Company Description
Eurofins Scientific is a leading international life sciences company providing a unique range of analytical testing services across multiple industries to make life and our environment safer, healthier, and more sustainable. From the food you eat to the water you drink and the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories support many of the world’s largest companies in ensuring product safety, ingredient authenticity, and accurate labeling.
As part of its commitment to society and the planet, Eurofins delivers testing services that protect public health while upholding strong corporate responsibility standards. This includes a dedicated focus on environmental sustainability as well as fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion across its global network.
Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing offers complete CMC Testing Services for the Bio/Pharmaceutical industry, including all starting materials, process intermediates, drug substances, drug product, packaging, and manufacturing support through our broad technical expertise in Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology, Virology, Chemistry and Microbiology.
Our local presence ensures personal service backed by a unique global breadth of harmonised capabilities that support all functional areas of bio/pharmaceutical drug development and manufacturing, including method development, microbiology, process validation and quality control.
Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing (BPT) is the world’s largest network of GMP laboratories supporting the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries.
Job Description
Your Role
As Business Development & Project Manager Biologics Switzerland, you will be responsible for driving business growth across Switzerland for Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing.
We are looking for a commercially driven professional with a strong understanding of biologics and large molecule development who can identify and win new customers while managing opportunities and customer projects through the organization. This role requires a combination of sales excellence, project coordination and strategic account development.
You will serve as the primary interface between customers and Eurofins' scientific and operational teams, ensuring customer requirements are translated into successful project execution and long-term partnerships.
The ideal candidate has an established network within the Swiss pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, understands the local market landscape and enjoys building sustainable business relationships while developing new opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
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Drive new business acquisition and revenue growth across Switzerland within the Biopharma and Biotechnology sector
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Identify, develop and close opportunities related to biologics and large molecule testing services
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Build and manage strategic relationships with pharmaceutical, biotechnology and CDMO customers
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Lead customer opportunities from initial contact through proposal development, negotiation, project implementation and follow-up
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Coordinate internal stakeholders, laboratories and project management teams to ensure successful project delivery
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Develop and grow existing customer accounts by identifying new business opportunities
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Act as the customer's advocate within Eurofins and ensure an exceptional customer experience
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Monitor market developments, competition and industry trends within the Swiss Life Sciences ecosystem
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Represent Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Switzerland at conferences, industry events and networking activities
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Maintain accurate sales forecasts, CRM records and business development plans
Qualifications
Your Profile
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Degree in Biotechnology, Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences or a related field
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Several years of experience in project management, business development, sales, account management or within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, CRO, CDMO or laboratory services industry
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Solid understanding of biologics, large molecules, monoclonal antibodies, proteins, cell and gene therapies or related BioPharma services
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Proven track record in new customer acquisition and business growth
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Strong project management and stakeholder coordination skills
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Existing network within the Swiss pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry is highly desirable
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Strong communication, negotiation and relationship-building capabilities
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Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to build and develop a sustainable business territory
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Fluent German and English; French is considered a strong advantage
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Willingness to travel throughout Switzerland (20%-40%)
Additional Information
What We Offer
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A meaningful role within a dynamic, fast-growing company
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Autonomy and space to implement your entrepreneurial vision
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Streamlined decision-making and a supportive, performance-oriented team culture
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Attractive compensation with performance-based bonuses
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Flexible work arrangements and state-of-the-art tools
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A forward-thinking company culture with a strong focus on sustainability and inclusion
If we have aroused your interest, we would be delighted if you could send us a personal cover letter, your CV and references.
We look forward to receiving your application!
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! Eurofins network of companies believe 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 also 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/
Please note that as per Eurofins policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters were engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Eurofins will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.
