Global Commercial Excellence Program Manager (m/f/d)

Fresenius; Bad Homburg vor der Höhe; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Fresenius Kabi seeks a Global Commercial Excellence Program Manager (m/f/d) to drive execution of strategic priorities across capabilities, business units, regions, and markets. You will translate priorities into executable plans and ensure governance across the portfolio.

The role requires 5+ years in Pharma/Life Science, experience with large-scale multi-country transformations, strong cross-functional collaboration, a bachelor/master’s in a related field, and fluency in English.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in business, education, psychology, or related field.
• 5+ years in Pharma/Life Science, preferably strategic/consulting.
• Proven track record in large-scale multi-country transformations.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Strong project and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Independent, process- and result-oriented.
• Experience abroad is a plus; English fluency required.

Responsibilities

• Lead Global Commercial Excellence priorities from planning through implementation with clear objectives and ownership.
• Drive program management across multiple stakeholders, capabilities, regions, and markets.
• Translate leadership priorities into actionable plans, milestones, and deliverables.
• Drive timelines and decision points; ensure follow-up and resolution.
• Prepare and facilitate governance forums and key decision meetings.
• Provide concise progress updates to leadership and stakeholders.
• Identify gaps and inefficiencies; develop optimization recommendations.
• Contribute to standards, playbooks, and knowledge resources.

Skills

Communication

Presentation skills

Facilitation

Project management

Stakeholder management

English fluency

Education

Bachelor/Master degree

Related degree fields

Job description

Commercial Excellence at Fresenius Kabi focuses on building and scaling best-in-class commercial capabilities across the organization - spanning areas such as sales effectiveness, pricing, insights, and training. It provides a standardized \"operating system\" that connects strategy to execution, enabling data-driven decisions and consistent ways of working across regions and business units. Ultimately, it aims to drive sustainable, profitable growth and strengthen competitive advantage in a rapidly evolving healthcare market.

As Global Commercial Excellence Program Manager (m/f/d), you will play a key role in driving the execution of Global Commercial Excellence priorities across capabilities, business units, regions, and markets. You will translate strategic priorities into executable plans, lead selected cross-functional initiatives, and ensure effective coordination, governance, and follow-through across the Global Commercial Excellence portfolio.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead selected Global Commercial Excellence priorities and initiatives from planning through implementation, ensuring clear objectives, ownership, timelines, and expected outcomes
• Drive day-to-day program and project management across multiple stakeholder groups, capabilities, business units, regions, and markets
• Translate leadership priorities and strategic direction into actionable project plans, milestones, and deliverables
• Drive timelines and critical decision points and ensure accountability for agreed actions and deliverables
• Track progress against agreed plans, proactively identify risks, issues, and dependencies, and drive appropriate follow-up and resolution
• Prepare and facilitate governance forums, steering committees, and key decision-making meetings, ensuring timely preparation and follow-through
• Provide concise and decision-oriented progress updates to Global Commercial Excellence leadership and relevant stakeholders
• Analyze relevant processes and ways of working, identify gaps and inefficiencies, and develop practical recommendations for optimization and standardization
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of Commercial Excellence standards, methodologies, playbooks, and knowledge resources
• Foster collaboration and knowledge sharing across Commercial Excellence Community and help strengthen consistent ways of working across the organization

Requisite Qualification & Experience

• At least 5 years of professional experience in Pharma/ Life Science industry, preferably in strategic and business-oriented roles and/or consulting
• Demonstrated experience in large-scale multi-country transformation initiatives and project management
• Comfortable working in international environments with cross-functional stakeholders across multiple business areas
• A bachelor/master's degree or equivalent in business, education, psychology, or a related field
• Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage and influence diverse audiences and stakeholders
• Profound project management and stakeholder management skills, including use of project management tools
• Independent, process-and-result-oriented way of working
• Relevant experience from having worked and lived abroad is a plus
• Fluency in the English language is required, any additional languages are an advantage