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Head of Release and Deployment Management

Hybrid in Madrid·Full-time·Added yesterday (last checked 20 Oct)

Eurofins

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Overview

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Hybrid, Madrid
Contract
Full-time
English
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Skills

Requirements

Qualifications

Are you our kind of extraordinary?

You have

  • A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or Information Management, or equivalent experience. 
  • 8–10 years of experience in Release engineering, deployment management, or DevOps-oriented roles
  • Proven experience in hands-on deployment execution and troubleshooting.
  • Leadership experience, working in complex, international, large-scale IT ecosystems.
  • Strong practical knowledge in several of the following areas:
    • Cloud Platform: Microsoft Azure
    • CI/CD & Deployment Tools: Azure DevOps Pipelines, Octopus Deploy, Terraform Cloud
    • Infrastructure as Code: Terraform (or equivalent)
    • ITSM Tools: ServiceNow, BMC Helix, Jira
    • Monitoring & Observability: Grafana (or equivalent)

You are

  • A doer, not only a coordinator.
  • Able to diagnose issues quickly and fix them.
  • Driven to automate, optimise, and scale.
  • Organised, structured, adaptable in complex environments.
  • A good blend of technical, process and people management skills.

Pay & benefits

Additional Information

What do we offer?

  • Stable employment - a company that is a leader in its field.
  • Package of necessary tools for work - phone, laptop.
  • Opportunities for development.
  • Work in an international company.
  • Work in hybrid mode - 4 days of work from the office each week.

We support your development! Do you feel like you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity!  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.

The role

Company Description

Why are we here?

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.

All the business scopes, one of them being LATAM, are supported from the information security perspective in dual model: core services delivered from a central team and peripheral or local services under the local responsibility of the RISO (Regional Information Security Officer / and team). There is an agreed split of responsibility between the regional and group team and dotted line management ensures full alignment.

Job Description

In a nutshell

As a Head of Release and Deployment Management, you will be accountable for the safe, predictable, and scalable delivery of changes across a growing portfolio of GSC IT Solutions. Your role will be key in governing the end-to-end Release lifecycle across more than 500 Production instances in target, ensuring that IT Applications, infrastructure and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Releases reach Production securely and without disruption to Business Operations. Combining technical ownership, operational leadership, and cross-functional coordination, your role will be critical to service continuity, deployment quality, regulatory compliance, and the organisation ability to deliver change at scale.

Where will you be based and what business will you support?

Based in Madrid, Spain; you will join a globally distributed team in the Food and Environment Testing.

How can you help us?

You will work on the following areas:

Release & Deployment Execution, to

  • Execute and manage end-to-end deployments across non-production and production environments.
  • Maintain and optimise deployment pipelines, technical configurations, and automation scripts.
  • Actively troubleshoot deployment failures, analyse root causes, and have fixes tested and implemented.
  • Ensure all Releases meet quality, security, and operational standards.

Technical Ownership, to

  • Own deployment tooling (CI/CD pipelines, Release orchestration tools).
  • Raise new requirements to the Automation team, test and follow-up on their deliveries to ensure best-in-class tooling for the Release team.
  • Ensure technical pre-requisites are implemented and validated before any Release deployment as per Release Notes.
  • Optimise technical configurations maintenance and maintainability.
  • Participate in incident resolution related to deployments and technical configuration.

Coordination & Governance, to

  • Coordinate Release schedules and dependencies across multiple teams.
  • Ensure compliance with ITIL Change Management process.
  • Drive clear communication between technical teams and business stakeholders.
  • Anticipate and mitigate risks, unblock proactively challenging situations with Product teams or Business stakeholders.

Continuous Improvement, to

  • Identify and implement improvements in deployment processes, automation, and tooling.
  • Improve cost efficiency of the team, looking at tooling performance, scalability and reliability.
  • Contribute to standardisation across a large and growing IT Applications landscape.
  • Promote DevOps best practices and automation-first mindset.
  • Enhance and document Release & Deployment processes and evangelise Business representatives.

About Eurofins

Eurofins Scientific is a global leader in laboratory testing and services, providing a comprehensive range of analytical procedures to ensure the safety, authenticity, and quality of products across industries such as food, pharmaceuticals, environment, and consumer products. With over 60,000 employees and more than 900 laboratories worldwide, the company operates as a decentralized network of specialized labs, offering services from routine testing to cutting-edge research and development.

In Spain, Eurofins has a significant presence with multiple laboratories and offices across the country, including in Madrid, Barcelona, and other regions. The company is known for its scientific excellence and offers a dynamic, international work environment. For international professionals, Eurofins provides opportunities to work in a truly global organization with diverse teams, and many roles require English proficiency, making it accessible for non-Spanish speakers. The company emphasizes continuous learning and career development, with many positions in laboratory analysis, quality assurance, and regulatory affairs.

Industry
Lab Services
Founded
1987
Employees
50,000–100,000
Headquarters
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
In Spain
Madrid, Barcelona

Good to know if you are moving

  • Eurofins is a global company with operations in over 60 countries, offering international career opportunities and potential for cross-border mobility.
  • Many roles in Spain require English proficiency, and some positions are open to non-Spanish speakers, making it accessible for international professionals.
  • The company invests heavily in R&D and innovation, providing a stimulating environment for scientists and technical professionals.
  • Eurofins has a decentralized structure, meaning employees often work in specialized labs with a strong focus on quality and compliance.
  • Spain is a key market for Eurofins, with multiple laboratories and offices, particularly in Madrid and Barcelona, offering a range of roles from lab analysis to regulatory affairs.
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