Last Update: Aug 03, 2020
Working as a pharmacists for Bayer
At Bayer you will be part of a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care and agriculture. As an innovation company, we also set standards in research. As an international science-based company we are passionate about innovations that improve the way people live in our world.
What you can expect from us
Around 300 pharmacists work at Bayer in Germany. Most of them start their careers in our division Pharamceuticals or Consumer Health.
Our division Pharmaceuticlas focusses on researching, developing and marketing specialty-focused innovative medicines that provide significant clinical benefit and value, primarily in the therapeutic areas of cardiology, oncology, gynecology, hematology and ophthalmology. With our innovative products, we seek to achieve therapeutic benefit for patients, while at the same time satisfying the growing requirements of physicians and health insurers.
At Consumer Health, our vision is to make self-care for a better life a reality for billions of people around the world through everyday healthcare. With over 170 brands from global icons to local stars in our diverse and innovative portfolio, people can manage their health needs across many different areas, including dermatology, nutritional supplements, analgesics, cardiovascular risk prevention, digestive health, cold and allergy care.
Bayer offers a wide range of opportunities in different areas:
- Drug development, for example, in pharmaceutical technology (formulation technology), development analytics and preclinical and clinical research
- Drug registration
- Production
- Quality control
- Marketing
- Documentation
- Business Consulting
What you offer
To join Bayer, you need to have completed your university degree with above-average grades and preferably have gained some initial practical experience in the pharmaceutical industry. A PhD is normally required for positions in drug development and quality control.
You will fit in particularly well with Bayer if you share our passion to innovate and want your ideas and solutions to bring about change.
Team spirit, initiative and good communication skills are important. You also need to be flexible and mobile, with a sense of responsibility and an interest in finding solutions. Further, you should have spent some time studying abroad and have intercultural experience and good language skills, in particular English.
What we offer
As an international science-based company we are passionate about innovations that improve the way people live in our world. Bayer offers an open and inspiring environment. We encourage you to question the status quo and think ahead. It takes imagination, ambition and courage to find answers to society's most pressing questions.
As a pharmacist at Bayer, you will be assigned to a specific area from the beginning. Following a successful start, you will have opportunities to work in different fields in Germany and abroad in the course of your career.
Your application
Current job vacancies are available via the job search. Please use different search terms to find all suitable postings. Some of our open positions for professionals with the search term pharmacy are listed here.
Testimonial
My career in Pharmacovigilance at Bayer
Nadiya Neyezzhalova has been fascinated by Pharmacovigilance already during her pharmaceutical studies as she wanted to change patients’ life to the better. Read her contribution to the Bayer career blog, and why she decided to take a career in the pharmaceutical industry at Bayer Consumer Health in the US after working in the hospital environment and what she has experienced so far.
