Scientific Director – Antibody Discovery

Overview

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 is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organization 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 Organizations.

It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialized 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 decentralized 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.

In 2024, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 6,515 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description The Scientific Director will support the Biotherapeutic Services Business as a scientific leader for technical and laboratory operations and direct client management. This role requires technical and strategic leadership, managerial competencies, and proficiency with client consultation within a contract research organization. This role may include up to 25% travel.

• Spend time in the lab to define, develop and/or expand antibody discovery platforms in BTX
• Develop client and stakeholder relationships through technical leadership and collaboration
• Deliver scientific leadership to executive management in developing portfolio strategy, new growth areas and new technology planning
• Lead scientific community through external marketing, industry reputation and brand awareness
• Provide leadership in establishing and monitoring unit research and development objectives and commercial lifecycle management
• Provide technical leadership to lab operations, business development and marketing team
• Support client services team in generating proposals, RFPs, study plans and scope of work preparation. Assists pricing team in completing custom pricing and cost analysis
• May act as Study Director for specific projects to ensure timely delivery of project updates, data and reports to clients
• Understand requirements for work performed within a GxP site in order to work with other organizations within the Eurofins family
• Complete required training and support 100% of Employee Health and Safety requirements
• Conduct responsible use of confidential IT and business systems, as required
• Adhere to department SOP and documentation requirements
• Ensure accurate data management and reporting, with the highest integrity, and perform quality control, when required, on project data and reports
• Support unit goals and demonstrate Eurofins’ competencies, as defined in the job plan
• Provide training to colleagues and external end users, when required
• Perform other duties, as assigned

Basic Minimum Education al Requirements
B.S., M.A., or M.S. with 12 years relevant experience;
Ph.D. with 7 years relevant experience

Basic Minimum Qualifications

• Senior-level scientific experience and knowledge in supporting all aspects of antibody discovery
• Demonstrated expertise and experience with antibody discovery by hybridoma generation, B- and Plasma cell isolation and V-region sequence recovery, and display systems
• Antibody engineering, humanization, germ lining, CDR-scanning and affinity maturation
• Molecular cloning, including restriction enzyme-based cloning, Gibson assembly cloning and ligation-independent cloning
• DNA and RNA extraction, purification and handling
• Experience in analyzing NGS data, pairing heavy and light chains, identifying sequence liabilities and optimization thereof
• Demonstrated experience with developing client/external relationships, supporting technical correspondence, drafting and presenting scientific proposals to clients or collaborators
• Experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams (research, regulatory, pharmacology, safety) to guide growth and advancement of the platform from concept to pre-clinical development
• Experience building, leading and managing internal scientific teams and directing /influencing external resources
• Proven experience with portfolio management, portfolio…