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to leverage people data and navigate a complex global matrix organization

The role requires international travel of up to 30%.

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team: Christine Werling

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.

Join us today. Inspire people tomorrow.

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.