Business Continuity and Resilience Officer

Eurofins; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Eurofins in Barcelona is seeking a Business Continuity & Resilience Officer to strengthen our IT risk management and ensure continuity of global IT infrastructure. Hybrid role based in Barcelona, collaborating with stakeholders across Central Services, Regional Infrastructure and laboratories worldwide.

The ideal candidate brings a Master’s degree in a related field and at least 5 years in BCI/IT risk and cybersecurity, with strong English communication and willingness to travel

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
• 5 years of proven experience in Business Continuity Management, IT Risk Management, and cybersecurity.
• Strong knowledge of IT infrastructure, development practices, and security controls.

Responsibilities

• Design, plan, and execute global projects focused on Business Continuity and IT Resilience.
• Lead continuity and resilience assessments across the organisation, identifying IT-related risks.
• Develop and improve methodologies for business continuity planning and IT risk assessments.
• Follow up on implementation of continuity and risk mitigation action plans across departments.
• Maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and IT teams globally.
• Communicate findings and recommendations through clear, high-quality reports.
• Present results to senior IT and business leaders in a professional manner.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Structured & independent

English communication

Travel willingness

Education

Master’s degree in CS/IS/Engineering/Business

Tools

Firewalls

IDS/IPS

SIEM/SOAR

Data center operations

Network design

Job description

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.

Job Description

We are looking for a Business Continuity & Resilience Officer to join our growing international team. Based in Barcelona (on a hybrid basis), you will be part of the IT Risk Management function, ensuring the continuity, robustness, and resilience of our global IT infrastructure. Your expertise will help drive Eurofins' business continuity and resilience strategy, protecting our systems and operations in a constantly evolving threat landscape.

Where will you be based and what business will you support?

This role is based in Barcelona, Spain, and you will support the Eurofins Network, a global leader in laboratory services. Working within the IT Risk Management team, you will collaborate with stakeholders across Central Services, Regional Infrastructure, and laboratories worldwide to strengthen operational resilience and continuity across the organisation.

As Business Continuity & Resilience Officer, You Will

• Design, plan, and execute global projects focused on Business Continuity and IT Resilience.
• Lead comprehensive continuity and resilience assessments across the organisation, identifying and mitigating IT-related risks.
• Develop and improve methodologies for business continuity planning, resilience frameworks, and IT risk assessments.
• Follow up on the implementation of continuity and risk mitigation action plans across departments.
• Maintain strong, collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders and IT teams globally.
• Communicate findings and recommendations through clear, high-quality technical and non-technical reports.
• Present results to senior IT and business leaders in a professional and solution-oriented manner.

Qualifications

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Independent, structured, and confident, with strong negotiation skills and the ability to challenge the status quo.
• Emotionally intelligent and experienced in navigating large, complex organisations.
• A strong communicator in English, capable of explaining continuity and risk-related topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Open to occasional business travel.

You’ll Also Bring

• A Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• 5 years of proven experience in Business Continuity Management, IT Risk Management, and cybersecurity.
• Strong knowledge of IT infrastructure, development practices, and security controls.
• Solid understanding of firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM/SOAR, data center operations, and network design.

Additional Information

We support your development!

Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

Weembracediversity!

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.

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 count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more on our Careers 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 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 over 37 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to ca. 63,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 950 laboratories in over 1,000 companies across 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, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.