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Innovation Robotics Manager (M/F/D)*
To strengthen our innovation team, we are looking for an Innovation Robotics Manager with a strategic view and a sound understanding of robotics and autonomous systems.
In this role, you will identify, structure and evaluate robotics-related innovation fields along real customer and process needs - and translate them into decision-ready options for our innovation management and strategic decision-making processes of the company. You don't think of robotics as an isolated technology, but as a strategic lever for end-to-end processes in intralogistics systems - with a clear focus on customer added value, scalability and long-term differentiation.
Marchtrenk, Austria
What you'll be handling:
- Structured evaluation of robotics-related innovation initiatives along customer added value, process impact, strategic relevance and differentiation – including clear recommendations for action in the context of innovation management
- Rethinking end-to-end processes: Conception and moderation of interdisciplinary workshops to identify robot-based or hybrid process approaches with a system perspective
- Development and structuring of decision-ready innovation concepts (use cases, value propositions and central assumptions)
- Early validation of hypotheses together with customers, internal experts and external partners – including classification of business impact, scalability and strategic relevance (without responsibility for product development or implementation)
- Establishment and moderation of an internal robotics think tank to pool knowledge, classify technological developments and establish a consistent strategic view of robotics within innovation management
- Close cooperation with R&D, engineering, product management and external partners to evaluate robotics-related innovation topics in a structured way and to bring them into the innovation agenda
What you'll need:
- Degree in robotics, automation, mechatronics, industrial engineering or comparable field - alternatively studies in business or innovation management
- Several years of professional experience in the field of robotics, automation, intralogistics or complex technical system landscapes
- Ability to evaluate technological concepts from a process, system and business perspective and translate them into strategic options
- Experience in innovation, structured evaluation of initiatives, concept development or technology evaluation – ideally an advantage in the context of complex B2B system solutions
- Strong strategic and entrepreneurial thinking as well as confidence in dealing with uncertainty and open questions
- Sovereignty in the moderation of interdisciplinary workshops and in coordination with different stakeholders - even without formal authority to issue instructions
- Very good knowledge of German and English
What you'll receive:
- Appreciative working environment, motivated teams and an open feedback culture
- Varied areas of responsibility and a high degree of creative freedom in a strategically relevant future field
- Wide range of professional and personal development opportunities in the form of classroom training and e-learning courses
- Cross-departmental cooperation in international teams
- Secure and stable employer that acts in accordance with the philosophy of "people at the center – learn and grow"
In this position, you can expect the following benefits, among others.
We offer an attractive salary in line with the market, depending on qualifications and professional experience. The minimum gross basic salary based on full-time employment under the collective agreement is 60,963 euros per year.
*TGW is an employer that promotes equal opportunities. We invite everybody interested in this job to apply.
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