Business Unit Manager Research & Development Molecular Diagnostic (Clinical) in Europe

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 laboratories work 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 dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

Gold Standard Diagnostics (GSD) Clinical Solutions is an independant International Business Line (IBL) within the Eurofins Group focused on the development, manufacturing, and marketing of in-vitro diagnostics assays, consumables, instruments and automation for human and animal diagnostics, as well as industrial testing applications (especially in the areas of food and environment testing). The Clinical Group is spread over multiple locations over Europe, having facilities for R&D, Production, and Sales hubs . GSD is looking to expand its Molecular Diagnostics development capabilities by creating one or more Molecular Diagnostics development centers. The goal is to have a (or more) dedicated team(s) of experienced scientists working on developing high quality and state-of-art solutions for human diagnostics.

To build its Molecular Diagnostics R&D capacity, GSD is looking for an entrepreneurial, dynamic and motivated candidate to that can establish this(these) center(s) and manage hands on the day-to-day operations.

Experience:

• In-depth knowledge of the IVD context, specifically PCR and nucleic acid extraction development
• Successful organizational change, transformation, and restructuring
• Prior exposure to M&A, post-merger integration processes
• Prior experience in setting up a research and development laboratory.

Education:

• MSc or higher in technical, chemical, or mechanical sciences preferred
• MBA or similar business education is optional

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Fluency in English
• Development of sales & business strategy
• Proven success in a growth-oriented business
• Entrepreneurial mindset
• Strong experience in identification of merger & acquisition targets, as well as business integration  
• People leadership
• Ambitious
• Self-starter

In over 37 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to ca. 62,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 900 laboratories in 62 countries. Eurofins companies offer 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 2023, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6,515 million, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! The Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us!  We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/