Executive Director Advanced Technology

At KARL STORZ, we take pride in helping patients
through some of the toughest journeys of their lives.
We are making contributions that matter.
Regardless of your role, YOU improve patients’ lives every day.

**Location**:Tuttlingen, BW, DE, 78532

**ID #**:2704

**Your Mission**
- Within our Global Research & Development division, you will be responsible for promoting, driving and implementing the technology strategy for cutting-edge technology based on the corporate strategy, product roadmap, market trends, technology and megatrends you will be responsible for promoting, driving and delivering the technology strategy for advanced technology based on the company strategy, the Product Roadmap, Market trends, Tech trends and Mega trends
- Deriving from the Technology Strategy you will manage a Technology Radar and an Advanced Technology Roadmap and you will push technology into Product Roadmapping and Project Roadmapping
- In addition, you create interfaces to international knowledge centers
- You work on future, medium
- and long-term innovations and accelerate the implementation of ideas
- Moreover, you define right metrics and KPIs for measurement of success of innovation
- You lead leading researchers, experts and principals in order to develop disruptive technologies in a wide variety of fields within healthcare, beyond Endoscopic Devices in alignment with the Advanced Technology Roadmap

**Your Talents**
- Master’s degree in Engineering or Science, PhD is a plus
- 5+ years’ experience in technology scouting, trend research, innovation, consulting experience as a plus
- A strong level of leadership competence and extensive experience in managing units in the R&D environment
- Advanced project management skills
- Enthusiastic about technology and entrepreneurial mindset
- Advanced ability to structure, illustrate and or communicate complex concepts in an understandable, practicable manner
- Strong communicator and networker, existing network as a plus
- Strong willingness to learn and gain deeper competencies
- Ability to set direction and drive innovations
- Business fluent in both German and English

Your Benefits
- Flexible working hours & mobile working: In many areas, working hours and location can be arranged as required
- 30 vacation days and various special payments
- Further training opportunities: Open in-house seminar program, extensive e-learning offering, various professional development courses, and much more.
- Corporate benefits and bicycle leasing
- Subsidy for private pension plan and company health management
- Various childcare options Health, sports, cultural and leisure activities

HR Contact
- Barbara Doll