Senior Product Manager

Bayer; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 206,000 - 246,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical care above statutory

Flexible benefits package

Life and disability insurance

Company pension plans

Home office allowance

Extra paid holidays

Job summary

Bayer in Poland's Digital Hub Warsaw is seeking a Senior Product Manager to drive product strategy and deliver value in a fast-paced Pharma R&D setting.

You will lead a cross‑functional IT/R&D team, translate scientific needs into user journeys, and align IT priorities with business outcomes. English proficiency is essential; German is a plus. This role requires deep domain understanding, strong leadership, and the ability to navigate ambiguity while delivering measurable impact.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Natural Sciences; PhD desirable.
• Multiple years as Product Manager or Requirements Engineer in agile settings.
• Strong leadership and entrepreneurial mindset.
• Experience at interfaces between science, engineering and IT.
• Proficient in English; German a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional product team with IT and R&D experts.
• Translate scientific business needs into user journeys and requirements.
• Prioritize problems and define scope with measurable impact.
• Frame engineering work turning problems into testable hypotheses.
• Drive design, build and delivery of digital products in Pharma R&D.
• Share insights with product teams, scientists and stakeholders.
• Define and drive product visions aligned with IT and R&D goals.
• Detect risks and plan mitigation strategies to meet objectives.

Skills

Leadership

Agile

Requirements engineering

Interdisciplinary collaboration

English proficiency

German advantageous

Education

Master's in Natural Sciences

PhD desirable

Job description

At Bayer, we are committed to transparency, equal pay for equal work or work of equal value, and objective reward practices in line with EU and local regulations.

The minimum monthly gross compensation for this role is 20 240 PLN gross with final pay determined based on objective factors such as experience, qualifications, scope of responsibility, and internal alignment.

This position is eligible for variable pay components, such as performance‑based bonuses, awarded in accordance with the applicable employee group, role scope, and compensation structure.

In addition, Bayer offers a competitive and holistic benefits package, including:

• Medical care above statutory requirements
• Flexible benefits supporting leisure, and well‑being/sports programs
• Life, accident, and disability insurance through group coverage
• Employer‑supported pension plans with regular company contributions
• Home office allowance to support hybrid or remote work
• Extra Paid Holidays

Benefits may vary depending on country, role, and employment conditions.

For Digital Hub Warsaw, we are looking for:

Senior Product Manager

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where ‘Health for all, Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

As a Product Manager, you ensure that products fulfill their primary purpose: to enable users to perform tasks that create value for the company. In this role, you will have two broad areas of responsibility:

• Setting the strategic vision for the product to ensure the customer and their needs are at the center.
• Ensuring team priorities support business outcomes for customer, product, technical, and enabling teams.

To successfully manage these areas of responsibility, you must have a deep understanding of the product domain, related technology, and architecture.

Your Tasks And Responsibilities

• Lead a cross‑functional product team made up of IT and R&D experts (biologists, chemists, pharmacologists) and contribute your natural science experience.
• Translate complex scientific business needs into user journeys and technical requirements by gathering and interpreting stakeholder input; your scientific background enables accurate assessment and robust solution design.
• Prioritize key problems and limit scope to focus on the highest‑value work, evaluating the expected impact of proposed solutions.
• Frame engineering work by turning business problems into testable hypotheses about underlying user needs; using your scientific training to clarify requirements.
• Drive the design, build, and continuous delivery of digital products in a fast‑paced Pharma R&D environment.
• Proactively share insights with product team members, scientists, and stakeholders to inform decisions, align expectations, and enable transparency.
• Define and drive product visions with measurable business impact, leveraging scientific knowledge to align IT product strategy with R&D goals.
• Detect risks and gaps during development cycles and help design mitigation strategies to ensure the team meets product objectives.

Who You Are

• You hold a Master’s degree in Natural Sciences (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Physics); a Ph.D. is highly desirable.
• You have several years of experience as a Product Manager or Requirements Engineer in an agile environment, ideally in scientific or R&D domains.
• You demonstrate excellent leadership skills and show entrepreneurial behavior in your daily work.
• You bring extensive hands‑on experience in scientific work and are familiar with the processes in research and development. Experience at the interfaces between science, engineering, and IT is a plus.
• You have strong experience with agile and lean principles and bring practical expertise in requirement engineering and designing digital products.
• You are deeply familiar with research workflows, scientific problem‑solving, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• You are resilient, comfortable navigating ambiguous situations, and approach challenges from multiple perspectives.
• You exhibit a high level of motivation, commitment, and sense of ownership.
• You are proficient in English (spoken and written); German skills are an advantage.

Location: Poland : Mazowieckie : Warszawa

Division: PH DI

Reference Code: 878225