Senior Project Management Officer

Eurofins; Comunidad de Madrid; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

Eurofins Scientific is seeking a Senior Project Management Officer / IT Transformation Officer to drive the transformation of a large international IT organisation. You will establish governance, standardise ways of working, and coordinate cross-functional initiatives to deliver measurable business outcomes.

Based in Madrid or other European hubs, this hybrid role involves working with senior IT leaders to ensure strategic initiatives are executed effectively, manage risks, and promote Lean and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, Management or related field.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, MSP, PgMP, SAFe, Scrum, ITIL, Lean or Six Sigma are a plus.
• Fluent professional English; additional languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive the execution of the IT transformation roadmap and maintain an integrated transformation action plan.
• Coordinate governance activities and monitor progress, risks, dependencies, and corrective actions.
• Standardise operating models, processes, templates, tools, and management practices across the organisation.
• Define and track KPIs, OKRs, and portfolio metrics to support data-driven decision-making.
• Facilitate executive governance forums, steering committees, and transformation reviews.
• Provide insightful reporting and recommendations to senior leadership and C-level stakeholders.
• Promote Lean, Agile, and continuous improvement practices across teams.
• Support change management, stakeholder engagement, communication, and adoption activities.
• Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, collaboration, and measurable outcomes.

Skills

Fluent English

Stakeholder management

Communication

Facilitation

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, Management

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Microsoft Project

Power BI

SharePoint

Job 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.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

Job Description

How can you help us?

In a nutshell:

As a Senior Project Management Officer / IT Transformation Officer, you will play a pivotal role in driving the transformation of a large international IT organisation. You will establish governance frameworks, standardise ways of working, coordinate cross-functional transformation initiatives, and enable the organisation to evolve towards a more efficient, transparent, and value-driven operating model. Working closely with senior IT leaders, you will ensure strategic initiatives are executed effectively, risks are managed proactively, and measurable business outcomes are delivered.

In which part of Eurofins network are you?

This hybrid position, located either in Madrid, Nantes, Brussels or Katowice you will join the Eurofins IT Solutions organisation, a global technology division.

As a Senior Project Management Officer / IT Transformation Officer you will:

• Drive the execution of the IT transformation roadmap and maintain an integrated transformation action plan.
• Coordinate governance activities and monitor progress, risks, dependencies, and corrective actions.
• Standardise operating models, processes, templates, tools, and management practices across the organisation.
• Define and track KPIs, OKRs, and portfolio metrics to support data-driven decision-making.
• Facilitate executive governance forums, steering committees, and transformation reviews.
• Provide insightful reporting and recommendations to senior leadership and C-level stakeholders.
• Promote Lean, Agile, and continuous improvement practices across teams.
• Support change management, stakeholder engagement, communication, and adoption activities.
• Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, collaboration, and measurable outcomes.

What can we do for you?

Exposure & growth:You will be part of an international and multi-cultural organization, besides having the opportunity of being in contact with Eurofins leaders to enlarge your knowledge and network.

Training:You will be supported with intensive coaching and training besides having the chance to develop your own coaching skills, supporting to develop more junior team members.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, Management, or a related discipline.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, MSP, PgMP, SAFe, Scrum, ITIL, Lean, or Six Sigma are considered an advantage.
• Fluent professional English. Additional languages are a plus.

Are you our kind of extraordinary?

You are a strategic and results-oriented transformation leader who combines strong governance expertise with a pragmatic, hands-on approach. You excel at influencing senior stakeholders, navigating complexity, driving accountability, and turning strategic vision into measurable outcomes. You are highly organised, analytical, resilient, and passionate about continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Your profile combines

• 10+ years of experience in project, programme, portfolio, or transformation management within large IT organisations.
• Strong experience implementing governance frameworks, KPI structures, portfolio controls, and executive reporting.
• Solid understanding of cloud-based software development, Agile methodologies, DevOps practices, and software delivery lifecycles.
• Expertise in risk, dependency, and stakeholder management across complex international environments.
• Strong communication, facilitation, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Experience with tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Microsoft Project, Power BI, and SharePoint.
• A track record of driving organisational change and improving operational performance.

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.

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.