Study Director - Translational Biology Services

Company Description

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 believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 50,000 staff across a network of more than 900 independent companies in over 50 countries and operating more than 800 laboratories. 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, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialized clinical diagnostics testing.

 In 2021, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description

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 Panlabs, Inc. part of the Eurofins Discovery ™ group of companies 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!

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*.  

The Study Director of Translational Biology Services serves as a scientific and thought leader in the area, using in vitro biology platforms and technologies to model human biology. This role is responsible for managing study conduct from concept and design to execution, data analysis, and reporting, according to client program needs and project specifications. This position will play a key role in supporting commercial operations to identify new markets, customer support, and operations teams in project management, and align the Discovery portfolio with services to meet those demands. This role requires a high level of technical expertise and experience in client communication within a contract research organization. This role will lead strategic initiatives, innovation efforts, and client programs in Drug Discovery Services.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Study Director is a scientific leadership position, responsible for providing guidance and alignment between our customer base, the industry at large, commercial teams, and service operations. This role will be collaborative and influential in a broad network of business functions in support of delivering high quality services to our valued customers, and driving business growth, brand recognition, and alignment with Eurofins’ core competencies.

• Develops client and stakeholder relationships through technical leadership and collaboration

• Manages client projects in all phases of study life cycle from study design to reporting and data discussion
• Ensures regulatory compliance and quality assurance of client studies
• Delivers scientific leadership to executive management in developing portfolio strategy, new growth areas, and new technology planning
• Influences scientific community through external marketing, scientific presentations, industry reputation, and brand awareness
• Provides leadership in establishing and monitoring unit research and development objectives and commercial lifecycle management
• Provides technical leadership to lab operations, business development, and marketing teams
• Supports client services team in generating proposals, RFPs, study plans, and scope of work preparation. Assists pricing team in completing custom pricing and cost analysis.
• Supports laboratory team, and may be required to conduct experiments at the bench, in a lab setting to support client projects, R&D, training, and troubleshooti