Senior Manager Strategy – Chief Commercial Office (d/f/m)

Job Summary

As Senior Manager CCO Strategy, you’ll be operating at the very core of Sandoz business strategy, helping shape business‑critical decisions on pipeline selection, portfolio management, strategic partnerships and business development. You will lead high‑impact, high‑complexity initiatives across various business areas, platforms and regions, building strategic scenarios, facilitating key decision‑making and enhancing the effectiveness of the Chief Commercial Office. This role will be part of the growing CCO Strategy team, acting as a key enabler and closely aligning with the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), CEO and Board of Directors (BoD).

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cross‑functional projects, workstreams and strategic initiatives by developing structured approaches and implementing effective solutions to complex problems.
• Effectively manage cross‑functional (senior) stakeholders across multiple areas and platforms.
• Determine and drive the agenda of key meetings, monitor timelines, track milestones, and ensure follow‑ups for timely execution and successful project outcomes.
• Communicate effectively and clearly with all audiences to influence stakeholders towards recommended actions.
• Lead creation of high‑impact documents that enable the business strategy and decision‑making of the CCO, CEO and BoD, and target relevant external events by researching and developing high‑quality, clear and actionable content; extracting meaningful insights and key messages from complex or partial data; ensuring clarity of messages, adequate synthesis and effective presentation towards executives.
• Identify opportunities to drive operational excellence and efficacy in achieving the CCO strategic goals, fostering your own entrepreneurship within Sandoz.
• Provide support on ad‑hoc challenges and sprints to enable CCO strategic objectives and accelerate operative business decisions.

Key Performance Indicators

• Correctness, completeness and meaningfulness of the analyses.
• Clarity, sharpness and efficacy of documents and presentations.
• Reliability, timeliness and accountability over project delivery and associated impacts.
• Key stakeholder satisfaction.

Qualifications

• BA / BS required; business concentration ideal but not required.
• MBA or relevant graduate degree preferred.
• Strong experience (3‑5 years) in top‑tier management consulting (McKinsey, BCG, Bain) with relevant project experience.
• Preferred experience (1‑3 years) in life sciences, healthcare, or FMCG industry; experience in a global or international context highly preferred.
• Critical and strategic thinker with solutions‑oriented mindset and excellent analytical skills (problem structuring and problem solving) capable of handling complex or partial information.
• Proven leadership and project management skills, including cross‑functional projects with significant and visible business impact, able to operate successfully at all organizational levels and influence senior stakeholders towards recommended decisions/actions.
• Excellent executive communication and presentation skills able to influence without authority and achieve project objectives in a multi‑layered matrix organization.
• Agility in shifting between various projects and initiatives, comfort with a high‑paced environment and complex challenges, ability to re‑prioritize quickly to keep focus on value‑generating activities.
• Proven self‑starter and independent thinker with high standards for excellence, innovative mindset, accountability and compliance.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, etc.), including Co‑pilot.
• Fluent in English; proficiency in an additional language preferred.
• Skills desired: Building Construction, Business Development, Business Networking, Business Partners, Business Strategy, Collaboration, Corporate Development, Curiosity, Decision Tree (Forecasting Model), Diversity & Inclusion, Finance, Go‑To‑Market Strategy, Influencing Skills, Key Account Management, Leadership, Lean Six Sigma, Management Consulting, PMP (Project Management Professional), Strategic Planning, Transformation Programs.

Compensation and Benefits

• Starting pay range: EUR 87,700 – 162,900.
• Variable compensation: 15% performance‑based bonus.
• Additional benefits: 30 vacation days per year (full time), €1,200 vacation payment (full time), €40/month in capital‑forming benefits.
• Company pension.
• Flex‑hybrid working: 50% per week in the office.
• Access to learning & development platforms: Skillsoft & Learnlight.
• Pay frequency: Monthly.
• Expected weekly working hours: 40 hours.
• Contract type: full time.

Job Location

Holzkirchen, Germany

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve. Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability. The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this, please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.