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Project Manager 

 50 Faculty of Life Sciences 

Job vacancy starting: 08/25/2025 | Working hours: 8,00  | Classification CBA: §54 VwGr. IVa 

Limited contract until: 08/24/2030

Job ID: 4323

If you love to ... organize/work in a lab/work in IT, etc. ..., then welcome to the team! Our institute/department/work group/unit consists of personalities who want to make a change. Our work is based on respectful communication,  professionalism and high aspirations of having a positive impact on society.

Your personal sphere of influence:

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences is looking for a projekt manager to coordinate a thrid-party funded large projekt, requiring relevant academic experience in the field of pharmaceutical sciences or related disciplines (drug discovery) and preferably experience in projekt management.

Your future tasks:

The scope of tasks and activities includes supporting the project leadership of a FWF-funded large project: this encompasses independent and self-responsible project planning and management, digital transformation, resource planning, monitoring project progess, risk management, ensuring compliance with standards, quality assurance, project documentation, communication and cooperation within the project team, public relations, planning of project meetings/retreats, review of results and evaluation of project success and project completion.

This is part of your personality: 

AHS or BHS degree, Master's degree in pharmacy (or a related degree), doctoral degree in natural sciences.

• Languages: German - very good knowledge (must criterion).
• Languages: English - Excellent knowledge (must criterion).
• IT: Ms-Office - user knowledge (mandatory criterion).

Completion of Master degree in Pharmacy or any related Master degree (e.g. Drug Discovery, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology), completed doctoral study in Science. Computer literacy (MS office, management of databases). Very good command of oral and written language (German and English).

Experience in thrid-party funding, experience in the pharmaceutical industry and entrepreneurship, active participation in international congresses/scientific meetings, as well as personal publication activity are advantageous. Experience in the areas of communication, management and service is benefical. Teamwork, organzational talent, problem-solvig skills, initiative and high social competence are expected.

What we offer: 

We offer a diverse role in an international team with a collegial and family-friendly working environment in a university setting that provides high flexibility.

Salary (IVa) for 40 hours (brutto): EUR 3.390,30

It’s that easy to apply: 

• With your CV and letter of motivation 
• Leaving Certificate, Master's certificate, doctoral certificate
• (Further documents, if necessary)
• Via our job portal / Apply now-button

If you have any content questions, please contact:

Judith Maria Rollinger

judith.rollinger@univie.ac.at

We look forward to new personalities in our team! 
The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.

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Application deadline: 08/08/2025