Senior Change Management Specialist (f/w/x) - limited for 2 years

ZEISS Group; Oberkochen; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

ZEISS Group's Digital @ SMT team invites a Change Manager with a strong background in business and engineering to steer transformation across the organization.

You will design and implement the change strategy, coordinate with program leadership, conduct roadshows, engage key users, measure adoption and impact, and ensure delivery in line with ZEISS culture.

Qualifications

• Academic degree (ideally Master) in Business Administration & Engineering, Communications, Social Sciences, Psychology or related fields with a focus on change management.
• At least 3–5 years of experience in change and project management.
• History of “human centered change and training” programs in context of digital transformation.
• Experience in collaboration in matrix organizations; good understanding of ZEISS culture.
• Strong communication skills, structured approach, confident and friendly; fluent in German and English.

Responsibilities

• Challenge and refine with program leadership the What-Why-How change story for the Digital @ SMT transformation.
• Refine and implement the Digital @ SMT’s change management strategy based on a updated stakeholder analysis incl. change impact and readiness analysis.
• Propose, agree, orchestrate and implement appropriate change measures within the ADKAR framework to engage stakeholders and to maximize and sustain adoption.
• Hands‑on delivery of Roadshows and other formats.
• Engage the network of Key Users and Multipliers for Digital @ SMT across the organization.
• Obtain feedback from the organization, measure adoption, compliance as well as impact / outcome; Refine change management plan accordingly; Escalate where necessary.
• Align the approach for Change Management in Digital @ SMT with the Change Managers in other SMT programs.

Skills

Change management

Project management

Stakeholder analysis

ADKAR framework

Communication

German

English

Education

Master's degree in Business Administration

Engineering

Communications

Social Sciences

Psychology

Job description

ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology

Enabler for smaller, more powerful, and more energy-efficient microchips

Working for tomorrow today.

Around 80 percent of all microchips worldwide are produced using ZEISS technologies. As the centerpiece of every electronically controlled system, they have become an integral part of our everyday lives–whether in smartphones, smart homes or smart factories. ZEISS is a technology leader in the field of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. With high-precision lithography optics, photomask systems and process control solutions, ZEISS enables the production of ever smaller, increasingly powerful, and more energy-efficient microchips, and thus plays a pivotal role in the age of micro- and nanoelectronics.

Digital @ SMT’s mission is to foster innovation and to drive efficiency @ SMT through digital projects and the coordination of digital content. From a common +DATA platform over Machine Learning to GenAI use cases for personal productivity.

Your Role

• Challenge and refine with the program leadership the What-Why-How change story for the Digital @ SMT transformation.

• Refine and implement the Digital @ SMT’s change management strategy based on a updated stakeholder analysis incl. change impact and readiness analysis.

• Propose, agree, orchestrate and implement appropriate change measures within the ADKAR framework to engage stakeholders and to maximize and sustain adoption.

• Hands‑on delivery of Roadshows and other formats.

• Engage the network of Key Users and Multipliers for Digital @ SMT across the organization.

• Obtain feedback from the organization, measure adoption, compliance as well as impact / outcome; Refine change management plan accordingly; Escalate where necessary.

• Align the approach for Change Management in Digital @ SMT with the Change Managers in other SMT programs.

Your Profile

• Academic degree (ideally Master) in Business Administration & Engineering, Communications, Social Sciences, Psychology or related fields of study with a focus on change management, organizational development, and organizational communications.

• At least 3 – 5 years of experience in change and project management.

• History of “human centered change and training” programs in context of digital transformation.

• Experience in collaboration in matrix organizations; Preferably good understanding of ZEISS culture and organization.

• Strong communication skills, structured way of working, confident and friendly appearance, passionate and enthusiastic about delivering human centered change and training.

• Fluent in German and English

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Michail Gennimakis