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Senior Project Management Officer

Hybrid in Madrid·Full-time·Added yesterday (last checked 22 Oct)

Eurofins

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Work mode
Hybrid, Madrid
Contract
Full-time
English
Required
Experience
10+ years
Education
University degree

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Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

You are a strategic and results-oriented transformation leader who combines strong governance expertise with a pragmatic, hands-on approach. You excel at influencing senior stakeholders, navigating complexity, driving accountability, and turning strategic vision into measurable outcomes. You are highly organised, analytical, resilient, and passionate about continuous improvement and operational excellence.

  • 10+ years of experience in project, programme, portfolio, or transformation management within large IT organisations.
  • Proven success delivering enterprise-scale IT transformation initiatives.
  • Strong experience implementing governance frameworks, KPI structures, portfolio controls, and executive reporting.
  • Solid understanding of cloud-based software development, Agile methodologies, DevOps practices, and software delivery lifecycles.
  • Expertise in risk, dependency, and stakeholder management across complex international environments.
  • Strong communication, facilitation, negotiation, and presentation skills.
  • Experience with tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Microsoft Project, Power BI, and SharePoint.
  • A track record of driving organisational change and improving operational performance.

Education & certifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, Management, or a related discipline.
  • Professional certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, MSP, PgMP, SAFe, Scrum, ITIL, Lean, or Six Sigma are considered an advantage.

Languages

  • Fluent professional English. Additional languages are a plus.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Exposure & growth: You will be part of  an international and multi-cultural organization, besides having the opportunity of being in contact with Eurofins leaders to enlarge your knowledge and network. 

Training: You will be supported with intensive coaching and training besides having the chance to develop your own coaching skills, supporting to develop more junior team members. 

The role

As a Senior Project Management Officer / IT Transformation Officer, you will play a pivotal role in driving the transformation of a large international IT organisation. You will establish governance frameworks, standardise ways of working, coordinate cross-functional transformation initiatives, and enable the organisation to evolve towards a more efficient, transparent, and value-driven operating model. Working closely with senior IT leaders, you will ensure strategic initiatives are executed effectively, risks are managed proactively, and measurable business outcomes are delivered.

This hybrid position, located either in Madrid, Nantes, Brussels or Katowice you will join the Eurofins IT Solutions organisation, a global technology division.

As a Senior Project Management Officer / IT Transformation Officer you will:

What you'll do

  • Drive the execution of the IT transformation roadmap and maintain an integrated transformation action plan.
  • Coordinate governance activities and monitor progress, risks, dependencies, and corrective actions.
  • Standardise operating models, processes, templates, tools, and management practices across the organisation.
  • Define and track KPIs, OKRs, and portfolio metrics to support data-driven decision-making.
  • Facilitate executive governance forums, steering committees, and transformation reviews.
  • Provide insightful reporting and recommendations to senior leadership and C-level stakeholders.
  • Promote Lean, Agile, and continuous improvement practices across teams.
  • Support change management, stakeholder engagement, communication, and adoption activities.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, collaboration, and measurable outcomes.

Hiring process

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  1. Talent Acquisition pre-selection · With Talent Acquisition Team

  2. First interview round

    A first round of interviews for pre-selected candidates.

  3. Psychometric test

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  4. Second interview round

    With a Manager of the department with the vacancy

    A second interview round with pre-finalist candidates, held with the manager of the department with the vacancy.

  5. Selection and welcome

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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.

In their own words

About the company & team

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.

Additional information

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.

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