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Advice Booklets!TheMaxDelbrückCenterforMolecularMedicine intheHelmholtzAssociation (MDC)
isan internationallyrenownedbiomedicalresearch center.ResearchersattheMDC
investigate the molecular mechanisms of health and disease, and translate those fndings
into medicalapplication.TheMDCisaresearch institution fundedbytheGermanFederal
GovernmentandtheState ofBerlin,and isamemberoftheHelmholtzAssociation of
GermanResearchCenters.
MDCresearcherscollaborate closelywith colleaguesatBerlinuniversities,Charité–
UniversitätsmedizinBerlin,theBerlinInstitute ofHealthand manyotherinstitutions.
TheMDCisamemberinstitution oftheGermanCenterforCardiovascularResearch
(DZHK)andtheNationalCohort.Additionally,theMDCworkswithbiotech companies
andthe pharmaceutical industryin developingapplicationsfrom itsresearch.
TheMDChasacurrentannualbudgetofapproximately€ 180 million.Around 1, 250
employeesand 5 00 guestscurrentlyworkattheCenter’ssitesinBerlin-BuchandBerlin-
Mitte.Employee diversityisone of itsstrengths, enhancingthe creativityand innovative
spiritattheMDC.
TheMDCinvitesapplicationsforthe position ofChair of the Board and Scientifc Director
(m/f/x)
to be flled as soon as possible.
The Chair of the Board simultaneously serves as the Scientifc Director and offcially
representstheCenterand itsresearch, especiallyatthe intersection ofscienceand politics.
The candidateisexpectedtoadvancethe developmentoftheMDCwithintheHelmholtz
Associationandthe collaborationwithstrategic partners,suchasCharité–Universitäts-
medizin,theBerlinInstitute ofHealthanduniversitiesinBerlin.The candidateshares
responsibilitywiththeAdministrativeDirectorforthe operativemanagementandsusta-
inablesuccessoftheCenter.
Duetotheresponsibilitiesandsize oftheCenteraswellasthe close collaborationwith
partnersinuniversities, clinics, corporationsand othernationaland internationalresearch
centers,the candidatewill need excellentleadershipand communicationskills,aswellas
experience in the scientifc management of an international scientifc institution or in
similarareas.Additionalprerequisitesareanabilityto developstrategic plans,topresent
and implementthese persuasivelyandassertively,andto integratestaff members
effectively.The candidateisalsoexpectedtohaveexperience in international cooperation
and inthetransferof knowledge fromresearchandscience intosociety.
Astrongtrackrecord inbasicbiomedicalresearchand/ortranslational medicineand/or
pharmaceuticalresearchand developmentisalsorequired.
Experience isexpected instrategic corporatemanagementaswellasin interactions
with governance bodies such as supervisory boards and international scientifc advisory
boards.ExcellentEnglishandGermanlanguageskillsarerequired,and knowledge ofthe
Germanresearchsystemwouldbeanadvantage.
The position will be flled for fve years, with the possibility of extension for additional
terms.Thesalarywillbebased ontheremunerativeframework forprominentuniversity
professors,withthe possibilityof performance-relatedremuneration.The membersoftheHelmholtzAssociation havesetthe goal ofattracting morewomen
into leadershipand decision-making positionsinscienceandresearch.Therefore,we
especially encourage qualifed female candidates to apply. Severely disabled applicants
will be given preferential treatment in the case of equal qualifcation.
Contact:Specifc questions regarding this position should be directed to:
Prof.Dr.VeronikavonMessling, e-mail:[email protected]
Applicationsshouldbesentboth electronically(bye-mail)andthroughthe post.
Theymustbereceivedby30.0 4 .2020and should be addressed to:
FrauMinDir’inProf.Dr.VeronikavonMessling
Vorsitzende desAufsichtsratesdesMDCundVorsitzende derFindungskommission- persönlich –
BundesministeriumfürBildungundForschung
KapelleUfer 1
10117 Berlin
[email protected]
Wewould liketo pointoutthatyourdocumentswillbemadeaccessibletotheselection
committeeandtoanexternalrecruitmentagency.Theselection committee iscomposed
of representatives from the Supervisory Board and the Scientifc Advisory Board of the
MDC,theFederalMinistryofEducationandResearch,aswellasexternalresearchersand
guests. Please note the MDC’s data privacy policies:https://www.mdc-berlin.de/data-
privacyandhttps://www.mdc-berlin.de/content/data-protection-declaration-applicants
(Dataprotection declaration forapplicants)