Merck KGaA Posted October 23, 2026

Site Controlling Lead Global CMC Development Darmstadt (m/w/d)

Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany Full time
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About this opportunity

Work Your Magic with us!

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

Ihre Rolle

Als Site Controlling Lead gestalten Sie die finanzielle Steuerung eines bedeutenden Entwicklungsstandorts und agieren als strategischer Business Partner der Standortleitung. Sie verantworten sämtliche Bereiche des Finanzcontrollings – von Finanzberichterstattung, Forecasting und Operations-Analysen über Ressourcenallokation und Business Cases bis hin zu CAPEX- Planung und Compliance. Als integraler Bestandteil des Site Leadership Teams schaffen Sie Transparenz über Chancen und Risiken, leiten fundierte Handlungsempfehlungen ab und tragen maßgeblich zur erfolgreichen Standortsteuerung bei. Sie bereiten komplexe Finanzthemen zielgruppengerecht auf, fördern bereichsübergreifende Zusammenarbeit und begleiten Veränderungen aktiv. Darüber hinaus unterstützen Sie globale Konsolidierungsprozesse sowie Due-Diligence-Aktivitäten und treiben Standardisierung, Vereinfachung und Effizienzsteigerungen innerhalb der Finanzfunktion voran.

Wer Sie sind

Abgeschlossenes Studium der Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Finance oder eines vergleichbaren

Fachgebiets

Mindestens fünf Jahre Berufserfahrung im Controlling, idealerweise im Umfeld der pharmazeutischen Produktion

Fundierte Kenntnisse in SAP CO und FI sowie ausgeprägte Expertise in der Produktkostenrechnung

Fortgeschrittene Kenntnisse in TM1 und MCloud sowie sehr gute Kenntnisse in MS Office, insbesondere Excel und PowerPoint; Kenntnisse in Power BI sind von Vorteil

Nachgewiesene Fähigkeit, in einer globalen Matrixorganisation erfolgreich zu agieren und erfahrene Stakeholder sowie Führungskräfte konstruktiv zu challengen

Starke Business-Partnering-Kompetenzen sowie überzeugende Kommunikations- und Präsentationsfähigkeiten, um komplexe

Finanzthemen verständlich zu vermitteln

Vertrautheit mit dem Einsatz von KI-Tools im Finanzumfeld sowie die Fähigkeit, deren Möglichkeiten, Grenzen und ethische Implikationen kritisch zu beurteilen und verantwortungsvoll in Entscheidungsprozesse einzubinden

Verhandlungssichere Deutsch- und Englischkenntnisse in Wort und Schrift; Präsenz im Büro 2-3 Mal pro Woche

Arbeitsort: Darmstadt

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

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

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Manufacturing & CMC
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

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

We currently track 3753 comparable Manufacturing & CMC roles across 173 biopharma companies.

3753Comparable roles tracked
3372Currently active
173Companies hiring similar roles
64Countries represented

Salary context

921 of 3753 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 · Biologics Support Operator I (3rd Shift) · AbbVie $14/hr – $26/hr (≈ $29,099–$54,122/yr)
Highest disclosed · Head of Analytical Development · ModernaTX, Inc. $272,200/yr – $490,100/yr
Peer group range $41,610 – $381,150 (median $125,550)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 3753 comparable roles

United States1739
Germany250
India166
France146
Ireland137
China123

+ 58 more countries

Seniority mix

1670 of 3753 peers have a known seniority level

Senior431
Manager381
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc259
Associate162
Principal138
Associate Director119
Director115
Senior Director57
Executive/VP8

Therapeutic area mix

24 of 3753 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Vaccines & Infectious Disease15
Rare Disease3
Oncology3
Respiratory1
Dermatology & Aesthetics1
Immunology1

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The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.

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How we calculate "similar"

No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.

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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Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
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Ausbildung 2027 - Pharmakant (m/w/d)
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Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
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Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
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.