Project Manager

As part of MSAT team in Leverkusen, you will work at the heart of our pharmaceutical manufacturing activities, connecting clients, technical teams and site leadership.

The team is responsible for managing client CDMO projects, with a strong focus on technology transfers and supporting products as they progress from clinical development towards commercial manufacturing.

Beyond individual client projects, the team contributes to new client proposals, site-wide project portfolio management, manufacturing capacity planning and longer-term strategic initiatives.

This creates a role that goes beyond traditional project coordination.

You will work closely with colleagues across Manufacturing, MSAT, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Engineering, Regulatory and Strategic Account Management, giving you broad exposure to both the technical and strategic dimensions of pharmaceutical manufacturing

Job Summary

As Project Manager, you will lead complex CDMO projects and help bring pharmaceutical products and manufacturing processes successfully into our facility.

You will connect scientific and technical understanding with strong project leadership, guiding cross-functional teams through technology transfer, development, regulatory and commercial manufacturing milestones.

Alongside your core projects, you will contribute to broader portfolio, planning and strategic activities across the site.

• Job Responsibilities
• Lead client-facing CDMO projects from initiation and technology transfer through development and commercial manufacturing.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, milestones and cross-functional deliverables.
• Act as a key interface between clients and internal teams, building strong and trusted working relationships.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across Manufacturing, MSAT, Engineering, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Regulatory and other relevant functions.
• Drive project execution proactively, identifying dependencies, risks and issues and ensuring appropriate mitigation and escalation.
• Ensure manufacturing readiness by aligning resources, technical activities, documentation and production schedules.
• Manage project scope and support the evaluation and documentation of changes and additional client requirements.
• Facilitate internal and client project meetings and ensure clear decision-making, action tracking and follow-up.
• Support new client proposals by helping define project scope, activities, timelines, resource requirements and associated costs.
• Contribute to the site-wide project portfolio, including visibility of key milestones, manufacturing slots and major site activities.
• Support effective capacity and high-level site planning in collaboration with site leadership and relevant stakeholders.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, technology scouting and strategic initiatives supporting the future development of the site.
• Profile Description
• You hold a university degree in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biotechnology, Biology, Chemical or Process Engineering, or another relevant scientific or technical discipline.
• You bring several years of relevant professional experience, ideally around five years, within pharmaceutical manufacturing, biotech, CDMO or a comparable regulated environment.
• You understand pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing processes and can engage effectively with technical specialists.
• Experience in CDMO project management, technology transfer, pharmaceutical development or commercial manufacturing is a strong advantage.
• You have demonstrated experience coordinating complex activities or cross-functional projects.

Formal project management training or certification such as PMP or PRINCE2 is welcome but not essential.

• You are comfortable working directly with clients and communicating with stakeholders across technical disciplines and organisational levels.
• You are curious and self-driven, able to quickly understand unfamiliar topics, structure ambiguity and take ownership rather than waiting for detailed instructions.
• You combine strong communication and relationship-building skills with the confidence to challenge, coordinate and drive teams towards common milestones.
• You are fluent in English. German is an advantage but not a requirement.
• You are able to work regularly from our Leverkusen site, with an expected on-site presence of approximately three days per week, depending on business needs
• Offer

This is an opportunity to work close to where science, manufacturing and patient impact come together.

You will take ownership of technically complex projects while working with a wide range of experts across pharmaceutical development and manufacturing.

Rather than managing projects from a distance, you will follow products and processes through important stages of their lifecycle and see first-hand how strong project leadership contributes to bringing therapies successfully into manufacturing.

The scope also gives you room to grow beyond individual projects.

You will gain exposure to portfolio management, client proposals, manufacturing capacity planning, site strategy and technology initiatives, providing a broad perspective on how a pharmaceutical manufacturing site operates and develops.

At Terumo, our purpose is Advancing Healthcare with Heart.

We believe healthcare innovation becomes meaningful when technical expertise, collaboration and a genuine commitment to patients come together.

In this role, your ability to connect people, science and execution will directly contribute to that purpose.