Company 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.
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.
Job Description
In a nutshell
We are looking for a Business Continuity & Resilience Officer to join our growing international team. Based in Barcelona (on a hybrid basis), you will be part of the IT Risk Management function, ensuring the continuity, robustness, and resilience of our global IT infrastructure. Your expertise will help drive Eurofins' business continuity and resilience strategy, protecting our systems and operations in a constantly evolving threat landscape.
Where will you be based and what business will you support?
This role is based in Barcelona, Spain, and you will support the Eurofins Network, a global leader in laboratory services. Working within the IT Risk Management team, you will collaborate with stakeholders across Central Services, Regional Infrastructure, and laboratories worldwide to strengthen operational resilience and continuity across the organisation.
How can you help us?
As Business Continuity & Resilience Officer, you will:
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Design, plan, and execute global projects focused on Business Continuity and IT Resilience.
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Lead comprehensive continuity and resilience assessments across the organisation, identifying and mitigating IT-related risks.
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Develop and improve methodologies for business continuity planning, resilience frameworks, and IT risk assessments.
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Follow up on the implementation of continuity and risk mitigation action plans across departments.
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Maintain strong, collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders and IT teams globally.
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Communicate findings and recommendations through clear, high-quality technical and non-technical reports.
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Present results to senior IT and business leaders in a professional and solution-oriented manner.
Qualifications
Are you our kind of extraordinary?
We’re looking for someone who is:
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Independent, structured, and confident, with strong negotiation skills and the ability to challenge the status quo.
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Emotionally intelligent and experienced in navigating large, complex organisations.
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A strong communicator in English, capable of explaining continuity and risk-related topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.
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International in mindset, open to occasional business travel.
You’ll also bring:
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A Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
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Proven experience in Business Continuity Management, IT Risk Management, and cybersecurity.
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Strong knowledge of IT infrastructure, development practices, and security controls.
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Solid understanding of firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM/SOAR, data center operations, and network design.
What can we offer you?
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A competitive salary package, including bonus and benefits;
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Extensive on-the-job coaching and training opportunities;
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A hybrid working setup;
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Challenges within a multi-cultural and cross-regional team as part of the international and fast-growing Eurofins organisation;
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A dynamic working environment with a good team spirit where personal development and growth are highly encouraged.
Your application:
As the nature of the role and Eurofins' recruitment team are international, please ensure to submit your application in English.
Additional Information
We support your development! Do you feel 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! The Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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.
Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!
Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/
Company 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 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 over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to ca. 65,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 950 laboratories in 60 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.
In 2023, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6,515 million, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.
