You may not know our name but we can guarantee you know our work – all we do has a positive impact on life, health and the environment. Eurofins is by your side every day from the food you eat to the medicines you rely on. We work with the biggest companies in the world, making sure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. With over EUR 5.4 billion in annual revenues and 55,000 employees in around 900 laboratories in over 50 countries, Eurofins Scientific is a leading international group of laboratories providing a unique range of analytical testing services to the pharmaceutical, food, environmental and consumer products industries and to governments.

With facilities in Europe, the United States and Asia, Eurofins Genomics is an internationally leading provider of DNA sequencing services, genotyping services, DNA synthesis products and bioinformatics services for pharma, diagnostics, food, agriculture, biotechnological and research markets. 

Our global and diverse network of companies offers a stimulating start-up environment with fast track careers. You will contribute to making science and innovation happen every day. Due to the increasing workload following Eurofins' growth, sales and production process standardization activities, we are looking for an IT Business Analyst to join our team responsible for an in-house developed application.

You will support the Product Owner with the “green-field” development of the application, yet also consider transitioning and integration constraints. This includes activities related to detailing user story descriptions and their acceptance criteria, following up on user story development and testing activities, and ensuring qualitative end-user documentation is available.

SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENTS

• Writing of clear and well-structured specifications (user stories) for bugs and new functionalities including their mock-ups and detailed acceptance criteria;
• Following up user stories of the scrum team you are involved in, including user story priority management, preparing and leading various scrum meetings, assisting developers and QA team members during user story implementation phase;
• Closely interacting with QA team members during acceptance criteria refinement meetings, test case reviews, sprint demo meetings;
• Aligning with key stakeholders on design proposals;
• Assisting Business Analysts in UML modelling and service contract creation and review;
• Providing assistance to the second line support of the application;
• Managing bug reports and request for changes;
• Actively participating and collaborating within the application’s international scrums teams; 
• Assisting with the qualification of releases in close cooperation with the program's release management team and key stakeholders;
• Managing end user documentation with a high-quality level: online help, release notes, customer forum, release presentations, etc.

• Master Degree in Engineering, Science or Business;
• 1 to 2 years of professional experience within Software Development is an asset;
• Knowledge of Service-Oriented-Architecture is highly desirable;
• First experience with Scrum is a plus;
• Understanding of and experience with UML is an advantage;
• Knowledge of SQL is an asset;
• Experience with software development management tools (e.g. TFS) is an advantage;
• Critical thinking and detail-orientated skills;
• Fluent in English communication skills (written/oral). Knowledge of another language is an asset.

About the IT Program you will be involved in:  
The Program consists of two internally developed web applications and a range of additional services (reporting services, data services, business intelligence services), supporting our internal customers - the Eurofins laboratories worldwide - in their day to day activities related to sales and production processes of the analytical services offered to Eurofins customers. It is at the heart of the Eurofins strategy enabling efficient cross-selling between laboratories. Components of the Program and its data are used by a wide range of Eurofins applications making it a key Program within the international Eurofins Group.

What We Offer

• Challenges within a multi-cultural and cross-regional team as part of the international and fast-growing Eurofins organization;
• A dynamic working environment with a good team spirit where personal development and growth are encouraged;
• Responsibilities for key applications of Eurofins;
• In a fast-growing group, successful team members are being offered increased areas of responsibility (within the Program and the Eurofins Group);
• Extensive on-the-job coaching;
• Attractive salary package with extra-legal benefits.