Global Lens Care Product Manager Hybrid UK

Carl Zeiss SMT; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ZEISS Global Consumer Eyecare is seeking a Global Product Manager - Lens Care to lead the strategy, lifecycle management and market-facing execution for lens care products worldwide. The role requires coordinating with R&D, regulatory and marketing teams to deliver consumer-centric solutions and ensure regulatory compliance.

The position is based in Birmingham, UK, with a hybrid work arrangement (3 days in the office, 2 days remote) and travel about 10% globally to the USA, Asia and Europe.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 2+ years in product management, preferably FMCG/OTC or consumer goods.
• Strong business acumen with a track record of launching and growing consumer products.
• Experience with NPD processes and agile product development.
• Excellent cross-functional leadership, communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to analyse data, generate insights and make trade-off decisions.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead rollout of the lens care product roadmap, including new launches, line extensions and phase-outs.
• Gather consumer needs, clinical inputs and market data to translate insights into product requirements.
• Lead cross-functional product development with R&D, regulatory/quality, manufacturing, sourcing and marketing.
• Develop and approve business cases, pricing and profitability analyses, and go-to-market plans.
• Monitor product performance (sales, margins, usage, reviews) and implement optimization.
• Ensure product specs, labeling cues and packaging meet internal standards with the Global Head of Technical.

Skills

Product management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Presentation skills

Data analysis

Agile methodologies

Fluent English

NPD processes

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

ZEISS Global Consumer Eyecare is seeking a Global Product Manager - Lens Care to lead the strategy, lifecycle management and market-facing execution for lens care products worldwide. The role requires coordinating with R&D, regulatory and marketing teams to deliver consumer-centric solutions and ensure regulatory compliance.

The position is based in Birmingham, UK, with a hybrid work arrangement (3 days in the office, 2 days remote) and travel about 10% globally to the USA, Asia and Europe.