Associate Technical Director - Clinical Trials

The work we do at Eurofins Professional Scientific Services matters, and so do our employees. At Eurofins PSS, we put a focus on your professional growth. We provide our employees the ability to break into the biopharmaceutical industry and grow from the bottom up. We have the supportive teams and tools available to invest in you while also affording you work-life balance and a competitive benefits package.

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.

If you’re looking for a rewarding career, a place to call home, apply with us today!

POSITION SUMMARY:

We have an exciting opportunity for a leader with a clinical trial background to help stand up a lab in collaboration with our client.  This Associate Technical Director will hire and manage building to a team of ~60 PSS employees for a PSS client site. 

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build and manage a team of ~60 PSS employees
• Provide oversight of PSS employees and the client relationship
• Assure site objectives and goals are met including financial, contractual, service delivery, and employee and client delight
• Develop key client relationships and seek feedback to assure service excellence
• Manage on site leadership team and technical manager
• Ensure employment needs including hiring, coaching, performance management, reviews and feedback, development, and termination
• Oversee that orientation of new PSS staff to their responsibilities and the function of the site laboratories provides a positive and welcoming introduction for new employees
• Demonstrates positive, energetic, role model leadership skills through the supervision, coaching and mentoring of others
• Identify and meet meaningful quality and productivity metrics, and regularly report and review through governance with key stakeholders
• In collaboration with operational excellence / lean team, identify process improvements and cost savings to better meet client expectations and company objectives
• Performs duties in compliance with all applicable regulatory and accrediting agencies
• Lead and promote the company culture and core values
• Special projects, committee representation, and leading initiatives as needed

BASIC MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS degree in biological or related sciences with at least 10 years of experience or Advanced degree with 7 years of experience
• Management experience
• Clinical trial experience
• Experience or knowledge of PCR, Oligonucleotides, Plasmids
• Effective oral and written communications
• Strong problem-solving skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Advanced degree is preferred
• At least 5 years of clinical trial experience
• At least 5 years of management experience
• Vaccine testing experience
• Knowledge or experience with robotics

Position is Full Time, Monday – Friday First Shift with support outside of standard hours. Candidates currently living within a commutable distance of West Point, PA are encouraged to apply.

What we offer:

• Excellent full time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Yearly goal-based bonus & eligibility for merit-based increases

Disclaimer:

This position description is written as a guideline to inform employees of what is generally expected of them at each job level.  The description is not intended to be all encompassing or limiting in any manner; rather, it is hoped it will add understanding and better reflect the work performed at all levels of employment.  Duties and responsibilities other than those listed may be included as needed within the work group or the company as a whole.

The above information may not be used or duplicated by others without written consent.

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! Eurofins network of companies believe 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 also 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/

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 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 is the 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 one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialized and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 63,000 staff across a decentralized and entrepreneurial network of ca. 950 laboratories in 60 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 2024, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.95 billion ($7.52 billion), and has been amount the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.