OneLab Laboratory Team Leader

Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc.; Dreux; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Ipsen Innovation (SAS) seeks an OneLab Laboratory Team Leader in Dreux to steer day-to-day operations, oversee NCDS/TS/IMA/BioA teams, and ensure high-quality outputs. The role emphasizes leadership, safety, and cross-team collaboration within a multi-disciplinary environment.

You will drive CAPEX planning, documentation, and internal process improvements while mentoring postdocs and trainees in a dynamic R&D setting.

Qualifications

• Strong scientific background with non-clinical drug development experience.
• Demonstrated leadership and ability to manage cross-functional teams.
• Experience shaping laboratory operations and safety culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead OneLab teams (NCDS/TS/IMA/BioA) in Dreux and coordinate operations.
• Ensure compliance with EHS regulations and maintain safety training.
• Oversee equipment investments and facility maintenance (CAPEX).
• Promote information sharing, reporting, and documentation across teams.
• Foster synergies with PharmDev and manage postdocs and trainees.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Laboratory operations

Non-clinical drug development

Safety culture

Education

PhD in life sciences

Tools

SharePoint

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Title: OneLab Laboratory Team Leader

Company: Ipsen Innovation (SAS)

About Ipsen

Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas: Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience, with global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K, we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation.

Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries. We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration, excellence and impact. At Ipsen, every individual is empowered to be their true selves, grow and thrive alongside the company's success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth, creating real impact on patients and society!

For more information, visit us at https://www.ipsen.com/ and follow our latest news on LinkedIn and Instagram.

Job Description

Job Title: OneLab Laboratory Team Leader

Division / Function: Early Development/Clinical Pharmacology, DMPK & Pharmacometrics

Manager's Job Title: Director, Immunogenicity and Immunoanalysis (IMA)

Location: Dreux Laboratories

WHAT - Summary & Purpose of the Position

The Early Development (eDev) department plays a critical role in advancing Ipsen's portfolio of products of biologics and small molecules across all therapeutic areas, from early non‑clinical development to Proof of Concept in humans.

eDev is organized around three interconnected functions: Non-Clinical Drug Safety (NCDS); Translational Sciences (TS) and Clinical Pharmacology/DMPK, BioAnalysis (BioA)/ImmunoAnalysis (IMA)/OneLab, and Pharmacometrics.

Together, these multi-disciplinary functions provide comprehensive expertise in evaluating safety, efficacy, and pharmacological profiles of drug candidates prior to clinical development.

The newly established OneLab laboratory in Dreux provide state‑of‑the‑art capabilities to design, develop, and execute experimental work supporting the entire Ipsen R&D pipeline.

Within this environment, the OneLab Laboratory Team Leader plays a strategic role in ensuring the effective leadership, coordination, and continuous improvement of OneLab laboratory activities.

In this role, the OneLab Laboratory Team Leader ensures the day-to-day coordination of OneLab teams across TS/IMA, BioA, and NCDS, while allocating resources effectively to support laboratory planning, execution, documentation, and the delivery of high-quality outputs. The position also contributes to the continuous improvement of laboratory organization, processes, and ways of working, and includes hierarchical responsibility for technical staff and postdoctoral researchers within the OneLab TS/IMA teams.

This position requires in addition to a high scientific background and more particularly any experiences in non-clinical drug development, a strong experience in laboratory operations, team management, combined with demonstrated leadership, organizational excellence, and the ability to drive high‑quality scientific output in a dynamic and multidisciplinary environment.

WHAT - Main Responsibilities & Technical Competencies

OneLab Laboratory Management

Functional management of all OneLab teams (NCDS / TS / IMA / BioA). Act as the representative for all OneLab teams based in Dreux (TS/IMA, BioA, NCDS) to ensure efficient interactions with: EHS teams (e.g., BSL2 lab representative, human material authorization requests, biological sample listings, quality audits, genetically modified organism authorization dossier) IT services (e.g., network access for new equipment, platform updates, maintenance) Facility Management (e.g., equipment and infrastructure maintenance).

Anticipate needs and ensure centralization and sharing of information and actions required for optimal laboratory operations.

Manage equipment investment requests (CAPEX).

Enforce EHS regulations, promote a safety culture, conduct safety inspections, and ensure mandatory EHS training for lab staff, newcomers, students, interns, and postdoctoral researchers.

Ensure proper organization of OneLab team documents in shared spaces (SharePoint, Teams, eLN).

Identify, develop, and coordinate synergies between OneLab and PharmDev teams on the Dreux site.

Attract, develop, and retain laboratory staff to maintain scientific excellence.

Manage trainees, PhD students, and postdoctoral fellows.

Hierarchical Management of OneLab TS/IMA Teams and all Postdocs

Directly manage a team composed of postdocs, scientists, and research assistants.

Adjust and coordinate experimental workload and planning based on project strategies defined by TS and IMA Leads to ensure high-quality deliverables within timelines.

Provide technical support and expertise for experimental activities and equipment use/maintenance.

Ensure detailed and accurate reporting of experimental activities for TS/IMA tea