IT Project Manager

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 the environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat 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 a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product 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 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 62,000 staff across a network of over 1,000 independent companies in 61 countries, operating 900 laboratories. Performing over 450 million tests every year, 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 specialised clinical diagnostics testing.

Eurofins is one of the fastest growing listed European companies with a listing on the French stock exchange since 1997.

Eurofins IT Solutions India Pvt Ltd (EITSI) is a fully owned subsidiary of Eurofins and functions as a Global Software Delivery Center exclusively catering to Eurofins Global IT business needs. The code shipped out of EITSI impacts the global network of Eurofins labs and services.

The primary focus at EITSI is to develop the next generation LIMS (Lab Information Management system), Customer portals, e-commerce solutions, ERP/CRM system, Mobile Apps & other B2B platforms for various Eurofins Laboratories and businesses. Young and dynamic, we have a rich culture and we offer fulfilling careers.

IT Project Manager

Eurofins IT Solutions, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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.

Genomics business is enabled by global engineering teams working on next-generation applications and Laboratory information management systems (LIMS). As a Technical Project Manager, you will leverage your extensive Agile Project Management experience to drive the Teams, IT and Business leadership towards operational efficiency. The products you support in execution is strategic to the success of Genomics business line.

Working closely with diverse stakeholders, you will deliver a product that exceeds expectations and drives innovation. You will be empowered to influence and drive key decisions on the process and engineering practice in a nimble way, with your leadership skills, navigate the complex Eurofins network. We are looking for leaders who will uphold the high-performance culture at Eurofins and as a Project Manager, you will interface with the Scrum teams, Business and IT Leadership who will look up to you for support and guidance every day.

This role reports to Senior Director (IT Solutions) and might involve international travel (10%)

Primary Responsibilities:

In this role as Project Manager, you will be responsible for developing and driving the Agile process acting as Scrum Master and influencing cross functional teams, drive the operational KPI’s, Support product deployments and collaborate with global teams to front end key strategic initiatives. The individual will be part of leadership team and collaborate with geographically distributed teams.

Specific Assignments:

• Providing support to the team using a servant leadership style and leading by example as Scrum Master. This person should personify Scrum and Agile Development methodologies.
• Provides strategic consultation to Business and IT leadership, recommendations and manages the Operational KPI’s for the portfolio of Products
• Defines priorities, elaborates roadmaps, and ensures that project deliverables are in line with the business requirements, delivered on schedule, and meeting the quality standards defined.
• Responsible for inputs on team members for performance appraisal.
• Report to Project Steering Committee as per the schedule. This includes both functional reports to the Program Director and Project status reports for senior management review.
• Upto date on the AI adoption and tools for effective project management
• Support Organization goal of adopting tenets of high performing organization and other initiatives in the journey to be Great place to work.

Skills required:

• Strong experience in driving project execution adoption Agile project management methodologies
• Strong background of multi-tasking, prioritizing the tasks and outcomes.
• Strong experience in influencing and facilitation to getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
• Strong experience with Agile development environment and tools.
• Strong orientation towards data driven insight and cost optimization.
• Experience working with stakeholders, preferably with US and Europe
• Passionate about Project management with very good communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors or master’s in engineering, Computer Science or MBA or equivalent.
• Minimum 12 years of experience in IT Application/Software development with at least 3 years in project management role
• Experience of at least 1 enterprise application from concept to delivery
• Working experience with Product development organizations of Pedigree

Tech Stack:

• Power BI, Excel, Microsoft Project, Visio, Azure DevOps, SQL, Azure Cloud, Azure DevOps, AI tools

Personal Skills:

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to articulate and present different points-of-views on various topics related to project and otherwise.
• Eager to learn and continuously develop personal and technical capabilities.

Required Qualifications:

• MCA or Bachelors in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.

PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL CRITERIA: Eurofins has a strong focus on Performance Management system. This includes quarterly calibrations, half-yearly reviews and annual reviews. The KPIs shall be set and may vary slightly between projects. These will be clearly communicated, documented during the first 30 days of your joining.