Merck KGaA Posted August 15, 2026

外部创新和合作经理

Shanghai, Shanghai, China FULL_TIME
BD&L & Strategic Planning

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About this opportunity

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Your Role

As the (Sr.) Manager of External Innovation & Partnerships, you will play a pivotal role in identifying, developing, and managing collaborations with startups, research institutions, and technology providers in laboratory automation and other emerging technologies. Your efforts will drive value and business impact across company’s three sectors, Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics, both locally and globally, with China market for global impact.

1.Drive Innovation Collaborations

Identify, evaluate, and develop collaboration opportunities that generate value across Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics, with a primary priority on laboratory automation and a secondary priority on any other relevant emerging technologies.

2.Lead Strategic External Innovation Projects

Act as the project lead for key external collaborations, ensuring effective project management, timely milestone delivery, and alignment with Science & Technology (S&T) innovation priorities.

3.Build and Develop the External Innovation Ecosystem

Establish and maintain strong relationships with startups, technology providers, research institutes, and industry partners within the life science and laboratory technology ecosystem.

4.Stakeholder Management and Cross-Functional Coordination

Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, global S&T colleagues, and external partners to ensure alignment of innovation initiatives with business priorities and seamless project execution.

5. Ecosystem Intelligence and Technology Trend Monitoring

Continuously monitor developments in laboratory technologies and other emerging technologies within the China innovation ecosystem to inform S&T innovation strategy.

Who You Are 

Master’s or PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Life Sciences, or a related scientific discipline.

6–10 years of experience in life sciences, laboratory technologies, or related fields.

Proven experience in business development, innovation partnerships, or ecosystem collaboration roles.

Familiarity with laboratory automation technologies.

Experience managing cross-organizational collaboration projects.

Prior experience in large multinational organizations is strongly preferred.

Strong understanding of the life science and laboratory technology ecosystem.

Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building abilities.

Effective stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Proficient in evaluating emerging technologies and identifying partnership opportunities.

Native-level Mandarin and strong English communication skills.

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Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
BD&L & Strategic Planning
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active BD&L & Strategic Planning role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 109 comparable BD&L & Strategic Planning roles across 28 biopharma companies.

109Comparable roles tracked
108Currently active
28Companies hiring similar roles
23Countries represented

Salary context

26 of 109 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Manager, Corporate Strategy · Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc (USA) $114,800/yr – $187,400/yr
Peer group range $151,100 – $355,000 (median $234,350)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 109 comparable roles

United States35
China19
Germany10
China's Mainland8
Switzerland7
United Kingdom5

+ 17 more countries

Seniority mix

79 of 109 peers have a known seniority level

Manager27
Director26
Executive/VP7
Senior Director5
Associate Director5
Associate4
Principal3
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc1
Senior1

Therapeutic area mix

12 of 109 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology5
Immunology4
Vaccines & Infectious Disease2
Cardiovascular / CVRM1

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