Associate Product Owner - Laboratory Information Management System

Job Description

In a nutshell

As an Associate Product Owner, you will be contributing to defining and delivering the product roadmap of our Clinical LIMS. 

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

Based in Lyon, France; you will join a globally distributed team in the Clinical LIMS Europe Program, that provides our central Laboratory Information Management System throughout Europe.

How can you help us?

You will:

• Plan and prioritize product development and product feature backlog in alignment with the Product Owner.
• Develop detailed product feature specifications and ensure they’re clearly understood by relevant teams
• Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics, and themes to ensure work aligns with product strategy
• Mitigate roadblocks to achieving sprint/release goals
• Review product-release plans and set expectations for delivery of new functionalities
• Serve as product ambassador internally and externally, sharing knowledge and answering questions

Qualifications

Are you our kind of extraordinary?

You have:

• A Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Life Sciences, Biology, Chemistry or related field.
• 5 or more years of experience in product development..
• Working Knowledge of Azure DevOps Services, Trello or JIRA.
• Knowledge of agile methodology for project management.
• Knowledge of Clinical Diagnostics and/or Laboratory processes.
• Understanding of laboratory KPIs;  such as Sample turnaround time (TAT):
• • Productivity
  • Automation rate
  • Compliance metrics
  • Data quality
• Ability to balances operational needs with strategic objectives.
• Understanding of business value related to features and functions
• Leadership potential
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to understand and report KPIs to program leaders
• Ability to clearly articulate the business rationale behind requirements.

You are:

• A strong communicator in English (written/oral).
• A fast learner.
• Self-motivated with a can-do attitude.
• Proficient with applicable project management tools and technology.

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 - 3 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.