Vice President Strategy (all genders)

Bayer AG Pharmaceuticals; Berlin; On-site; EUR 138,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company daycare

Learning & development

Health checks

Inclusive work environment

Job summary

Bayer is seeking a Vice President Strategy to shape and execute the division's long-term strategy across Pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and AI-enabled initiatives. You will drive prioritization, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes in a global context.

You'll lead cross-functional programs, collaborate with senior leaders, and advance an AI-enabled agenda with accountable impact across functions and geographies.

Qualifications

• Significant senior leadership experience in strategy, transformation, or related roles.
• Experience turning strategy into implementable roadmaps with measurable outcomes.
• Strong understanding of AI and emerging technologies with business value.
• Proven track record leading large cross-functional initiatives in international settings.
• Experience in regulated industries such as pharma or life sciences is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Shape and evolve Bayer Pharmaceuticals' long-term strategy in line with trends and priorities.
• Lead strategic planning with clear roadmaps, milestones, governance and metrics.
• Develop actionable narratives to enable senior leadership decisions.
• Identify opportunities, risks, and trade-offs and drive timely decisions.
• Ensure linkages between strategy, operating model, portfolio choices and execution.
• Own high-priority cross-functional initiatives from definition to impact.
• Partner with leaders to remove barriers and manage interdependencies.
• Support the division AI agenda with responsible embedding of AI value.

Skills

Senior leadership experience

Strategy development

AI / emerging technologies

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Job description

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 financialstability 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.
• Yourfamily 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 professionalgrowth 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 promotehealth awareness and opportunities for selfcare through various measures, such as free health checks with the company doctor.
• We emb diversity by providing an inclusive work environment in which you are welcomed, supported, and encouraged to bring your whole self to work.

Be You. Be Bayer

Bayer welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of , national origin, gender, age, physical characteristics, social origin, disability, union membership, religion, family status, , orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any criterion under applicable law. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding .

Location: Germany : Berlin : Berlin

Division: Pharmaceuticals

Reference Code: 894529