Digital Business Solution Professional

Short Description

As a Digital Business Solution Professional, you will drive the digitization of Schaeffler Vehicle Lifetime Solutions in the Europe region. Acting as a key interface between business functions, product owners and IT or digital delivery teams, you will translate business strategies, customer needs and operational challenges into effective, scalable and value-adding digital products and solutions.The position covers two closely connected areas: automation solutions and customer-facing digital solutions. The primary technology focus will be on Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and low-code automations, particularly using Microsoft Power Apps and Mendix. Practical experience with these technologies is preferred.You will contribute to and coordinate the complete product development lifecycle—from opportunity identification, discovery and concept development through business-case preparation, requirements definition, prioritization, design, development, testing, deployment, adoption and continuous improvement.The role is intended for an experienced professional with approximately five years of relevant experience. We are looking for someone who can independently lead workstreams, make sound business and solution decisions, and effectively align stakeholders while remaining hands-on and closely connected to users, business teams and delivery partners.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary interface between business stakeholders, product owners, IT teams and external delivery partners, ensuring that business objectives are clearly understood and translated into feasible digital solutions.
• Analyze customer journeys, business processes and operational pain points to identify opportunities for improved customer experience, increased efficiency and greater automation.
• Define and maintain the vision, objectives, roadmap and priorities for assigned digital products or solutions, in close cooperation with business owners and relevant product stakeholders.
• Manage the product development lifecycle for assigned initiatives, ensuring alignment between business value, customer needs, technical feasibility, quality, security, scalability and delivery timelines.
• Develop business concepts, target processes, benefit cases, business plans and scenario analyses to support informed investment and prioritization decisions.
• Translate business needs into clearly defined and prioritized requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria and delivery objectives.
• Coordinate the implementation of RPA and low-code automation solutions, as well as customer-facing applications and services, from initial feasibility assessment through release and ongoing improvement.
• Work with business and IT teams to identify suitable use cases for RPA, Microsoft Power Apps and Mendix, ensuring that solutions address clearly defined business needs and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Coordinate project activities, dependencies, risks, milestones and stakeholder expectations within an international, matrix-based organization.
• Support solution design, prototyping, testing, quality assurance, user acceptance and approval activities to ensure successful implementation and adoption.
• Drive structured documentation of business requirements, process designs, decisions, improvement actions and solution outcomes.
• Support change management, stakeholder communication, user enablement and adoption activities to ensure that delivered solutions generate sustainable business value.
• Establish and monitor relevant success measures, including user adoption, process efficiency, customer experience and realized business benefits.
• Monitor technology trends, emerging solutions and market developments to identify opportunities for innovation and further digitalization.

Your Qualifications

• Successfully completed university studies in business administration, economics, business informatics, information systems, computer science or a comparable field.
• Typically around five years of relevant professional experience, ideally in digital product management, business analysis, digital transformation, solution delivery, project management, management consulting, a technology company or a comparable environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing digital products, services or solutions across the complete product development lifecycle.
• Proven ability to bridge business and IT by translating business objectives and user needs into structured requirements, prioritized backlogs and implementable solutions.
• Experience developing business concepts, process models, business cases, benefit analyses and implementation plans.
• Experience managing diverse stakeholder groups and coordinating cross-functional teams in an international or matrix organization.
• Experience with customer-facing applications, process optimization and digital transformation initiatives.
• Practical experience with RPA and low-code automation platforms is preferred. Experience with Microsoft Power Apps and/or Mendix would be a strong advantage.
• Understanding of product management practices, including roadmap development, prioritization, stakeholder alignment, release planning, user feedback and continuous improvement.
• Experience in change management, user adoption and organizational implementation.
• Knowledge of the automotive aftermarket or related industries is beneficial.
• Fluent written and spoken English is required. German and other languages are beneficial.

We Offer

• 30 vacation days per year
• MultiSport card including employer's contribution
• Cafeteria System (edenred) 
• Daily meal allowance 
• Employer contribution to the employee's pension scheme
• Salary compensation during illness, according to company policy
• Transportation Allowance
• Company laptop and phone
• Hybrid Working