About the Role

We are looking for a highly driven Operational Best Practice (OBP) Senior Project Manager to lead complex, high-impact initiatives across a European clinical laboratory network. This is a proactive, hands-on role for an experienced project manager who identifies issues, develops end-to-end solutions, and drives implementation without waiting for projects to be assigned. The role plays a key part in operational turnaround, cost improvement, and change management within a service-oriented, healthcare laboratory environment.

This position requires close collaboration with local laboratories as well as global and country-level purchasing teams, strong Lean process expertise, an independent working style, and a data-driven mindset. Regular travel across Europe (25% or more) is expected.

Key Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end project management for operational, transformation, and cost-improvement initiatives across European clinical laboratories
Proactively identify operational issues and improvement opportunities; analyse root causes and propose robust, data-backed solutions
Design, develop, and implement Lean process improvements and standardised workflows within a service and laboratory environment
Deliver change management and operational turnaround initiatives, ensuring sustainable adoption of new processes
Manage projects with significant financial impact, including cost improvement initiatives of €100k+ value
Collaborate closely with global and local purchasing teams to support sourcing, cost optimisation, and operational efficiency
Define KPIs, track performance, and ensure data-driven decision-making throughout the project lifecycle
Prepare succinct, high-quality written deliverables (memos, business cases, business plans, and recommendations) for senior leadership approval
Leverage AI and digital tools to accelerate analysis, project execution, and decision-making
Manage diverse stakeholders across countries, functions, and cultures, often without direct reporting authority
Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and with measurable business impact

Qualifications

Required Experience and Education

Minimum 5 years of project management experience, ideally with PMP certification or equivalent
Proven experience managing cost improvement projects with a minimum €100k financial impact
Strong background in Lean process improvement within a service industry, with experience leading large-scale improvement initiatives
Demonstrated experience leading projects from concept to implementation, considering the broader business context to deliver optimal company-wide solutions
Bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline, preferably biology, biochemistry, chemistry, medicine, or another healthcare-related field
Previous experience in a service industry, ideally healthcare, diagnostics, or laboratory-related

Data & Digital Skills

Strong focus on data-driven decision-making, KPI definition, and detailed data analysis
Proven experience submitting written project proposals (≥ €100k value) to leadership and securing approval
Advanced Excel skills
Hands-on experience with commonly used project management software
Practical use of AI tools to improve speed, quality, and efficiency of project delivery

Language Requirements

Business-fluent English (oral and written)
Fluent French or Spanish (oral and written)

Key Competencies & Soft Skills

Strong ability to maintain timelines and push for results
Open, can-do mindset with a proactive leadership approach
Ability to influence without formal reporting authority
Capable of managing both people and numbers effectively
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
Experience working in international and multicultural environments
Pragmatic, hands-on get-things-done mentality
High willingness to learn (laboratory workflows, regulations, billing, and operational constraints)
Independent working style
Very structured, organised, and detail-oriented
Skilled at reconciling competing stakeholder needs and expectations
Able to translate complex data into clear, concise leadership-ready recommendations

Additional Requirements

Willingness to travel 25% or more within Europe
Must live near a well-connected international airport (e.g., Madrid, Paris, Barcelona, Lyon, Dublin)

Additional Information

What We Offer

A high-impact senior role with European visibility
Direct influence on operational performance, cost efficiency, and transformation outcomes
Exposure to senior leadership and cross-functional international teams
A fast-paced, results-oriented environment focused on continuous improvement and measurable impact

We support your development! Do you feel like 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!  As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity. 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.

Find out more on our Careers page: https://careers.eurofins.com/

Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international network of independent life sciences companies, 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.
The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In under 40 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 65,000 employees across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of over 950 laboratories in over 1,000 independent companies across 59 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.

The Eurofins network generated EUR 7.296 billion revenues in FY 2025 and has been one of the fastest growing listed European companies for almost three decades.