Insight Department Manager in Edinburgh

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. 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.

We’re proud to be an armed forces-friendly place to work and welcome applications from reservists, armed forces veterans (including the wounded, injured and sick), as well as cadet instructors, and military spouses and partners.

Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. 35 Hours per week. Monday - Friday. 9.00am - 5.00pm. 1–2 days working from home per week.

Purpose of the post: You will be responsible for leading the delivery of a portfolio of Insight/Home-Based User studies. The role will include working as a management lead reporting to the Project Manager. Roles within the department include leading and overseeing on the design, planning and execution of home-based user studies.

Main Duties:

• Lead the Insight Department in the design and execution of home-based user studies in residential settings.
• Develop and manage study protocols, participant recruitment and electronic informed consent.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Sales & Accounts Executives, Finance/ Administration department, Data Management & Statistical Analysis Team and Technical department to deliver an exceptional customer offer.
• Oversee logistics for home-based testing, including scheduling and on time delivery of products and reporting.
• Analyse qualitative and quantitative data from studies and generate insights to inform product design and development for external stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and company policies, especially for studies involving medication or regulated products.
• Develop departmental processes, best practices and training materials.
• Serve as one of the businesses subject matter experts on home-based user trial research methods and techniques.
• Act as the primary liaison between the Insight Department and cross functional departments.
• Clearly communicate study goals and timelines of studies.
• Collaborate with external vendors who provide and aid logistics and software for the department.
• Lead, mentor, and support the Insight Department team member(s).
• Partner with the Project Manager to prioritise research activities based on strategic goals and development timelines.
• Define and uphold standards for study design, participant experience, data quality and reporting across all research activities.
• Be responsible, alongside the department Project Manager for performance metrics and KPI’s.
• Identify and address service delivery bottlenecks or risks, such as participant non-compliance, study delays, or data integrity issues.
• Ensure all home user studies are conducted in compliance with internal protocols, regulatory requirements, and ethical guidelines.

Qualifications:

• Experience in professional writing.
• Awareness of GCP (Good Clinical Practice).
• IT literate with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) experience.
• Strong attention to detail to identify errors and refine documents for clarity and precision.
• Effective communication skills both written and oral.
• Organised with good time management and ability to prioritise.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present data findings.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with competing priorities and shifting deadlines.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.
• SCQF Level 4 or above in English.

Additional Information:

At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues' special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:

• Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement
• Annual Leave Sellback Scheme
• Additional Annual Leave at Employees set service dates
• Company Pension Plan
• Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
• Healthcare Cash Plan (6+ months service)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
• Health and Wellbeing Programmes
• Worldwide career opportunities

We also have in place rewards recognising the great work our employees deliver, their dedicated service and celebrating special life events.

What Happens Next: Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and its requirements.

Your data: As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.

Closing Date: We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible. Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

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 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!