IT Director DACH – Food & Agro Testing

Eurofins

19h•Remote

About The Position

As IT Director DACH, you will take the lead in shaping and coordinating the regional IT landscape across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. You’ll become the key connection between local business operations and the Eurofins network’s central IT organisation, helping to ensure that technology supports both operational excellence and long-term strategic goals. In this role, you will oversee an IT organisation of approximately 50–60 professionals supporting 20 laboratories across 12 locations in 3 countries, serving around 1,700 employees. Your leadership will directly influence business continuity in a fast-paced, business-critical environment where system availability is essential, and downtime can immediately impact operations.

Requirements

Extensive experience in senior IT leadership roles within centralised or matrix organisations.
A proven track record of managing multiple teams and leading organisational transformation initiatives.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, allowing you to build trust across business and IT functions.
Solid knowledge of enterprise applications, IT infrastructure, and operational IT platforms.
Confidence working within structured governance models where collaboration with central functions is essential.
Strong financial and operational awareness, including experience with IT budgeting, cost management, and financial steering.
A deep understanding of high-availability, 24/7 operational environments and the critical business impact of IT stability and system uptime.
Ability to combine strategic thinking with hands-on leadership, bringing clarity, structure, and momentum to complex IT environments.
Fluent English and German is a must.

Responsibilities

Guide and develop local IT teams through their team leaders, fostering collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Help local teams successfully integrate with central IT functions, driving alignment with group-wide platforms, standards, and delivery models.
Act as the primary IT coordination and escalation point for the DACH organisation.
Support the transition toward a more centralised IT operating model by simplifying processes, reducing fragmentation, and encouraging consistent ways of working.
Lead change management initiatives and ensure successful adoption of centrally delivered systems and services.
Work closely with business stakeholders and European IT teams to translate operational needs into effective IT solutions.
Balance local business priorities with group-wide governance, ensuring both flexibility and standardisation where needed.
Operate within a matrix organisation, reporting directly to the National Business Line Leader with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the IT Director Food Europe.
Influence large-scale IT transformation while remaining close to the operational realities of a highly dynamic laboratory environment.