Head of Business Line SynTiso (m/f/d)

SyntegonCrailsheimJob.bopublished 06/17/2026
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Together with 7,300 colleagues at 49 locations in over 20 countries, we are the strategic lifecycle partner for the pharma, biotechnology, and food industries. With smooth processes, innovative technologies, and sustainable solutions, we help our customers achieve their goals. For example, we ensure that vaccines are filled safely and that medicinal products are produced reliably and in compliance with regulations. Your favorite chocolate and snacks are also packaged quickly and with high precision with our help. Syntegon Technology GmbH in Crailsheim is a company of the Syntegon Group and develops and produces high-quality and individual solutions for the sterile filling of liquid and powder pharmaceuticals in Crailsheim. At the Syntegon Group's largest site, around 1,400 employees and 50 apprentices work on filling and sealing machines for ampoules, vials, carpules, and syringes, as well as barrier systems. Apply now and become part of our team!

With your contribution as Head of Business Line SynTiso (m/f/d), you will contribute significantly to the success of our company: You bear overall responsibility for the operational and strategic performance of SynTiso and drive profitable growth by closely aligning R&D, Order Fulfillment Process, Business Development, Lifecycle Solutions, and Controlling, as well as ensuring fast decision-making processes and milestone-based reporting to management. In doing so, you are responsible for full P&L management, including budget and forecast management. In close coordination with the Management Board, you define and implement the business strategy and ensure its consistent execution. You lead and coach the heads (m/f/d) of the specialist departments of the SynTiso Business Line and ensure clear responsibilities. In addition, you prioritize resources, remove obstacles, and enable fast, well-founded decisions. As part of active stakeholder management, you manage cooperation with management, customers, partners, and suppliers. You establish milestone-based reporting as well as stringent KPI governance. Furthermore, you increase organizational productivity, promote lean processes, and sustainably anchor continuous improvement within the company.

You have a successfully completed degree in the field of business administration, engineering, or a comparable discipline. With more than 8 years of professional experience in leadership roles including P&L responsibility, you bring sound management expertise; ideally, you have been able to gain this in the pharma or mechanical engineering industry. Furthermore, you have a proven track record in scaling organizations as well as in commercial negotiations and cross-functional leadership of teams. You communicate fluently in English and ideally have very good German skills. Strong motivation and persuasiveness, communication strength, as well as empathy are essential characteristics of your personality. Additionally, you bring a hands-on mentality, as well as a structured and result-oriented way of working. Your profile is rounded off by leadership competence and a passion for sustainable improvement processes.

Start: as soon as possible, by arrangement

Workload: 100%

Contract type: permanent We do not work with recruitment agencies for this position! Your benefits at the Crailsheim location: Attractive working conditions such as above-average pay, success bonus, holiday and Christmas bonuses, as well as other tariff components due to the connection to the metal and electrical industry tariff of Baden-Württemberg Flexible, individual working time arrangements with a 35/40-hour week in flextime with the possibility of mobile working Various working time models, childcare allowance, and holiday childcare Company pension scheme subsidized by the employer as well as employee benefits within the framework of CorporateBenefits Intensive further training, including through digital and mobile learning offers, shadowing, and mentoring opportunities Holistic health management, ranging from height-adjustable desks to company medical care and employee counseling, to health lectures, preventive examinations, gym cooperations, and bicycle leasing (JobRad) High-quality digital onboarding through the support of the Syntegon Onboarding App Do you have questions about the application process?

Marcel Jung (Head of Talent Acquisition Europe)

+41(58)674-6568

At Syntegon, we use the informal "Du" across all hierarchical levels, as this is part of our corporate culture. For this reason, we also conduct the recruitment process in the "DU" form. You are welcome to address us by our first names in your application documents. If this form of address is not okay for you, please let us know.

We do not work with recruitment agencies for this position. For this reason, we ask agencies to refrain from contacting our managers and recruiters. Unsolicited candidate profiles will not lead to any claims for commission or remuneration, even in the event of a hire.

For Syntegon and its subsidiaries, diversity is an important concern. We expressly welcome an environment in which all employees are equal regardless of gender, age, origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or special needs. If only the masculine form is used in this job advertisement, it serves better readability and refers to persons of any gender.