Vice President Strategy (all genders)

At Bayer, we believe work should matter. Every day, our teams push toward a future where "Health for all, Hunger for none" is within reach, and every role, from the lab to the field to the boardroom, helps us get there. We give people the ownership to shape outcomes, the support to grow through new skills and experiences, and a global community where different perspectives are valued. If you want your work to count and the room to become your best, you'll find it here.

Vice President Strategy (all genders)

Bayer Pharmaceuticals is advancing its long-term strategy to deliver differentiated value for patients, healthcare professionals, health systems, and society. As Vice President Strategy, you shape the division’s strategic agenda, translate it into measurable implementation priorities, and help drive the scalable rollout of AI across functions, product teams, and customer-facing teams. Join us to combine strategic rigor with execution discipline and enable sustainable growth.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

You shape and continuously evolve the long-term strategy for Bayer Pharmaceuticals, reflecting external trends, customer needs, portfolio priorities, competitive dynamics, and enterprise ambitions

You lead strategic planning processes, translating strategic choices into clear priorities, roadmaps, milestones, governance, and performance measures

You develop actionable strategic narratives and recommendations to enable senior leadership decision-making

You identify strategic opportunities, risks, and trade-offs, and facilitate timely decisions across the division

You ensure coherent linkage between divisional strategy, operating model, portfolio choices, resource allocation, and execution plans (end-to-end thinking)

You own and drive high-priority, cross-functional strategic initiatives from definition through implementation and measurable impact

You partner with functional leaders to remove barriers, manage interdependencies, monitor performance, and lead corrective actions where needed

You support the division AI agenda, ensuring adoption, value realization, and responsible embedding of AI into business processes, decision-making, and customer value creation

WHO YOU ARE

You bring significant senior leadership experience in strategy, transformation, consulting, innovation, digital, data, AI, or related business leadership roles

You have demonstrated experience shaping enterprise or divisional strategy and converting it into practical implementation plans with measurable outcomes

You possess a strong understanding of AI and emerging technologies, with experience translating these capabilities into business value

You have a proven track record leading large, cross-functional strategic initiatives in complex, international environments

You bring experience in the pharmaceutical, life sciences, healthcare, or other highly regulated industries, which is strongly preferred

You demonstrate exceptional executive presence, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills across functions and geographies

You have strong strategic problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear choices and recommendations

You are a purpose-driven, collaborative, inclusive, and resilient leader with a bias toward action and measurable impact

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 with a competitive salary between 138.200€ and 175.200€ per year (full-time) plus a variable component and a global equity-based cash plan. Your compensation is based on your qualifications, skills, and professional experience.

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.

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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: ​ ​ ​ Germany : Berlin : Berlin ​

​ ​ Division: ​ Pharmaceuticals ​

Reference Code: 894529 ​