About Schwabe Holding

From Nature. For Health. Dr. Willmar Schwabe is the world's leading manufacturer of herbal medicines. As a family-owned company with over 150 years of history and around 4,000 employees worldwide, we stand for products of exceptionally high quality. To promote the health of people all over the world, we rely on modern research, customer orientation and competent and motivated employees.

It starts with nature. With you. Join us to lead a clinical research project and make a difference as:

Clinical Project Manager (f/m/d)

Location : Karlsruhe Company: Dr. Willmar Schwabe
Division: R&D
Start:01.07.2025
Typeofemployment:fulltime

Your growth-inspiring tasks

• Clinical Study Planning & Execution: Take ownership of clinical trials in the role as sponsor and of non-interventional healthcare studies in a fully outsourced model - first task will be a clinical trial to prove the effectiveness of our standardized extract of Ginkgo biloba leaves in China.


• Study Start-Up & Compliance: Ensure study feasibility, regulatory compliance, and ethics approvals, contribute to the creation of study plans, documents and systems, manage project risks.


• Vendor & CRO Management: Select, qualify, contract and guide external partners - while applying effective sponsor oversight and quality control across all trial phases.


• Cross-functional Leadership: Lead internal and external project teams with clarity and drive - keeping timelines, budgets, and responsibilities on track through every stage of the study.


• Quality & Documentation Excellence: Ensure correct and complete documentation of the study, and train teams on study specific procedures and SOPs while patient safety, data quality and legal alignment are paramount.

Your naturally convincing profile

• Professional qualifications: You hold a degree in a scientific or health care discipline, such as medicine, pharmacy, biology, biochemistry or equivalent. Alternatively, you are qualified through relevant experience.


• Experience: Professional experience in clinical research project management (pharmaceutical industry or contract research organization). Experience in conducting clinical studies in APAC region - especially China - would be an asset.


• Skills and competencies: You combine a profound knowledge of ICH GCP, other relevant ICH guidelines and the European laws and guidelines regarding clinical research with strong project management abilities and skills in MS Office.


• Personal strengths: As a clear communicator, team player, organized multitasker with a proactive mindset and the confidence to lead in complex environments you dispose of a structured, flexible, and solution-oriented working style.


• Language Proficiency: Fluent in English and German - both are essential for internal and external coordination. Additional language skills (e.g. in mandarin) would be an asset.

Your naturally appreciative benefits

• Compensation: competitive compensation including bonus payments, occupational disability and retirement insurance.


• Work-Life-Balance: 40-hour week with flexible working hours, 30 days vacation plus four additional days off.


• Health and well-being: Occupational health services, sports activities (e.g., yoga), and fresh meals in our cafeteria.


• Learning and development: Access to our academy and external training providers.


• Additional perks: Sabbatical options, free parking, fitness and leisure discounts, and a welcoming family-business atmosphere.

Contact us

Nora Feskens is available at +49 721 4005-342 to answer your questions.