Merck KGaA Posted August 15, 2026

Project Manager & Governance in Healthcare Quality - Internship - Curious Talent

Mollet del Valles, Barcelona, Spain FULL_TIME
Quality Manager

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About this opportunity

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Internship in Project Manager & Governance in Healthcare Quality

Your Role:

The role supports demand shaping, project delivery, and capability building by partnering with stakeholders to clarify needs, translate business requirements into functional specifications, and drive execution against agreed plans and milestones. The person in this role will also help design modern upskilling approaches and use AI-based tools to create engaging audio and visual training materials.

Key Responsibilities

Support the scoping of business demands and contribute to business case preparation

Participate in stakeholder meetings to understand business needs and translate them into clear requirements and functional specifications

Develop and maintain project plans and schedules to support delivery against agreed objectives

Track, monitor, and report project progress against key milestones, deliverables, and timelines

Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders to help ensure alignment, clarity, and follow-through across project activities

Design and support upskilling approaches that build capability in line with business and project needs

Use state-of-the-art AI-based tools to create compelling audio and visual training materials

Contribute to the continuous improvement of project and training approaches, with a focus on clarity, effectiveness, and adoption

Prerequisites

Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Educational background in chemistry, pharmaceuticals, IT, or a related field

Preferred Profile

Experience in business analysis, project coordination, or a similar cross-functional role

Ability to translate stakeholder input into structured business requirements

Strong planning and organizational skills, with attention to milestones and deliverables

Confidence working across multiple stakeholders and balancing different needs

Interest in digital learning, upskilling, and emerging AI-enabled content creation tools

Strong written and verbal communication skills

What We Offer:

We are curious minds coming from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe this diversity drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for everyone to develop and grow at their own pace. Join us to build a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to champion human progress.

Apply now and become part of a team dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!

Job details

Seniority
Manager
Function
Quality
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Mollet del Valles, Barcelona, Spain
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Quality role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 181 comparable Manager Quality roles across 52 biopharma companies.

181Comparable roles tracked
176Currently active
52Companies hiring similar roles
24Countries represented

Salary context

54 of 181 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Quality Control Associate Scientist Overnight Shift · Merck KGaA $27/hr – $46/hr (≈ $56,160–$95,680/yr)
Peer group range $75,920 – $219,500 (median $166,200)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 181 comparable roles

United States86
Ireland17
China17
Japan12
India12
Singapore7

+ 18 more countries

Seniority mix

181 of 181 peers have a known seniority level

Manager123
Associate Director37
Associate21

Therapeutic area mix

0 of 181 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.

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How we calculate "similar"

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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.