Senior Project Manager of PM-Office
WACKER
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Job Location (Short): Halle, DEU, 06120
| Jena, DEU, 07745
| Amsterdam, NLD, 1105 BJ
Posting Start Date: 11/5/26
Do you want to take responsibility and make a difference with your work? With your expertise, we can achieve great goals together. We are WACKER - Reliable. Determined. Ambitious. As one of the world's most research-intensive chemical companies, we've been making countless products that are an integral part of your everyday life possible for over 100 years. From vegan food to resource-efficient buildings to solar cells, we develop sustainable solutions that change the future.
Wacker Biotech, as part of WACKER, is a leading global biotechnology organization specializing in the production of biopharmaceuticals. The company has outstanding technologies for the rapid, efficient and thus cost-effective production of therapeutic proteins for clinical and commercial supply. Currently it is the biggest dedicated microbial Contract Development & Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) in the world. lts four dedicated and fast-growing production sites are currently based in Germany (Halle and Jena), The Netherlands (Amsterdam) and The United States (San Diego, CA).
The Senior Project Manager of PM-Office is responsible for the design, implementation, governance, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the business division's Project Management System. The position leads the PM organization and strategically relevant internal and external programs, with the objective of improving project performance, organizational efficiency, process quality, and transparency.
Are you looking for a new challenge?
For our location Amsterdam, Halle or Jena we are looking for a Senior Project Manager of PM-Office.
Responsibilities
PMO Leadership and Oganizational Management
- Provide functional leadership to the Project Management Office.
- Define the organizational structure, responsibilities, objectives, and priorities of the PMO, strong alignment with all connecting departments (e.g. Operations, Finance)
- Develop and coach PMO employees and project managers.
- Provide functional leadership to cross-functional and international project teams.
- Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Manage organizational interfaces within the Project Management System proactively and effectively.
- Own the design, implementation, governance, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the Project Management System.
- Define and maintain project management processes, standards, roles, templates, forms and tools.
- Ensure consistent application of the Project Management System across the business division.
- Support PM- governance, stage-gate, decision-making, escalation, and reporting structures.
- Conduct project reviews and ensure that corrective measures are defined, assigned, and tracked.
- Design, implement, maintain the Multiprojectmanagement-Tool, evaluate data in the organization.
- Monitor project risks, opportunities, milestones, deliverables, and financial performance based on Multiproject-Managementool.
- Develop and deliver training for relevant processes, systems, standards, and tools.
- Lead the introduction and optimization of systems, processes, and digital tools across the business division.
- Ensure efficient process integration across functions and organizational interfaces.
- Drive standardization, digitalization, and automation within the project management environment.
- Represent relevant projects and programs toward internal and external stakeholders.
- Analyze and optimize project performance across the business division using appropriate KPIs.
- Establish transparent project and portfolio reporting for management decision-making.
- Oversee project-specific and cost center controlling, including budgets, forecasts, variance analyses, and corrective actions.
- Provide management with clear performance assessments and actionable recommendations.
- Ensure effective project administration and reliable operational PMO services.
- Oversee invoicing-related project processes and relevant project master data.
- Ensure appropriate use and maintenance of SAP project structures and project-related data.
- Maintain project forms, SOPs, standards, templates, and SharePoint-based information structures.
- Ensure complete, accurate, and audit-ready project documentation
Education
- life sciences, biotechnology, biochemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, or a comparable scientific discipline.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project, program, and portfolio management.
- Strong knowledge of biotechnological pharmaceutical manufacturing.
- Sound understanding of GMP-regulated processes and pharmaceutical quality requirements.
- Strong knowledge of organizational and process management.
- Experience with project governance, project controlling, KPI systems, and resource management.
- Proficiency in relevant project and business systems, particularly SAP, SharePoint, project management tools, and reporting solutions.
- Extensive experience in project and program management within a complex pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or biopharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
- Several years of functional leadership responsibility in complex project and matrix organizations.
- Proven experience in leading a PMO or comparable project management organization.
- Substantial experience in designing and implementing organizational processes, governance structures, and project management systems.
- Experience in leading complex cross-functional projects and programs involving internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience working in an international matrix organization.
- Strong leadership capabilities and a clear sense of accountability.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Highly structured, analytical, and solution-oriented working style.
- Strong decision-making and implementation capabilities.
- Ability to manage complex organizational interfaces.
- Strong influencing, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills.
- High level of resilience, reliability, and organizational awareness.
- Ability to communicate effectively with operational teams, senior managment, customers, authorities, and external partners
- Fluent English, written and spoken.
- German language skills appropriate for the scope of the role and the relevant internal and external interfaces.
- Employment: A challenging and international position in a professional and informal working environment
- Compensation: Attractive salary, holiday allowance, home-office travel allowance, participation in the company's success, subsidized pension plan
- Work-life balance: Flexible working hours (where possible), 30 days of vacation
- Versatile development opportunities: Support for professional development
We look forward to receiving your application!
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