Product Management & Design
Leica career fields
Tradition meets innovation
There are many ways to develop products – whether cameras, optics, or smartphone, watches, laser TVs, or lenses for glasses: In line with the Leica claim, our Product Management and Product Design teams always choose das Wesentliche (the essential). Discover the possibilities – give your ideas form in one of our teams.
In the Product Management & Design team:
- Design the entire product portfolio, which brings the essence of the Leica brand to the fore.
- You foster product ideas and innovation.
- You develop extraordinary design solutions in close cooperation with in-house development departments and partners.
- You always have the needs and desires of our customers in mind.
- You actively help shape the future of a legendary brand.
In the Leica Smart Projection team:
- You design, develop, produce, and market innovative high-end smart projectors for an authentic movie theater experience in the living room.
- You work in an innovative startup and have access to all of the company’s resources in development, marketing, sales, and administration.
- You collaborate in a small, international, and intercultural team, offering a sustainable alternative to standard televisions.
- You cooperate externally with top international partners in the television, laser, and streaming industries.
- You develop the unique Leica product design in close cooperation with our Industrial Design team.
In the Leica Eyecare team:
- You develop and produce premium lenses for glasses for the global eyecare market.
- You provide advice and support to opticians and distributors regarding the marketing and sales of our portfolio.
- You are responsible for the entire supply chain from the procurement of material, production goods, and services to the processing of orders.
- You develop global marketing concepts and strategies and implement them visually by means of POS campaigns for opticians and distributors.
In the Mobile business unit:
- You work in a young, international team at various locations and develop innovative products and solutions for the smartphone photography portfolio.
- You sustainably position the Leica brand in the smartphone market by means of strategic business concepts.
- You engineer high-end camera systems for smartphones together with our cooperation partners.
- You develop software, algorithms, and apps to lend smartphone photography that special Leica look.
- You tap new target audiences for our brand and awaken the interest of young consumers in photography.
In the Ernst Leitz Werkstätten GmbH:
- You are responsible for the “Watches and Accessories” business area.
- You grow the Leica product portfolio, opening new markets for our brand.
- You strengthen the Leica brand with products primarily positioned in the luxury and premium segments.
- You assume responsibility for the strategy and design, development and provision, marketing and PR of these products, drawing on the resources of Sales and other departments of Leica Camera AG.
- You collaborate closely with Leica Camera AG, subsidiaries worldwide, and the Leica Stores to implement the marketing, PR, and sales strategy.
