Teamleitung (m/w/d) Chemie

Role Summary

Technical and disciplinary leadership of the teams in the chemistry department with a focus on wet chemistry.

Organizing and ensuring the GMP-compliant implementation, evaluation and approval of chemical and physical tests on raw materials, auxiliary materials and finished products in accordance with pharmacopoeias and customer specifications.

Responsible for the implementation and evaluation of wet chemical test procedures, in particular titrations (potentiometric, volumetric and visual), identity tests, content determinations, limit tests, water determinations (Karl Fischer), pH value, conductivity, density and UV/VIS analyses.

Technical support for troubleshooting, root cause analysis and method optimization in the area of wet chemical analysis.

Ensuring compliance with GMP requirements, data integrity and regulatory requirements.

Responsibility for communication between the team, customer service and laboratory (appointment requests, method queries, customer meetings, etc.)

Planning and technical evaluation of method validations, method verifications and method transfers in accordance with ICH Q2(R2) and pharmacopoeial requirements.

Support with GMP-compliant qualification, calibration and maintenance of laboratory equipment.

Review and release of analytical results as well as support with complex investigations and questions.

• Participation in other tasks in the area of quality control, for example:
• Creation and maintenance of SOPs
• Implementation and documentation of training courses
• Processing deviations and evaluating OOS results
• Definition and tracking of CAPA measures

Ensuring the professional qualification, training and further development of employees.

Accompaniment of customer, authority and certification audits as well as implementation of necessary measures.

Control of resources, capacities and priorities within the teams to ensure timely processing.

Support with cross-departmental projects, digital transformations and new introductions in the area of quality control.

Promoting an open communication, quality and safety culture in the laboratory.

Requirements

Completed training as a chemical laboratory assistant (m/f/d), CTA or PTA with further training as a chemical technician (m/f/d) or industrial foreman in chemistry (m/f/d). Alternatively, a completed degree in chemistry, pharmacy or a comparable scientific field. In any case, several years of professional experience in pharmaceutical quality control.

• Profound experience in the technical and disciplinary management of employees.
• Very good knowledge of German and English is a prerequisite.
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About the Company

Eurofins is an international life sciences company that offers customers from various industries a unique range of analytics services 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 world's largest companies to ensure the products it delivers are safe, their ingredients are authentic and the labeling is accurate. The company is a global leading provider of analytics for food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetic products as well as agricultural science contract research services (CRO). Additionally, Eurofins is one of the independent global leaders in testing and laboratory services in the areas of genomics, pharmacology, forensics, CDMO (contract manufacturing and development), materials science and clinical trial support.

In just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France, to over 61,000 employees in a network of more than 1,000 independent companies in over 62 countries with more than 900 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of more than 200,000 analytical methods to assess the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as innovative clinical diagnostic services as one of the world's leading, emerging providers of specialized clinical diagnostic tests.

In 2025, Eurofins achieved total sales of 7,296 billion euros and has been one of the best performing stocks in Europe over the last 20 years.

For Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Hamburg GmbH we are looking for a chemistry team leader (m/f/d) for the Hamburg location as soon as possible.