Clinical Strategic Project Lead (all genders)

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Bayer seeks a Clinical Strategic Project Lead in Berlin, within the CD&O Strategy & Performance Team, shaping Clinical Development & Operations by leading strategic initiatives for readiness. You will steer cross functional projects from approach definition through data analysis, business cases, and implementation, ensuring alignment with the R&D and Pharmaceuticals strategy and driving organizational development. The ideal candidate holds a Master’s degree in life sciences, healthcare, or business, has pharma experience, and can lead complex programs without formal authority, with strong analytics and stakeholder management. Benefits include competitive pay, flexible work, family support, and an inclusive culture; tailor your CV to highlight cross functional leadership and outcomes, and apply with code 861203.

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Clinical Strategic Project Lead (all genders) 

As a Clinical Strategic Project Lead (all genders) within the CD&O Strategy & Performance Team, you will be part of the Clinical Development function in the Pharmaceuticals Division at Bayer, based in Berlin with a global scope. In this strategic and highly visible role, you shape the future of Clinical Development & Operations (CD&O) by leading high impact strategic initiatives and steering organizational and capability evolution. Working closely with senior leaders and cross functional teams, you translate strategic priorities into actionable outcomes that strengthen operational excellence and enable a future ready CD&O organization supporting Bayer’s mission to deliver innovative therapies to patients worldwide.\

 
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

 
The purpose of this position is to develop, translate, and implement the global CD&O strategy by leading strategic projects, driving organizational development, and ensuring that CD&O capabilities and operating models evolve toward future-readiness and long-term operational excellence.

 
YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• You are responsible for leading the global CD&O strategic planning process and ensuring alignment with the overarching R&D and Pharmaceuticals strategy
• You ensure that CD&O strategic priorities are translated into tangible outcomes by defining and driving key initiatives
• You lead complex, cross-functional strategic projects, including approach definition, data analysis, business case creation, and implementation
• This task is part of your function: orchestrating stakeholder alignment and effective communication across Clinical Development, R&D chapters, and leadership teams
• You drive organizational development by evolving CD&O capabilities, structures, and processes toward efficiency, flexibility, and future-readiness
• Ensuring continuous environmental scanning and integrating internal/external insights into strategy is also your responsibility
• You act as a thought leader by identifying relevant industry and scientific trends and embedding them into strategic decision-making
• You actively role-model DSO behaviors—collaboration with accountability, outcome focus, co creation with customers, acting & learning fast

WHO YOU ARE

• You hold a university degree (Master’s level or higher preferred) in life sciences, healthcare, business, or a comparable field
• You bring long-standing professional experience in the pharmaceutical industry, ideally in clinical development, management consulting, or business transformation
• You are skilled in independently leading complex cross functional strategic projects without hierarchical authority
• Strong analytical capabilities including data evaluation, process analysis, and business case development set you apart
• You demonstrate strategic and conceptual thinking, enabling you to connect CD&O strategy with broader R&D and Pharmaceuticals goals
• Soft skills such as strong communication, stakeholder management, self organization, and a proactive and inclusive working style describe you
• Fluent English (written and spoken) rounds off your profile

WHAT WE OFFER

Our benefits package is flexible, appreciative, and tailored to your lifestyle, because: What matters to you, matters to us!

• We ensure your financial stability through a competitive compensation package, consisting of an attractive base pay, our performance based company bonus and a global, equity-based cash plan with a four-year duration. In addition, managers can recognize special contributions by granting an individual performance award or top performance award.
• Whether it’s hybrid work models or part-time arrangements: Whenever it is possible, you will have the flexibility to work how, when and where it is best for you.
• Your family is a top priority. We offer loving company daycare centers at multiple locations, support in finding childcare, time off for the care of elderly or dependent family members, summer camps for children, and much more.
• We support your professional growth by providing access to learning and development opportunities, training programs through the Bayer Learning Academy, development dialogues, as well as coaching and mentoring programs.
• We promote health awareness and opportunities for selfcare through various measures, such as free health checks with the company doctor.
• We embrace diversity by providing an inclusive work environment in which you are welcomed, supported, and encouraged to bring your whole self to work.

Be You. Be Bayer.

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YOUR APPLICATION

This is your opportunity to tackle the world’s biggest challenges with us: Maintaining our health, feeding growing populations and slowing the rate of climate change. You have a voice, ideas and perspectives and we want to hear them. Because our success begins with you. Be part of something big. Be Bayer.

Bayer welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, physical characteristics, social origin, disability, union membership, religion, family status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any unlawful criterion under applicable law. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.
 

Location:           ​​ ​   Berlin​

​​Division: ​               Pharmaceuticals​

Reference Code:  861203​