APAC/ASEAN Chief of Staff & ASEAN Allian

At Bayer we're visionaries, driven to solve the world's toughest challenges and striving for a world where Health for all, Hunger for none is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We're doing it with energy, curiosity and dedication, always learning from diverse perspectives, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining what's possible.

Where do you want to go

We have an exciting opportunity for a APAC/ASEAN Chief of Staff & ASEAN Alliance Product Lead to join our Pharmaceuticals business.

This is a key leadership role within the APAC and ASEAN Leadership Teams, combining enterprise leadership impact with direct commercial accountability.

You will play a critical role in driving performance, alignment, and culture across a region representing €800M in pharmaceutical sales, while owning and leading an ASEAN alliance portfolio ( €100M) across Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore.

Do something that moves you.

As Chief of Staff (APAC/ASEAN), you will:

. Shape and drive the leadership agenda, aligning vision, priorities, and measurable outcomes to accelerate execution
. Drive an operating model rooted in ownership, ensuring focus on enterprise outcomes beyond country, brand, or function
. Identify organizational gaps, barriers, and opportunities, translating insights into clear and actionable outcomes
. Lead co-creation of APAC/ASEAN priorities with Leadership Teams, ensuring disciplined tracking and delivery
. Drive regional pipeline readiness and launch excellence in alignment with Global teams, Regulatory, and markets
. Enable high performance across APAC Centers of Excellence (CoEs), building capabilities and scaling best practices
. Establish and manage a clear governance framework, including leadership cadence, business reviews, and decision tracking
. Ensure clarity, consistency, and impact of the APAC/ASEAN narrative across leadership engagements and communications
. Accelerate decision-making by bringing together the right stakeholders, insights, and data at the right time
. Drive execution of key WWM priorities, ensuring alignment and consistency across the region
. Continuously evolve the APAC/ASEAN operating model with leadership teams and DSO practitioners
. Manage highly sensitive and confidential information with sound judgment and discretion
. Foster a strong One Leadership Team mindset, enhancing trust, alignment, and shared accountability

As ASEAN Alliance Product Lead, you will:

. Own full P&L accountability for the ASEAN alliance portfolio ( €100M), driving growth, profitability, and value creation

. Define and evolve partner strategy, including portfolio prioritization, lifecycle management, and market focus
. Lead end-to-end partnership management including identification, evaluation, contracting, renewal, and exit
. Hold partners accountable to ambitious KPIs, ensuring delivery of commercial and financial outcomes
. Drive structured business planning and performance reviews, identifying risks and opportunities and acting decisively
. Ensure partners deliver best-in-class commercial execution based on strong customer, market, and scientific insights
. Negotiate and finalize high-impact agreements aligned with Bayer's strategic and financial goals, ensuring the right incentives and behaviours

Across all aspects of the role, you will:

. Ensure patient-focused, compliant decision-making, aligned with legal, medical, and regulatory standards
. Embed a culture of evaluating benefits, risks, and cross-functional perspectives in decision-making

Does this sound like you

. 10+ years of progressive experience in pharmaceuticals or related industry
. Proven track record of delivering strong business results with clear ownership mindset
. Experience across marketing, sales, and/or business leadership roles
. Demonstrated ability to lead across functions, markets, and cultures
. Strong strategic mindset with the ability to translate into execution and measurable outcomes
. Experience managing external partners, distributors, or alliance business models
. Strong influencing and negotiation capabilities with senior stakeholders (internal and external)
. Ability to operate effectively in complex, fast-paced, and ambiguous environments
. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to generate insights and drive decisions
. Excellent communication and storytelling capabilities, translating complexity into clear narratives
. High learning agility with strong leadership presence (Visionary, Architect, Catalyst, Coach)
. Strong interpersonal and intercultural skills with proven ability to build trust
. Ability to manage multiple high-stakes priorities simultaneously without loss of performance
. Bachelor's degree required advanced degree preferred
. Fluency in English and willingness to travel