Project Manager ICOE - Alzheimer Disease (12 Month Contract)

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Biogen is seeking a Project Manager ICOE for Alzheimer Disease on a 12 month contract, onsite in Baar, Switzerland. You will coordinate cross-functional work across international markets, define the project vision, manage budgets and the alliance governance cycle, and drive commercialization planning while partnering with Alliance Management and external partners to ensure compliant documentation. The role blends project management rigor with product management insights and a focus on modern digital tools and AI. What matters most is proven cross-functional leadership in pharma or biotech, strong communication, adaptability, and experience with budgeting and market dynamics. How to apply: tailor your resume to highlight international coordination, governance, and product or marketing exposure, and add a concise cover note linking your background to Alzheimer’s goals.

About This Role: As the Project Manager for the International Center of Excellence for Alzheimer Disease, you will play a critical role in organizing and coordinating key deliverables across international markets. This position requires close alignment with team members and cross-functional teams to ensure the successful execution of tasks. Your role will be pivotal in driving the quality and quantity of execution, while also bringing insights from product management to specific tasks when needed. You will be responsible for fostering effective collaboration, influencing extended team members, and maintaining flexibility in a dynamic environment. Your contributions will be vital to advancing our goals in Alzheimer Disease, ensuring impactful results and enhancing our business structure.

What You’ll Do:

• Initiate and plan team and cross-functional activities by defining the project's vision and outlining objectives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify needs, materials, and budgetary limits.
• Assemble the cross-functional team, assign tasks, and foster a collaborative environment.
• Oversee execution, ensuring daily tasks are completed and processes implemented correctly.
• Coordinate the preparation of the quarterly alliance governance cycle and key meetings.
• Partner closely with Alliance Management and external partners to ensure compliant documentation.
• Organize annual commercialization planning and budgeting processes across international markets.
• Track financial execution of key projects and monitor performance trends.
• Take ownership of selected product-related activities and contribute to content development.
• Product management expertise to drive selected activities in alignement with cross-functional team
• Utilize modern digital tools to optimize workload and implement AI solutions with coordination.

Who You Are: You are a strategic thinker with a knack for organization and detail. Your passion for collaboration and ability to influence others make you an invaluable team player. You possess a flexible mindset, allowing you to adapt to changing dynamics with ease. You thrive in environments where you can leverage your communication skills to drive impactful results. Your enthusiasm for product management and marketing shapes your approach to the Alzheimer Disease space, bringing innovative solutions to the forefront.

Required Skills:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree.
• Proven project management capabilities.
• Cross-functional expertise.
• Commercial knowledge and understanding of pharmaceutical commercialization and market dynamics.
• Resilience and flexibility to adapt to changing dynamics.
• Strong driver mentality

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with modern digital tools, especially within Microsoft products.
• Expertise with Excel.
• Product management and/or marketing expertise is a plus
• Excellent communication skills for project updates.
• Familiarity with AI implementation in project management.

Why Biogen?

We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.

At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about Biogen.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.