Head of Product Management LIMS / LIS Clinical Diagnostics

Eurofins; Braga; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Eurofins seeks a Head of Product Management LIMS/LIS for Clinical Diagnostics to own the end-to-end product lifecycle from strategy to delivery and adoption across Europe.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team, align stakeholders, ensure compliance and value, and drive continuous improvement in IT and LIMS ecosystems across the region.

Qualifications

• Senior product management experience in a complex IT environment.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams (up to six people).
• Knowledge of Laboratory or Clinical Diagnostics is preferred.
• Strong understanding of IT product lifecycles from strategy to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the product backlog and roadmap.
• Collaborate with IT, business stakeholders, and external partners/vendors.
• Ensure compliance, security, and value delivery across the product lifecycle.
• Lead sprint planning, reviews and ensure delivery meets business expectations.

Skills

People leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile / SAFe knowledge

Tools

ServiceNow

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

Eurofins 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 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 its companies around the world.

Job Description

The Head of Product Management LIMS/LIS Clinical Diagnostics is accountable for the end-to-end lifecycle of the IT product “LIMS/LIS – Clinical Diagnostics Europe”, from strategy and roadmap definition through delivery, adoption, and continuous improvement. The product is the main target Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for our Clinical Diagnostics business in Europe, as well as for other businesses worldwide.

This is a leadership role with responsibility for a team of up to six people, including Product Owners, Business Analysts, Functional Analysts, and other related profiles.

The role represents the voice of the business and its users, balancing customer value, technical feasibility, compliance, and cost efficiency.

The Head of Product Management works closely with business stakeholders and different IT roles, such as IT Architects, IT Developers, IT Deployment Managers, IT Operations Engineers, and IT Quality Managers, to ensure that the product delivers measurable value, aligns with Eurofins’ strategy, and is operated sustainably.

POSITION & OBJECTIVES

Product Strategy & Vision

• Define and maintain the product vision, objectives, and value proposition.
• Translate business strategy into a clear product roadmap.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, security, and compliance requirements.
• Own product success metrics (value, adoption, satisfaction, cost).

Stakeholder & Business Alignment

• Act as the single point of contact for the product.
• Collect, analyze, and prioritize business needs and user feedback.
• Facilitate decision-making between business, IT, and external partners.
• Communicate roadmap, priorities, and trade-offs transparently.

Team Leadership & Product Governance

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team of Product Owners, Business Analysts, Functional Analysts, and related profiles.
• Provide direction, coaching, and support to ensure clear ownership and effective collaboration.
• Establish appropriate product governance, decision-making processes, and ways of working.
• Ensure consistency in product management practices across the team.

Backlog & Requirements Management

• Own and maintain the product backlog.
• Define and prioritize epics, features, and requirements based on value.
• Ensure requirements are clear, testable, and understood by delivery teams.
• Balance functional, non-functional, regulatory, and operational needs.
• Identify and document the business value of IT requirements
• Arbitrate with business sponsors the need and value of IT requirement

Delivery & Execution

• Work closely with delivery teams (internal or external) to plan and deliver increments.
• Support sprint planning, reviews, and demos as needed.
• Ensure delivered solutions meet business expectations and quality standards.
• Validate outcomes with stakeholders and users.

Lifecycle, Operations & Continuous Improvement

• Manage the product across its full lifecycle (ideation → delivery → run → retirement).
• Collaborate with support and operations to ensure stable and efficient run.
• Identify improvement opportunities based on usage data, incidents, and feedback.
• Drive continuous optimization of value, cost, and user experience.

Financial & Vendor Management

• Support forecasting and budget tracking for the product.
• Contribute to business cases and cost/benefit analyses.
• Coordinate with vendors and service providers where applicable.

Communication & Reporting

• Provide regular status updates and product reporting to stakeholders.
• Prepare dashboards on value, adoption, delivery progress, and risks.
• Lead or participate in Product Review / Steering meetings.

Qualifications

Professional Experience

• Proven experience in a senior Product Management, Head of Product, Product Lead, or similar role in a complex IT environment.
• Experience leading and developing multidisciplinary teams of up to six people, including Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Functional Analysts.
• Experience with Laboratory and/or Clinical Diagnostics experience is required.
• Strong understanding of software and IT product lifecycles, from strategy and roadmap definition to delivery, adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders across Business, IT, and external vendors.
• Familiarity with agile and/or hybrid delivery models such as Scrum and SAFe.

Technical & Domain Knowledge

• A background in the TIC (Testing, Inspection and Certification) industry and/or Healthcare is a plus.
• Experience with LIMS/LIS products or LIMS development is a plus.
• Broad understanding of IT systems, applications, integrations, and data flows.
• Experience with ITSM and delivery tools (e.g. ServiceNow, Jira, Azure DevOps).
• Awareness of security, data privacy, compliance, and regulatory constraints in enterprise IT.

Analytical & Methodological Skills

• Ability to prioritize based on value, risk, and effort.
• Data-driven decision-making mindset.
• Experience translating business needs into actionable requirements.

Soft Skills

• Strong people leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence and align stakeholders across different functions and levels of seniority.
• Structured, proactive, and results-oriented working style.
• Comfortable navigating complex and international organizational environments.

Additional Information

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 57 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.