Lukas Aaldering

Lead Strategy & Performance bei Bayer

Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

• Interdisciplinary trained life-science enthusiast with 3+ years’ experience as business consultant in the pharma and agriculture industry. • Strong R&D experience with projects ranging from large transformations and organizational design to strategy definition. • High affinity for team- and project-based work with proven ability to lead small consulting teams. • Motivated by challenges and eager to find innovative solutions to complex problems.

Experience

  • Bayer (5 yrs 6 mos)
    • Lead Strategy & Performance
      Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

      • Leading the Strategy & Performance Team within Clinical Development & Operations

    • Clinical Strategic Project Lead
      Sep 2024 - Jun 2025 · 10 mos

    • Senior Consultant / Acting Project Manager
      Jul 2022 - Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      As acting project manager: • Led a consulting team tasked to identify improvement opportunities and develop a new organizational setup for one of Bayer’s core research areas. As senior consultant: • Identified and prioritized new research ideas for increased crop resistance towards climate change (resulting in 15 new product concepts added to the discovery pipeline). • Designed a new process to foster and assess cross-functional innovation in the field of Radiology. • Identified improvement opportunities and detailed a new organizational setup for Bayer’s Clinical Development & Operations organization.

  • Institute of Business Administration at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy (IfbM) (4 yrs 6 mos)
    • Postdoctoral Research Assistant & Lecturer
      Jul 2019 - Dec 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

      During my time as postdoctoral researcher at the Institute, I established the field of data sciences into a strategic field of teaching and research. Main activities: 1) Developed and taught an introductory course in data science for business chemists 2) Wrote an accompanying textbook 3) Developed data-driven approaches for technology companies to understand dynamic environments 4) Led data-driven consulting projects with players in the chemical industry

    • Research Assistant
      Jul 2016 - Jun 2019 · 3 yrs

  • Beratender Projektleiter at Febotec GmbH
    Apr 2016 - Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    At Febotec I had the unique opportunity to apply my knowledge about aptamers, develop functional biosensors and to advance the project as a consulting project manager. Main activities: 1) Implemented a novel biosensor technology 2) Coordinated with international project partners 3) Presented the results and wrote progress reports

  • Praktikant at BCNP Consultants GmbH
    Apr 2016 - Jun 2016 · 3 mos