Company Description
Miltenyi Biomedicine is a biopharmaceutical company committed to advancing personalized cell and gene therapies. We are pioneering groundbreaking therapies for serious life-threatening diseases, and reshaping their accessibility for clinical professionals and patients worldwide with the aim to improve and extend patients' lives. We are currently focusing on difficult-to-treat hematological cancers using CAR-T and other technologies, while also exploring treatments for other diseases. Our lead candidate, a tandem CAR-T cell product, is currently undergoing pivotal clinical trials on a global scale.
Join our highly professional team in bringing new medicines to the market.
Job Description
As Senior Project Manager, you will support global drug development programs from early development through to worldwide regulatory approval. In this role, you will lead the cross-functional project management effort, ensuring that timelines, interdependencies, and critical deliverables are aligned across all contributing functions. You will serve as the central operational driver to keep the project team coordinated, on track, and focused on achieving key development milestones.
Key Responsibilites:
1. Lead global project management activities for assigned drug-development programs, ensuring coordinated execution across key functions such as clinical, regulatory, CMC, safety, medical, biostatistics, and operations.
2. Develop and maintain integrated project timelines with clear critical-path awareness; track progress, manage risks, and ensure transparent communication of milestones and deliverables.
3. Drive cross-functional alignment by coordinating interdependencies, facilitating efficient handovers, and ensuring that all functions meet their commitments within agreed timeframes.
4. Identify and manage risks and issues proactively; collaborate with stakeholders to develop mitigation strategies and resolve challenges that may impact program success.
5. Prepare high-quality project updates and documentation for governance and leadership reviews, ensuring operational excellence through effective meetings, action tracking, and clear documentation of decisions.
Qualifications
6. You hold a degree in life sciences (or equivalent); an advanced degree (e.g., MSc, PharmD, PhD) is preferred.
7. You bring proven experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, with substantial involvement in global drug development programs; experience in planning and executing regulatory submissions (IND, BLA, MAA, etc.) is a plus.
8. You have a proven track record of managing complex cross-functional projects in a matrix environment, with strong project planning, timeline management, and organizational skills.
9. You possess excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and are highly proficient in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent).
10. You are execution-focused, accountable, and able to lead by influence in a matrixed team environment. You anticipate challenges, bring structure to complexity, and drive decisions forward.
Additional Information
What we offer
11. Working with free and self-determined time management, also mobile working
12. An intercultural environment characterized by diversity and flat hierarchies
13. Freedom to contribute creatively and play an active role in shaping the company
14. Individual further training in our Miltenyi University as the core of the Miltenyi DNA
15. days of vacation, discounted ticket to Germany, (e)-bike leasing, capital-forming benefits, company pension plan, disability insurance, canteen, and much more.
Diversity is the bedrock of our creativity
Our mission: To innovate treatments and technologies and tackle the world’s most serious health challenges. And that’s why we connect the dots –across various disciplines, linking different perspectives, skills, and abilities.
You and your talent are welcome here in our inclusive and collaborative environment. So come as you are. Regardless of gender, sexual identity, age, ethnicity, religion or disability.
Become part of our team and focus on pushing the borders of medicine.
We look forward to your application
If you want to work in an open, creative and supportive team, this is the place for you. We look forward to receiving your application along with your salary expectations and availability.