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 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 is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. Eurofins 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 Organisations. The Group also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 55,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 50 countries. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly motivated professional to join Eurofins’ Biomarker Operations group in a dynamic, cross-functional environment spanning early- to late-stage clinical development.

This is a full-time remote role. Candidates based in the Seattle, WA area may elect to attend onsite up to two days per week.

The Biomarker Operations Manager is responsible for the operational planning and logistics required to execute biomarker activities for clinical projects. This role does not own biomarker strategy or scientific decision-making; instead, it ensures that strategy is delivered effectively through rigorous sample lifecycle planning and oversight, vendor coordination, and cross-functional collaboration. In this position, you will serve as a clinical study team member responsible for coordinating biomarker sample logistics and vendor operations, ensuring compliant sample collection, processing, storage, and timely delivery to analytical laboratories. You will partner with Biomarker Program Leads to align operational execution with strategic objectives and collaborate closely with Clinical Operations, Study Start-Up, Clinical Data Management, laboratory vendors, and CROs to support workflow execution, risk mitigation, and issue resolution across clinical trials.

Responsibilities

Partner with colleagues across the Biomarkers Department to support biomarker implementation in clinical studies and advance program goals through a translational understanding of disease states and treatment modalities
Serve as a key member of clinical study teams across multiple disease-area programs, providing operational guidance on biomarker sample logistics and vendor management
Develop and maintain biomarker sample handling guidelines for collection, processing, shipping, and long-term storage
Track clinical biomarker sample location and testing status through study completion, ensuring data delivery aligns with study-specific timelines
Manage cross-trial biomarker sample testing logistics and develop timelines with laboratories, strategically coordinating shipment and testing schedules across multiple studies and proactively mitigate competing priorities
Resolve biomarker sample-related questions from investigational sites, CROs, Clinical Operations, and Ethics Committees with appropriate cross-functional input
Review biomarker-specific informed consent language to ensure accurate description of sample collections, permissions for future research, and long term storage duration,
Review laboratory specifications and laboratory manuals to ensure protocol-defined biomarker samples, intended use, logistics, and storage are accurate and operationally feasible
Identify operational risks related to biomarker sample logistics, vendor performance, testing, and data delivery, and execute mitigation plans proactively
Partner with the Biomarker Program Lead to co-manage relationships with analytical biomarker laboratories supporting clinical trials
Oversee long-term storage, inventory tracking, and destruction of biomarker samples from clinical studies
Ensure accurate filing and maintenance of biomarker-related documents within the sponsor Trial Master File (TMF)
Lead and participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on op

Biomarker Operations Manager at Eurofins