Project Manager

Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing North America; Columbia Township (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

Eurofins USA BioPharma Services in Columbia, MO seeks a Project Manager to coordinate client projects across Operations, QA, and support functions. You will maintain study designs, monitor timelines, and ensure compliance with protocols and records.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in a related field, 2+ years of experience, and ability to work in the United States without sponsorship. Excellent benefits and a full-time schedule nearby Columbia, MO.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in chemistry, biochemistry, biology, chemical engineering, pharmaceutical sciences or related field
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience
• Authorization to work in the United States indefinitely without restriction or sponsorship

Responsibilities

• Review quotations, purchase orders, protocols, methods, specifications, client instructions, and related records to establish documented requirements.
• Create and maintain accurate study designs and project records in Eurofins LIMS and other designated systems.
• Confirm prerequisites are available before initiation.
• Serve as routine client contact; lead status meetings; document decisions, owners, and target dates; provide updates.
• Coordinate work across Operations, Quality Assurance, Analytical Test Designers, and support functions.
• Monitor timelines, milestones, deliverables, and open actions; communicate recovery needs.
• Compare requested work with approved scope; initiate change-orders or commercial reviews.
• Review invoices and billing milestones; resolve discrepancies.
• Resolve routine issues using established processes; escalate significant risks with required details.
• Maintain professional, complete project documentation and backup coverage.
• Support Associate PM learning and coverage when assigned.

Skills

Project management

Statistical analysis

Root cause analysis

Facilitation experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or related coursework

Tools

eLlMS

EtQ

Microsoft Office

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.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 58,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 54 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.

Job Description

Job Duties include but not limited to:

• Review quotations, purchase orders, protocols, methods, specifications, client instructions, and related records to establish documented requirements.
• Create and maintain accurate study designs and project records in Eurofins LIMS, the Eurofins client relationship management application, and other designated systems.
• Confirm methods, protocols, samples, reference materials, specifications, contacts, and other prerequisites are available or actively tracked before initiation.
• Serve as the routine client contact; lead status meetings; document decisions, owners, and target dates; and provide timely updates.
• Coordinate work across Operations, Quality Assurance, Analytical Test Designers, Stability and Sample Administration, Finance, Quoting, Business Development, and supporting functions.
• Monitor timelines, milestones, deliverables, and open actions; identify foreseeable risks and communicate recovery needs before commitments are missed when practicable.
• Compare requested work with approved scope; identify scope changes; initiate change-order or commercial review; and monitor purchase-order coverage.
• Review assigned invoices and billing milestones and support resolution of discrepancies.
• Resolve routine issues using established processes and elevate significant risks with the issue, impact, actions taken, owner, and decision or support requested.
• Maintain professional, complete, traceable, current project documentation and backup coverage.
• Support Associate PM learning and peer coverage when assigned.

Qualifications

Basic Minimum Qualification:

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field such as chemistry, biochemistry, biology, chemical engineering, pharmaceutical sciences or other directly related field or degree with comparable coursework in the above areas
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience
• Authorization to work in the United States indefinitely without restriction or sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications

• Willingness to learn eLlMS, EtQ and Microsoft Office application is required.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency, sampling theory, and factor analysis. Ability to apply concepts such as percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical solutions. Ability to analyze complex data sets as part of root cause analysis and statistical modeling/trending.
• Experience with tools and methods for project management. Project management or facilitation experience.

Additional Information

Position is Full-time, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m., with overtime as needed. Candidates currently living within a commutable distance of Columbia, MO are encouraged to apply.

Excellent full-time benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation and holidays

Eurofins USA BioPharma Services is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.