Intern - AI-enhanced Business Strategy (f/m/x)

Carl Zeiss IQR GmbH; Oberkochen; On-site; EUR 11,000 - 16,000; Full time

Job summary

ZEISS invites an advanced student to join the IQR Strategy Department as an intern to support market analysis, portfolio reviews, and strategic planning. You will work on models, research modules, and prototypes, applying AI concepts and modern tools to inform decisions.

Responsibilities include market intelligence, competitive assessments, scenario analyses, and presenting findings to the strategy team. Strong Python and Excel skills help create dashboards and analytical tools.

Qualifications

• Advanced student (preferably master’s level) in business, engineering, computer or data science, economics, or a related field
• Strong interest in corporate strategy, market analysis, and business modelling
• Sound understanding of business administration and strategic-management concepts
• Initial Python experience, good Excel skills and experience building prototypes, analytical tools, dashboards, or business applications is desirable

Responsibilities

• Market intelligence and competitive analysis including market models, forecasts, and opportunity assessments
• Contributing to product portfolio reviews and prioritization
• Supporting M&A screening and strategic-fit analysis
• Developing strategic roadmaps and implementation perspectives
• Preparing scenario analyses and decision-support materials
• Turning data and findings into clear management presentations
• Developing reusable analytical tools and business applications including documentation

Skills

Python

Excel

Dashboards

Teamwork

English

Education

Master's student in business/engineering/data science

Tools

Jupyter

Power BI

Job description

Your Role Within Industrial Quality & Research, ZEISS serves industrial and research customers through measurement, microscopy, and software businesses in rapidly changing markets. The IQR Strategy Department turns market and business analysis into recommendations on strategy, portfolios, growth, organization, and long-term planning. We seek an intern to support strategy projects and use modern tools, including AI, to improve research, modelling, and decision support.

Your role:

• Market intelligence and competitive analysis including market models, forecasts, and opportunity assessments
• Contributing to product portfolio reviews and prioritization
• Supporting M&A screening and strategic-fit analysis
• Developing strategic roadmaps and implementation perspectives
• Preparing scenario analyses and decision-support materials
• Turning data and findings into clear management presentations
• Developing reusable analytical tools and business applications including documentation

You will own analyses, models, research modules, or prototypes for real business questions and discuss results with the strategy team.

Your Profile

• Advanced student (preferably master’s level) in business, engineering, computer or data science, economics, or a related field
• Strong interest in corporate strategy, market analysis, and business modelling
• Sound understanding of business administration and strategic-management concepts
• Initial Python experience, good Excel skills and experience building prototypes, analytical tools, dashboards, or business applications is desirable
• Familiarity with AI, large language models, or machine learning is an advantage
• Curiosity, sound judgement, and a willingness to challenge assumptions
• Independent, goal-oriented working style, strong communication and teamwork skills
• Good written and spoken English; German-language skills are an advantage

Sounds exciting? Then become part of #teamZEISS and help us shape the future!

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.