Title:  Discovery Chemistry Scientist

Job Role: Discovery Chemistry Scientist

Job location: Bangalore

Job grade: 7-II/6-I

At Syngene, Safety is at the heart of everything we do personally and professionally. Syngene has placed safety at par with business performance with shared responsibility and accountability, including following safety guidelines, procedures, and sops, in letter and spirit

Mandatory expectation for all roles as per Syngene safety guidelines:

Overall adherence to safe practices and procedures of oneself and the teams aligned

Contributing to development of procedures, practices and systems that ensures safe operations and compliance to company’s integrity & quality standards

Driving a corporate culture that promotes environment, health, and safety (EHS) mindset and operational discipline at the workplace at all times.

Ensuring safety of self, teams, and lab/plant by adhering to safety protocols and following environment, health, and safety (EHS) requirements at all times in the workplace.

Ensure all assigned mandatory trainings related to data integrity, health, and safety measures are completed on time by all members of the team including self

Compliance to Syngene’s quality standards at all times

Hold self and their teams accountable for the achievement of safety goals

Govern and Review safety metrics from time to time

Key Responsibilities:  

• Supervise the subordinates for timely completion of assigned projects.
• Responsible for periodic reports updating to both internal and external clients
• Ensure the optimum resource utilization and cost efficiency
• Responsible for project planning and execution
• Ensure the implementation of regulatory compliances
• Troubleshoot the problem areas of project(s)
• Responsible for clear individual derivable
• Possess the knowledge and exposure to environment, health, and safety (EHS) practices
• Follow environment, health, and safety (EHS) requirements at all times in the workplace ensuring individual and lab/plant safety
• Attend training on environment, health, and safety (EHS) measures imparted company

  Behavioral Skills:

• Strong commitment to exceptional customer experience, and a high level of dedication
• Excellent speaking-listening-writing skills, attention to details, proactive self-starter
• Ability to work successfully in a dynamic, ambiguous environment.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritize workloads.
• Ability to develop new ideas and creative solutions.
• Exceptional influencing and leadership skills.
• Enthusiasm, motivation, and persuasive ability in a team and cross-functional environment. 

Syngene Values

All employees will consistently demonstrate alignment with our core values

 Excellence

 Integrity

 Professionalism

Specific requirements for this role

Experience: 2-8 years

 Education: Ph.D in organic chemistry / Medicinal chemistry from reputed universities in India / abroad.

Skills and Capabilities:

Candidate should have a experience in drug discovery from pharmaceutical or biotech industry.

Excellent understanding of the concepts of drug discovery, preferably having prior experience of progressing a project from hit identification to lead optimization.

Has prior experience working with a cross-functional team, comprising assay biologists, Structural biologists, DMPK scientists, computational chemists, and safety pharmacologists.

Familiarity with molecular modelling concepts and tools is desirable.

Strong knowledge of data analysis (SAR/SPR) and informatics tools.

Familiarity with cGMP and regulatory knowledge.

Strong Client communication and presentation skills.

Extensive knowledge and experience in synthesis planning, synthetic methods and use of modern chromatographic and analytical tools.

Behavioral / Managerial skills:

Proven ability to lead and motivate the teams. 

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

A team player / works well in multi-discipline teams

Builds strong plans to provide clarity for others, and utilizes time management tools and capabilities.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

It’s the policy of Syngene to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable legislation or local law. In addition, Syngene will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.