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.  Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing is the largest network of harmonized bio/pharmaceutical GMP product testing laboratories worldwide providing comprehensive laboratory services for the world's largest pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and medical device companies. Our service offerings are fully comprehensive and include testing of drug substance, final product, intermediates, and starting materials for both small and large molecule drug products. In a nutshell: Are you an experienced leader in the Life Sciences industry, skilled in driving operational excellence, commercial strategy and business growth? Do you have a passion for managing teams, driving sales, and ensuring compliance with industry standards? If so, this role as Managing Director BioPharma Product Testing Slovakia could be your next career move! You will lead the BioPharma Product Testing laboratory in Slovakia, driving both strategic growth and operational excellence, and ensuring the success of the business through exceptional leadership. What team will I be part of? You will be part of the BioPharma Product Testing team based in Bratislava or in the surroundings area, reporting to the Sub-Regional Business Line Leader, Central Eastern Europe. As the Managing Director, you will: + General Management: Lead the operations according to Eurofins Leadership Charter, fostering an environment of communication, creativity, and collaboration. Support the Sub-Regional Business Line Leader in the development of strategic plans, budgets, and business initiatives. + Corporate Strategy: Develop strategic plans for service and product portfolio optimization, sales, and business growth. Focus on revenue growth through enhanced inter-company business and cross-selling synergies with other Eurofins laboratories in Europe. + Operations Management: Oversee the full P&L responsibility. Drive operational effectiveness and improve business results by optimizing processes and IT tools. Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and manage quality control across the business. + Business Development: Lead business development efforts, focusing on market position, growth, and driving sales activities across Slovakia and neighboring countries. Implement strategies to expand capacities, including laboratory relocations and new site development. + People Leadership: Recruit, motivate, and develop leaders for each business unit. Set clear goals, manage performance, and create an environment of continuous development for your team. Are you our kind of extraordinary? You have a strong ability to drive operational efficiency and business growth, with a passion for leading teams, boosting sales, and ensuring compliance with industry standards in the Life Sciences sector. + Experience: Minimum of 10 years in the industry, with 3 years of full P&L responsibility. Proven leadership and business development experience in the Life Sciences industry, ideally in a competitive, low-margin environment. + Education: Undergraduate degree or Master's in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Engineering, or Business Administration with relevant Life Sciences experience. A Master’s or PhD is preferred. + Skills: Strong entrepreneurial mindset, financial acumen, and knowledge of cGMP requirements. A successful track record in fast-growing businesses and a hands-on attitude in leadership and financial management. + Languages: Slovak or Czech mother tongue and fluency in English is required. If you're driven by challenges and ready to make an impact, we’d love to hear from you! 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!  As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Eurofins Network of companies believe 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. 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. 62,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 900 laboratories in 62 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.