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NeuraGym and PLA are not just products – they are the infrastructure layer for the Physical AI economy and backbone of Neura’s AI strategy. From the first cells in Riederich to a global network by 2028, every strategic decision we make today shapes the competitive moat of humanoid AI deployment for the next decade.
As AI, PLA & NeuraGym Strategist, you are the architect of our competitive positioning. You define how we grow, how we win markets, how our business model evolves — and then you roll up your sleeves and execute alongside the team that will make it happen.
Your Mission
Develop, sharpen, and drive Neura’s AI, PLA and NeuraGym strategy - from business model design and market entry sequencing to competitive intelligence and partnership framework - ensuring NEURA stays at least 18 months ahead of every competitor in Physical AI.
Key Responsibilities
Own Neura’s AI, PLA and NeuraGym strategy roadmap: define, together with business unit heads, the 12–36 month strategic priorities, translate them into executable initiatives, and track progress against them
Continuously develop and stress-test these business models
Lead market entry analysis for new geographies - evaluating demand signals, competitive landscape, and enterprise anchor customer readiness
Build and maintain Neura’s AI competitive intelligence framework: track humanoid OEM strategies, alternative training facility concepts, and Physical AI platform developments globally
Develop and refine Neura’s AI, PLA, and NeuraGym investor and partner narrative - slide decks, financial assumptions, scenario models - in alignment with NEURA Robotics positioning
Identify strategic partnership opportunities with academic institutions, industry partners, and new verticals beyond manufacturing
Work directly with the Performance Manager to ensure strategy-to-execution translation: OKRs, KPIs, and milestone accountability
Your Profile
5–9 years in strategy, management consulting, or business development — with a preference for candidates who have made the leap from advisory into operational roles
Sharp analytical mind: comfortable building market sizing models, business cases, and financial scenarios from scratch
Experience with subscription/platform business models and/or infrastructure-as-a-service strongly preferred
Strong executive communication skills - you can write a compelling one-pager and present it in the boardroom
Entrepreneurial drive: you want to build, not just advise
Fluent in English and German (additional languages a plus given our international expansion)
Deep curiosity about robotics, AI, and the physical-digital convergence of industrial automation
Skills Required
- 5-9 years of experience in strategy, management consulting, or business development
- Experience transitioning from advisory work into operational roles
- Ability to build market sizing models, business cases, and financial scenarios from scratch
- Strong executive communication skills, including writing one-pagers and presenting to boards
- Entrepreneurial drive and willingness to execute alongside the team
- Fluency in English and German
- Experience with subscription or platform business models and/or infrastructure-as-a-service
- Additional language skills
- Deep curiosity about robotics, AI, and the physical-digital convergence of industrial automation
What We Do
NEURA Robotics is a German high-tech company founded in 2019 in Metzingen near Stuttgart with the vision to revolutionize the world of robotics. More than 180 team members from over 30 countries are working on advanced technologies in the fields of environmental perception, drive and control technology, material science, mechanical design, and artificial intelligence. We are expanding the cognitive capabilities of robots and make breakthrough advances in a variety of areas to bring robots and humans closer together, making many areas of work more attractive, creative, and social again. That's why everything we do runs under the guiding principle "we serve humanity". In a very short period of time, NEURA Robotics has developed robots and technologies that are characterized above all by their outstanding performance as well as safe and human-centred way of working. In this way, a wide variety of application fields can be covered, from intelligent production to medical technology. All major robot components are developed and designed in-house. Imprint: https://www.neura-robotics.com/legal Privacy: https://www.neura-robotics.com/privacy
