Data and AI Business Partner - CE
At Fresenius Medical Care, we’re dedicated to improving the lives of patients with chronic kidney disease through innovative, high-quality products and treatments. Our vision—“Creating a future worth living. For patients. Worldwide. Every day.”—guides everything we do. With over 125,000 people working across 3,700 dialysis centers and 39 manufacturing sites worldwide, we provide direct patient care through our Care Delivery network, develop and supply medical products, therapies, digital solutions via Care Enablement, and accelerate transformation through our FME Reignite strategy. Our values drive us: We Care for our patients, each other, and our communities. We Connect across teams and borders to deliver excellence together. And we Commit to doing things the right way, growing with purpose, and leading kidney care with innovation and compassion.
Fresenius Medical Care is seeking a strategic and innovative Data & AI Business Partner to support our Care Enablement (CE) business, the MedTech segment responsible for designing, engineering, manufacturing, and delivering innovative dialysis products, digital technologies, and care solutions that improve patient outcomes worldwide.
In this highly visible role, you will serve as the primary liaison between business leaders and Data & AI teams, helping to identify, prioritise, and deliver data-driven and AI-enabled solutions that accelerate innovation, enhance product performance, optimise operational processes, and improve customer and patient experiences.
Working across product management, R&D, engineering, manufacturing, quality, regulatory affairs, supply chain, commercial teams, and digital product organisations, you will play a key role in shaping and executing the Data & AI roadmap for the Care Enablement business.
This is a full-time, hybrid/remote position with some overseas travel from time to time.
Your Responsibilities:
- Act as the primary Data & AI Business Partner for the Care Enablement organisation, aligning data and AI initiatives with strategic business objectives.
- Collaborate with senior stakeholders across product management, research and development, engineering, manufacturing, quality, regulatory affairs, supply chain, commercial operations, and digital product teams.
- Identify, evaluate, and prioritise opportunities where data, analytics, and AI can create measurable business value.
- Develop and maintain strategic roadmaps that drive innovation, operational excellence, and customer-focused outcomes.
- Champion the use of advanced analytics and AI to improve product development, engineering productivity, predictive quality, connected device performance, customer support, and manufacturing operations.
- Partner with technical and business teams to translate complex business challenges into scalable technology solutions.
- Support the adoption of AI and data-driven decision-making across the organisation.
- Collaborate with leadership teams to build business cases, define success metrics, and track value realisation for strategic initiatives.
- Ensure alignment with regulatory, compliance, quality, and governance requirements within a highly regulated medical technology environment.
- Foster strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels and serve as a trusted advisor on emerging technologies and industry trends.
- Lead and mentor cross-functional teams and, where applicable, provide direct supervision and development support for IT and Data & AI team members.
Your Profile
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 10 years of relevant experience in Data, Analytics, AI, Digital Transformation, Business Partnership, or a related field.
- Ideally 5+ years of leadership or senior management experience with responsibility for leading high-performing teams.
- Experience working within medical technology, life sciences, engineering, manufacturing, digital health, or other regulated industries.
- Strong understanding of product lifecycle management (PLM), product development processes, engineering operations, manufacturing environments, and commercialisation activities.
- Knowledge of quality systems, regulatory requirements, and product traceability within regulated product environments.
- Experience working with connected products, IoT ecosystems, device-generated data, digital health platforms, or software-enabled technologies.
- Demonstrated success identifying and implementing AI, machine learning, advanced analytics, or data-driven solutions that deliver business value.
- Strong ability to bridge the gap between technical teams and business stakeholders, translating complex concepts into practical, measurable outcomes.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
- Proven ability to work effectively with senior leaders and cross-functional teams in a global organisation.
- Strategic thinker with a passion for innovation, continuous improvement, and delivering exceptional business and customer outcomes.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
Our Offer For You:
There is a lot you can discover at Fresenius Medical Care, regardless in which field you are an expert and how much experience you have - all dedicated to your professional journey.
- Whether in front of or behind the scenes - you are helping to make ever better medicine available to more and more people around the world
- Individual opportunities for self-determined career planning and professional development
- A corporate culture in which there is enough room for innovative thinking - to find the best solution together, not the quickest one
- A large number of committed people with a wide range of skills, talents and experience
- The benefits of a successful global corporation with the collegial culture of a medium-sized company
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Advanced degree
- 10 years of relevant experience in Data, Analytics, AI, Digital Transformation, Business Partnership, or a related field
- 5 or more years of leadership or senior management experience leading high-performing teams
- Experience in medical technology, life sciences, engineering, manufacturing, digital health, or another regulated industry
- Understanding of product lifecycle management, product development, engineering operations, manufacturing environments, and commercialization activities
- Knowledge of quality systems, regulatory requirements, and product traceability in regulated product environments
- Experience with connected products, IoT ecosystems, device-generated data, digital health platforms, or software-enabled technologies
- Demonstrated success implementing AI, machine learning, advanced analytics, or data-driven solutions that deliver business value
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into practical, measurable business outcomes
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills
- Ability to work effectively with senior leaders and cross-functional teams in a global organization
- Strategic thinking, innovation, continuous improvement, and focus on business and customer outcomes
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
Fresenius Medical Care Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fresenius Medical Care and has not been reviewed or approved by Fresenius Medical Care.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO is described as ample for 3x12-hour shifts and is complemented by paid caregiver leave, holidays, and sick time. This range of time-off options provides meaningful flexibility for many roles.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical coverage includes 100% preventive care, office-visit copays, prescription coverage, and disability insurance, while dental covers preventive, basic, and major restorative services up to an annual limit. Vision benefits are also available.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness programs feature the Rally app with fitness rewards, virtual therapy, and an Employee Assistance Program with free counseling. Additional offerings like digital physical therapy and expert medical opinions broaden holistic support.
Fresenius Medical Care Insights
What We Do
Fresenius Medical Care is the world’s leading provider of products and services for individuals with renal diseases. We aim to create a future worth living for chronically and critically ill patients – worldwide and every day. Thanks to our decades of experience in dialysis, our innovative research and our value-based care approach, we can help them to enjoy the very best quality of life. Our portfolio encompasses a comprehensive range of high-quality health care products and services as well as various dialysis treatment options for both in-center and home dialysis that are individually tailored to our patients’ needs.
