Project Manager R&D (m/w/d)*

SCHOTT Pharma Schweiz AG
St. Josefen-Strasse 20, 9001 St. Gallen, 9001 St. Gallen
NEW
  • 7/21/2025
  • 80 - 100%
  • Position with responsibilities
  • Unlimited employment

SCHOTT is a leading international technology group in the areas of specialty glass and glass-ceramics. With more than 130 years of outstanding development, materials and technology expertise we offer a broad portfolio of high-quality products and intelligent solutions. SCHOTT is an innovative enabler for many industries, including the home appliance, pharmaceutical, electronics, optics, life sciences, automotive and aviation industries. SCHOTT strives to play an important part of everyone's life and is committed to innovation and sustainable success. The parent company, SCHOTT AG, has its headquarters in Mainz (Germany) and is  solely owned by the Carl Zeiss Foundation. As a foundation company, SCHOTT assumes special responsibility for its employees, society and the environment.

Project Manager R&D (m/w/d)*

About us

Human health matters. That is why SCHOTT Pharma designs solutions grounded in science to ensure that medications are safe and easy to use for people around the world. Every day, a team of over 4,600 people from over 60 nations works at SCHOTT Pharma to contribute to global healthcare. The company is represented in all main pharmaceutical hubs with 16 manufacturing sites in Europe, North and South America, and Asia. SCHOTT Pharma AG & Co. KGaA is headquartered in Mainz, Germany and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange as part of the SDAX. It is part of SCHOTT AG, which is owned by the Carl Zeiss Foundation. In light of this spirit, SCHOTT Pharma is committed to sustainable development for society and the environment and has the strategic goal of becoming climate-neutral by 2030.

Your Contribution
  • You drive complex innovation and customer specific projects from idea all the way to market launch by leading cross-functional project teams.

  • You are responsible for project planning, execution and ensure that the project fulfils its scope and meets quality, delivery and cost targets.

  • You guide the project teams through our stage gate process and ensure successful milestone preparation.

  • You identify project risks or issues and present possible countermeasures to the steering committee to drive decisions.

  • You secure the intellectual property of new products and technologies and align with the business unit on project contractual and financial conditions.

Your Profile
  • University degree in Life Science or Engineering (e.g. medical technology, pharmaceutical engineering, biotechnology, mechanical engineering, materials engineering etc.

  • 4+ years of project management experience

  • Experience with product/process development of medical devices or pharmaceutical packaging and knowledge of design control process, process validation and related standards (21 CFR 820; ISO 13485; ISO 15378)

  • Experience working with multidisciplinary project teams in complex organizations and ability to motivate and guide team members

  • Fluent in English (written and spoken) and in German (written and spoken)

  • Capability to master the big picture but also technical details when required, structured working style and ability to prioritize

  • Strategic mindset and business acumen with excellent communication and presentation skills

Your Benefits

SCHOTT's openness to promote your further development is just as great as our additional benefits. Ranging from active health management via flexible working hours and hybrid work all the way to corporate pension plans: everything geared to suit your goals and needs. Discover a special corporate culture where everyone has the opportunity to develop their entire potential.

At SCHOTT, you can expect a unique corporate culture where we emphasize equity, diversity, and inclusion. We know: motivated and committed employees are the precondition for the success of our company.

Flexible working hours; Access to public transportation; Canteen; Holistic corporate health management

Please feel free to contact us

You can expect interesting tasks and challenging projects, as well as motivated and friendly teams in fields that influence our future. Do you want to be successful with us? Then, please send us your application: SCHOTT Pharma Schweiz AG, Human Resources, Kristina Ettemeyer, +41712740849

*At SCHOTT, it's your personality that counts - not your gender, your identity, or origin.



Your Profile
  • University degree in Life Science or Engineering (e.g. medical technology, pharmaceutical engineering, biotechnology, mechanical engineering, materials engineering etc.

  • 4+ years of project management experience with experience with product/process development of medical devices or pharmaceutical packaging

  • Experience working with multidisciplinary project teams in complex organizations and ability to motivate and guide team members

  • Knowledge of design control process, process validation and related standards (21 CFR 820; ISO 13485; ISO 15378)

  • Fluent in English (written and spoken) and in German (written and spoken)

  • Excellent communication and presentation skills

  • Capability to master the big picture but also technical details when required

  • Strategic mindset and business acumen with a structured working style and ability to prioritize


Holistic corporate health management

Flexible working hours

Canteen

Access to public transportation

Contact

Kristina Ettemeyer
+41 71 274 08 49
SCHOTT Pharma Schweiz AG