Your mission
At cylib, we are not just building a factory – we are defining the blueprint for the future of battery recycling. As IT Product Manager for our production systems, you will be one of the key digital architects of this mission. Here is what awaits you:
* You are the strategic lead and driving force for your product area. You take full ownership of one or more production systems (e.g., LIMS, Maintenance, or Quality Management), develop the vision, and implement it with conviction.
* You are the digital partner for our future production operations. Together with the Operations and Engineering teams, you design the production processes of tomorrow and embed digital efficiency from day one.
* You actively shape the system landscape. You know the market for modern production IT, make well-founded make-or-buy decisions, and steer our implementation partners towards shared success.
* You create and own the product roadmap. You gather requirements from all stakeholders, align them with business objectives, and make the necessary prioritization decisions to deliver maximum value.
* You are the guarantor of seamless integration. In close collaboration with our Enterprise Architect, you ensure that your systems are perfectly connected to our cloud architecture and core systems such as SAP S/4HANA.
Your profile
* You bring several years of professional experience (4–6 years) in IT product management, demanding IT project management, or as a business analyst for complex applications.
* You have already successfully led the introduction and further development of business applications (ideally in production environments such as LIMS, CMMS, or QMS). You no longer just want to manage – you want to shape things from the ground up.
* You understand the concepts of modern IT architectures (e.g., APIs, data flows) and are a competent sparring partner for our architects, translating the requirements of your product effectively.
* You are a master communicator who effortlessly bridges worlds – production, engineering, IT, and management – aligning diverse interests towards a common goal.
* Experience in the process industry (chemicals, pharma, or similar) as well as knowledge of SAP S/4HANA are a strong plus, but your ability as a product creator is what convinces us most.
* You communicate confidently in both German and English.
Why us?
* You take ownership from day one – after an intensive onboarding, you'll build something unique with us and shape outcomes with real impact on results.
* You work on something that truly matters – with your contribution, you strengthen Europe's battery supply chains and make circular economy a reality on an industrial scale.
* You're part of a mission-driven team – in a fast-paced scale-up environment, we live collaboration, because we can only move things forward together.
* You work to the highest standards – we combine the professionalism of leading industry with the innovative power of a top-tier, research-driven technology team.
* You grow with us – at cylib, you will do what is likely to be the most impactful work of your career and develop personally as we scale together.
About us
cylib is a research-based German scaleup for holistic battery recycling - starting from discharging to recovery of all components of the lithium battery - that was founded in Aachen in 2022 by three visionary founders, including a female CEO.
Our process
The cylib process offers a complete end-to-end process from battery pack to green battery material by employing a combination of mechanical and thermal pre-treatments and an innovative water-based lithium and graphite recovery. Unlike incumbents, cylib can therefore recover battery materials such as lithium, graphite or manganese. The process was developed over several years of research at the renown RWTH Aachen University and offers an efficient, resource- and climate friendly recovery of all battery materials from end-of-life batteries.
cylib's technology enables the recovery of all battery components regardless of whether it is an end-of-life battery or not. Recovery of green secondary raw materials from the cylib process enables the realization of the true Circular Economy on the European market.
Interested?
Please upload your documents and answer the questions in the application form (annual gross salary expectations, a cover letter is not necessay). We look forward to receiving your application!