Study Manager Biosafety Testing

Leiden Bio Science Park; Leiden; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working hours

25 days vacation (+7)

Job summary

Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Leiden B.V. seeks a Study Manager to ensure high-quality study design, execution and documentation. You translate inquiries into robust protocols, prepare structured reports, interpret results and coordinate troubleshooting with the lab team.

You will guide analysts, communicate progress to customers in English, and support QA during audits, with a focus on GMP compliance and cross‑department collaboration.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, or related field.
• Experience in a similar role, preferably in a lab or research environment.
• Familiarity with GMP guidelines.
• Experience with cell biology and/or molecular biology techniques.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English; Dutch is a plus.
• Customer- and result-oriented team player who coordinates with QA, Marketing and Sales.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer inquiries into clear study protocols and prepare well-structured study reports.
• Design, execute, and document studies to the highest quality standards.
• Review and interpret test results, identify deviations, and coordinate troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with laboratory teams and provide scientific guidance and support.
• Communicate with customers on study progress and outcomes.
• Coordinate with QA and other departments; assist during audits from a scientific perspective.

Skills

Excellent English communication

Team player

Customer-oriented

Result-oriented

Coordination with QA/Marketing/Sales

Education

MSc in Life Sciences or Molecular Biology

Tools

Cell biology techniques

Molecular biology techniques

Job description

As a Study Manager at Eurofins BPT Leiden B.V., you play a central scientific role in ensuring that studies are designed, executed, and documented to the highest quality standards. You translate customer inquiries into clear and robust study protocols and are responsible for preparing well‑structured study reports. A key part of your work involves reviewing and interpreting test results, identifying deviations, and coordinating troubleshooting when necessary. You collaborate closely with the laboratory team and provide scientific guidance and practical support to ensure that each study is executed correctly, consistently, and in accordance with relevant guidelines and quality standards. You explain procedures and advise analysts during study execution. Throughout the study, you communicate with customers on scientific content, progress, and outcomes, and you coordinate internally with laboratory staff regarding methods, results, and any corrective actions required. You also help address exceptions and technical issues, ensuring proper documentation and compliance with internal and external requirements. You work closely with colleagues within and outside the organization as part of various working groups, and you support the QA department during audits and inspections, primarily from a scientific and methodological perspective.

At least a completed MSc degree, preferably in Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, or a related field.

Experience in a similar role, preferably in a laboratory or research environment, with a strong focus on independently managing studies and projects.

Strong preference for familiarity with GMP guidelines.

Preferably experience with cell biology and/or molecular biology techniques.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Dutch is considered a plus.

You are customer‑and result oriented with a positive attitude.

You are a team player and able to coordinate your work with other departments, such as QA, Marketing, and Sales.

Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Leiden B.V.: A world of possibilities

This position is based at Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Leiden on the Bio Science Park in Leiden. We have a close-knit team where collegiality and collaboration come first. We offer a responsible and challenging position within the team with room for your own ideas and input.

• A competitive salary;
• Flexible working hours;
• 25 days of vacation with the option to purchase 7 additional days (based on a fulltime contract);
• Travel allowance of 23 cents net per kilometer. Are you traveling by public transport? Then your travel expenses will be fully reimbursed via NS Business Card;
• Participation in a pension scheme with 50% contribution by Eurofins;
• Each month, you accumulate a choice budget balance of 8.95% of your gross salary. This includes, among other things, holiday pay and a year-end bonus. You can choose to have this amount paid out, or you can use it to buy extra days off, for example. You choose what suits you best;
• Discount on additional health insurance;
• Tax benefit via FiscFree when purchasing various products and services via your gross salary, such as a bicycle, sports contribution, fitness, mobile telephony, computers & tablets or a weekend away;
• Professional training and opportunities for training and development; Training options via the online learning platform Good Habitz.

More about Eurofins Scientific

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. In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 62,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 62 countries and operating more than 900 laboratories. 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. In 2025, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 7.296 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.