M&A & PMO Project Manager (m/f/d)

As one of the world’s leading analytical instrumentation companies, Bruker covers a broad spectrum of advanced solutions in all fields of research and development. All our systems and instruments are designed to improve safety of products, accelerate time-to-market and support industries in successfully enhancing quality of life. We’ve been driving innovation in analytical instrumentation for 50 years now. Today, worldwide more than 6,500 employees are working on this permanent challenge, at over 90 locations on all continents.

The Inhouse Consulting – M&A & PMO Project Manager acts as a strategic business partner to the management team of the business unit CALID Group. The future incumbent will be involved in all crucial phases of upcoming acquisitions – from Due Diligence to Post Merger Integration to assure a seamless transition into the Bruker (matrix) organization on a national and international level. This involves the following responsibilities:

• Management and delivery of results in CALID projects of high relevance (especially Due Diligence and (Post Merger) Integration projects)
• Coordination and collection of all relevant information about the activities of the projects and leading contract negotiations
• Provide guidance for project management teams by developing and implementing team processes in order to ensure the workflow between involved organizations
• Supervision on all levels (incl. IT, export control, SCM, finance etc.) that all relevant compliance standards are implemented on international scale
• Monitor and manage complex initiatives across functional areas, businesses and regions incl. frequent KPI tracking and reporting of progress to the management team
• Coordination of program documentation such as project reports, work plans etc. for the program team
• Be the first point of contact for all queries and questions for the specific program
• Act as a business partner for the internal and external stakeholders
• Make recommendations about program’s content to improve the program work

• Diploma or master’s degree in science, engineering and/or business administration
• Minimum 5 to 7 years of working experience in international life science, manufacturing and/or consulting environment with specialization in M&A assignments, international projects and corporate/business development
• Professional experience in project management (according to PMI or PRINCE2) incl. strong implementation and integration experience
• Consulting approach, strong business acumen, hands-on and result-driven mentality
• Excellent analytical and conceptual skills
• Energetic, strong communicator across all hierarchical levels
• Transformational track record in identifying, developing and executing organizational and cultural change and process improvement initiatives in a multinational environment
• Able to cope with ambiguity and ability to make decision when not everything is known
• Empathic and connects easily with people
• High level user skills in MS Projects and MS Office
• Expert knowledge of Project Management Tools
• Business fluent language skills in German and English
• National and international travel activities are part of the role depending on the respective assignment (incl. longer periods on-site nationally and/or internationally)