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Senior Manager / Director, Operations & Project Controlling (gn)

MunichFull-time2026-11-02 → 2026-11-10

Core

Own and develop the company's project controlling framework to provide financial visibility, margin analysis, and cost tracking across the project portfolio.

Role type

Senior Manager / Director, Project Controlling & Financial Performance

Builds

Project financial reporting, margin analysis, cost-to-complete forecasts, and standardized controlling processes

Domain

Life Sciences / CRO (Contract Research Organization) / Project-based Services

Deliverable

dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Project controlling, Financial modeling, Budgeting & forecasting, Variance analysis, Margin management, Cost allocation methodologies, Stakeholder management, Process design, ERP systems, Excel

Preferred skills

Resource planning, Scientific operations knowledge, Automation of reporting

Responsibilities

Establish project budgeting and forecasting processes; Lead margin analysis and fully loaded costing methodologies; Partner with operations to monitor project performance against budget; Develop cost-to-complete forecasts and variance analysis; Design scalable project controlling processes and governance; Support annual budgeting and strategic resource allocation.

Seniority

Senior Manager / Director, hands-on leadership