Universität Heidelberg | Germany | 69xxx Heidelberg | Permanent position | Part time - flexible / Full time | Published since: 03.03.2026 on stepstone.de
Scientific Director - Center for Molecular Biology at Heidelberg University (m/f/d)
The Center for Molecular Biology at the University of Heidelberg (ZMBH) is an internationally renowned centre of basic bioscience research and teaching. We are a central scientific institution of the University of Heidelberg with 15 independent research groups, a common scientific-technical and administrative infrastructure and an international workforce with more than 200 employees. At the ZMBH, the following permanent full-time job (39.5 hours/week) is to be filled at the next possible time: Scientific Director*in (m/d)
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Your tasks • Your profile • What we offer
In this versatile and responsible position, You support the ZMBH leadership in strategic and operational tasks – from interaction with scientific and administrative departments of the ZMBH to cooperation with other institutions of the university, to cooperation with external partners. You conduct research on scientific projects and actors, develop position papers and texts for the application of funding and awards and help plan the development of the institute. You conduct the business of the ZMBH board and are both the first person to speak internally and externally in matters of content and voting requirements with the ZMBH board You promote the exchange of information in the centre, with other university institutions and with cooperation partners and form the interface to the faculties with which we work closely You take on personnel responsibility and run a team of motivated and qualified employees. You serve the institute bodies and commissions as well as our external scientific advisory board. You shall prepare the resolutions and implement them and you shall participate in the university committee work. You participate in academic teaching You will organize selection talks for junior group leaders, scientific symposiums, conferences and visit programs for scientific guests You organize the public relations and our communication via various communication channels
You have a successfully completed university degree with doctoral degree in the field of life sciences or adjacent scientific disciplines You can quickly work into complex topics and have proven experience in the written and visual representation of multi-layered content and relationships You are characterized by a self-confident appearance and a sovereign expression in German. You also have excellent English skills in word and writing. You convince us through readiness, organisational skills and a reliable, very efficient and independent way of working You bring a high degree of initiative and time flexibility with We require a strong social competence, team skills, loyalty and communication strength
A versatile, varied and demanding range of tasks with a high degree of creative responsibility Teams from highly motivated and qualified colleagues in a modern, dynamic and international research institution Attractive possibilities of continuing training to promote professional and personal development Flexible design of working time Beneficiary Germany Job Ticket and a Job Wheel Program At the beginning of your activity, you will be accompanied and incorporated by the previous staff member Remuneration is made according to TV-L. The place is in principle divisible. A beaming can be checked upon request when the legal requirements are in place (the runway of the Academic Council or the Academic Council, taking into account the teaching obligation regulation). .
Location
![]() | Universität Heidelberg | |
| 69117 Heidelberg | ||
| Germany |
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