Medizinische Universität Lausitz – Carl Thiem launched July 2024 as a state-funded medical university combining education, research, and hospital operations under unified leadership. The organization is undertaking a major SAP S/4HANA and SAP ERP Cloud migration while balancing a healthcare-dominant headcount (173 of 240 open roles) with active infrastructure modernization across cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization (Kubernetes). The hiring velocity is decelerating after launch, reflecting the shift from build-out to operational stabilization.
Notable leadership hires: Corporate Governance Compliance Lead
Medizinische Universität Lausitz – Carl Thiem is a state institution in Brandenburg, Germany, established July 1, 2024, by merging Carl-Thiem-Klinikum Cottbus with a new medical university structure. The organization operates an integrated model where research, teaching, and patient care function as a single legal and operational entity under common leadership. The first cohort of medical students is scheduled to arrive Winter 2026/27 on the centralized Cottbus Medical Campus, which is being built and expanded incrementally. The organization serves regional healthcare needs while establishing a new medical education program aligned with contemporary clinical practice.
The organization uses Microsoft Office suite, SAP S/4HANA and SAP ERP Cloud (actively adopting), Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Elastic Stack, SQL, and R for analytics and research. SPSS and MAXQDA support statistical and qualitative research work.
Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany. The organization is a state institution of Brandenburg founded July 1, 2024, operating from a medical campus under construction and expansion through 2026.
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