The President of Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing (BPT) Columbia is responsible for leading one of the largest and most successful BioPharma testing operations within the Eurofins network. This executive serves as the chief business leader for the site, with full accountability for growth, profitability, operational excellence, customer satisfaction, quality, compliance, employee engagement, and long-term strategic development.
The ideal candidate is a growth-oriented life sciences executive who combines strong commercial acumen, operational excellence, financial discipline, technological innovation, and people-centered leadership. This leader will guide the next phase of expansion while preserving the entrepreneurial culture, high employee engagement, and operational excellence that have fueled Columbia's growth.
The successful candidate will embody the Eurofins Mission and Values by contributing to a safer and healthier world through innovative, high-quality laboratory services while creating opportunities for employees and generating sustainable shareholder value. Eurofins' core values include Customer Focus, Quality, Competence & Team Spirit, and Integrity.
Scope of Responsibility
Business Scale
Service Portfolio
Responsible for a comprehensive range of pharmaceutical development and GMP testing services including:
Strategic Responsibilities
Critical Success Factors
1. Commercial Growth and Customer Diversification
The next President must be a commercially focused business leader capable of partnering effectively with the North American commercial team to expand the customer portfolio and reduce concentration risk.
Key Objectives
Desired Experience
2. Operational Excellence, Automation, and AI
The future success of Columbia will require significant advancements in automation, digital transformation, and global service delivery models.
Key Objectives
Desired Experience
3. Capacity Expansion and Infrastructure Development
The next President will lead the site's next major phase of physical growth.
Key Objectives
Desired Experience
4. Culture and Talent Leadership
One of Columbia's greatest strengths is its culture. The successful candidate must preserve and enhance this competitive advantage while continuing to create opportunities for employees.
Key Objectives
Leadership Expectations
The President should consistently model:
while reinforcing Eurofins' mission of creating opportunities for employees, providing exceptional service to customers, and generating sustainable shareholder value.
Leadership Characteristics
The ideal candidate will be:
Strategic
Able to develop and execute a long-term vision for growth while managing near-term priorities.
Commercially Driven
Views customer diversification and business development as critical responsibilities.
Financially Disciplined
Understands how to balance growth, investment, productivity, and profitability.
Technology Forward
Embraces AI, automation, digital transformation, and innovation as competitive differentiators.
Operationally Excellent
Capable of driving efficiency improvements without compromising quality or culture.
People Focused
Invests in leaders, develops talent, and creates opportunities throughout the organization.
Culture Builder
Protects the entrepreneurial culture that has driven Columbia's success while preparing the organization for its next chapter of growth.
Preferred Candidate Background
The strongest candidates will likely possess experience in:
Demonstrated experience should include:
What Success Looks Like in 3–5 Years
The successful President will have:
In a fast growing group, successful leaders are frequently being offered increased areas of responsibility (subject to geographic mobility).
Eurofins offers international opportunities to strong performers.
Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.
Open job postingAbout the company
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 works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies. Eurofins PSS Insourcing has an exciting and rewarding opportunity for a Business Development Manager to join our team.  We are searching for a business development professional with proven experience selling and implementing high-value sales.  Someone who thrives on identifying and closing new business caring for the client through the process will succeed in this role. This position offers the excitement of hunting for new clients with the goal of diversifying our offerings and client base as well as the opportunity to foster and expand partnerships with key clients.  This is a hybrid role working remotely from a home office, travelling locally and within the region for prospect and current client meetings as well as full days spent at current client sites to maximize networking and relationship building opportunities. A successful candidate will have a proven track record and is comfortable reaching out to and meeting with high level decision makers including C-Suite.  This position will manage the strategic sales process including identifying client needs, defining and presenting how PSS can address them, as well as managing the implementation process for new programs. If you’re looking for a rewarding career, a place to call home, apply with us today!