Manager

Company Description

About Eurofins:

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 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 58,000 staff across a network of over 1,000 independent companies in 54 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. In FY 2021, Eurofins achieved a record revenue of over EUR 6.7 billion.

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.

Job Description

• POSITION TITLE (ENGLISH):               Manager (IT Project Manager)
• REPORTING TO:                                  Associate Director
• REPORTING LOCATION:                     Bangalore        
• WORKING LOCATION:                         Bangalore        
• NUMBER OF FTEs UNDER RESPONSIBILITY: 15-25

Job Description:

• Responsible for the project activities, manages scope, budget and resources to support the development and implementation of eLIMS application meeting the business objectives.

• Representing IT, will drive all the development project life-cycle phases, including activities such as planning, designing, documenting, testing, deploying, integrating, communication, reporting, change management, incident management, and configuration management, ensuring the delivery of the project deliverables on-time, within budget and, with high quality standards

POSITION & OBJECTIVES: (maximum 1000 characters (not including spaces) for posting on Eurofins website and career portals):    

• The IT Project Manager bridges the upper management and the execution team by planning, budgeting, monitoring and reporting on the projects to ensure the project is delivered on time and on budget with expected results. The IT Project Manager is responsible to manage the development and implementation of an eLIMS applications in a complex environment involving multiple sites internationally.
• Provides strategic consultation, recommendations and manages the entire project life-cycle phases, including activities such as planning, designing, documenting, testing, deploying, integrating, communication, reporting, change management, incident management, and configuration management.
• 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.
• Guides, supervises and enforces technical architecture principles, designs, quality requirements to ensure scalable, maintainable, extendible, reusable, reliable systems development with adequate speed
• Coordinates and facilitates work group discussions involving other Project Managers, Business Analysts, Functional Analysts, Solution Architects and Subject Matter Experts to elicit and document business and user requirements, perform gap analysis, define and reengineer processes based on internal and industry best-practices.
• Manages project team(s) and the project(s) activities daily, tracks progress, and ensures activities are performed as expected, promoting clear ownership for project tasks and contributing to remove any impediments across the project(s).
• Selects, coaches, and develops staff to form a project team. Measures performance, develops improvement plans, and implement solutions to drive continuous improvement of project(s) activities and resources. Sets clear expectations to inspire and motivate the team.
• Reports on the project activities to the relevant stakeholders.
• Identifies, assesses and authors documentation and addresses ways to harmonize and improve current processes/systems, as well as introducing new ones.
• Ensures project activities aligns with Eurofins policies, procedures and methodologies.
• Demonstrates and promotes the company vision.
• Owns the accountability and responsibility of delivering to client needs and timeliness.
• Provides cross-functional support to other departments as required.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: (maximum 500 characters (not including spaces) for short position posting and for posting on Eurofins website and career portals)

• Bachelors or above in Computer Science or related degree
• Minimum 13 years of experience with software development and implementation, including business process design and improvement, in the scope of large systems implementation, preferably in a laboratory / bioinformatics environment
• Solid expertise of software development process, including requirement gathering, analysis/design, development tools/technologies, release/version control, contemporary testing methodologies, deployment management and support
• Strong experience in functionally planning, roadmapping and managing a product lifecycle for complex software products
• At least 4 years of people management experience; has built and operated teams of highly skilled engineers; Experience with hiring, mentoring, upskilling and performance management
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with strong practical experience in development project management
• Excellent verbal/written communication skill as well as fluency in English
• Ability to quickly learn new concepts and software
• Experience managing projects in regulated environment with strong process compliance requirement
• Self-motivated, independent, detail-oriented, responsible Team player with hands-on mentality

Technology

• Full stack experience in Microsoft stack
• Strong understanding of systems engineering designs, processes and practices
• Angular knowledge preferred
• AWS/Azure experience is a plus
• Usage of Azure DevOps
• Microservices Architecture

Methodology

• AGILE Development (Scrum)
• PMI/PRINCE2 or equivalent project management experience.
• PMP is highly encouraged

Tarvel

Open to travels (30%-40%) across US, Europe and Asia Pacific

Personal skills

• Problem Solver:  Is creative in finding solutions for requirements and road blocks
• High Aptitude: Ability to grasp complex concepts and simplify them; ability to connect the dots between disparate knowledge items; keeps updated with evolving technologies and tools
• Confident: not afraid of taking responsibility to drive initiatives from start to finish, is capable of making decisions, is capable of working independently, takes ownership of initiatives, build credibility and buy-in from stakeholders
• Relationship builder: Connects with people, builds relationships and creates a strong network
• Good communicator: Is capable of articulating thoughts in structured manner, is capable of communicating at different levels of the organization, very good interpersonal relation skills at all levels of the organization, with capability to influence decisions and lead others to achieve results
• Team builder: Is able to build, motivate and mobilize team(s) to meet objectives.
• Self-organized: Experience with team management and leadership that span multiple time-zones and different cultures; Ability to multitask with organization and manage time effectively
• Detailed oriented: Details oriented, analytical and investigation skills; Capacity to conceptualize creative solutions, as well as documenting them and presenting/selling them to all levels of the organization, including senior management
• Startup Mindset: Dealing with ambiguity, leading through example, responsive to sense of urgency and frugal/business value mindset
• Eager to learn: Entrepreneurial thinking and flexibility to change; Demonstrates a positive attitude, capacity for team environment, and exhibits a genuine interest in drug discovery in support of advancing human health.

Preferred attributes

• Exposure to Laboratory environment; Experience in scientific/healthcare domain is big plus
• Understanding of compliance frameworks such as GxP, HIPAA
• Managing experience cross geographies

Additional Information

Personal Skills:

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills. Fluent in English
• Scrum values: Commitment, Focus, Collaboration, Openness, Respect, Courage

PREFERED CANDIDATES:

• The successful candidate will have a self-motivated, get-it-done attitude; the ability to think critically; enjoy working with teams spread globally and across cultures; a desire to learn in new areas; and the discipline to pay attention to deadlines, details and quality.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills to interact with team in Europe
• BE Computer Science/MCA or any other bachelor’s degree with the right experience
• Will be an added advantage if worked on Laboratory related applications

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, docum