Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. Eurofins is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. The Group also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 55,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 50 countries. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2020, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 5.4 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Become your most extraordinary self!  Our team is intensely proud to be a major provider of services and products to the drug discovery research industry.  Join Eurofins DiscoverX Corporation. part of the Eurofins Discovery ™ group of companies serving  serving global clients in the Pharma and Biotech industries.  Work alongside industry experts and collaborate with team members to directly and positively impact human health worldwide!

The Eurofins Discovery team was built by bringing together the market-leading discovery expertise of Panlabs (acquired in 2012 from Ricerca), Cerep (acquired in 2013), EMD Millipore's Discovery & Development Solutions business (acquired from Merck KGaA in 2014), Villapharma Research (acquired in 2017), DiscoverX (acquired 2017), and Selcia Drug Discovery (acquired 2018). With over 600 people in seven operational sites worldwide: St. Charles, MO (USA), Fremont, CA (USA), San Diego, CA (USA), Essex (UK), Celle Lévescault (France), Taipei (Taiwan), and Murcia (Spain) our global team offers the high quality, reliable solutions and support our clients depend on to advance their drug discovery programs. Combining our broad, high quality, industry leading drug discovery products & services portfolios together enables us to support our global clients with one of the industry’s largest and broadest portfolios.

We have a philosophy to support work life balance, career progression opportunities and offer many benefits such as formal mentoring programs, tuition reimbursement, extensive career training programs, competitive health benefits, paid time off and 10 annual paid holidays. This position also has potential for remote working.

• Manage IT projects and initiatives ensuring successful delivery on-time, within scope, and within budget;
• Partner with stakeholders, including Group, Regional, and Business teams, to ensure alignment of IT projects with business objectives;
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation in IT project management methodologies and tools.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Collaborate with all departments across the company to support the implementation of Information Technology Solutions projects and initiatives across all Eurofins DiscoverX sites, ensuring compliance with corporate and business line level standards.
2. Conduct assessments and provide recommendations for process and system improvements based on business/user requirements and IT system functionalities.
3. Participate actively in local IT deployments, including installation, customization, testing, documentation, and training of IT solutions.
4. Contribute to the design, architecture, and development of existing and new systems to ensure they meet regulatory and business requirements, such as regulatory compliance, data integrity, IP protection, data privacy, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
5. Act as the point of contact with the Group / Regional IT Infrastructure teams, representing the business in such interactions.
6. Oversee the internal IT support function and manage the support provided to end-users across the sites under scope.
7. Maintain high-quality service by establishing and enforcing organizational standards.
8. Participate in relevant IT workgroups and committees, such as the Change Advisory Board (CAB).
9. Assist with inspections and audits performed by internal and/or external customers and authorities.
10. Guide and support audit remediation and control gap closure activities.
11. Uphold Eurofins' values and implement the Eurofins leadership standards.

The Basic Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Management Information Systems or equivalent education or experience.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in IT application systems design, development, deployment, and support;
• At least 2 years of experience in business process design and improvement, preferably in a laboratory/bioinformatics environment;
• Experience participating in international customers/projects;
• Experience with Agile Development, SCRUM, or Extreme Programming methodologies;
• Certified Scrum Product Owner certification is a plus..
• Authorization to work for any employer within the US, indefinitely, without sponsorship

The Ideal candidate would posses: 

• Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal;
• Experience with project management tools and methodologies related to IT development;
• Understanding of software design and architecture processes;
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements in the Life Sciences industry;
• Hands-on experience with some technologies/architectures such as .Net, Java, REST, MongoDB, SQL Server, Oracle, Angular and JavaScript;
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and tools;
• Preferably, knowledge about laboratory instrument systems and their software.

All Eurofins Discovery successful applicants will be required to provide proof of positive COVID-19 Vaccination status or demonstrate eligibility for medical or religious exemptions prior to commencing employment.

Eurofins Discovery provides for full-time employment: 

• Excellent full time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation and holidays

Compensation range: $115,000-150,000