Process R&D scientist

Job Title: Process Development Scientist

About Syngene :

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 always
• Hold self and their teams accountable for the achievement of safety goals
• Govern and Review safety metrics from time to time

JOB PURPOSE :

•Accountable for the performance of a group of PRD scientists and project leads and the collaborations with leading global companies.

• Ensure the performance of a team and enable the scale up activities safe and as per delivery timeline.

• Mentoring and team development

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead and mentor a team of 15 -20 scientists including Ph. D level project leads. Report to Group leader/Senior Group leader in the Chemical Development to develop chemical processes and synthesize intermediates and APIs for clinical studies on laboratory, pilot and commercial plant scale.

•Ensuring the team of scientists follow / adhering the number of reactions per scientist in every week / month. Generating report and sharing to senior leaders periodically.

• Provide scientific and operational leadership, drive project progression, and manage resources and facilities by collaborating with CFTs (QA, QC, AD, Manufacturing teams etc.)

•Nurture creative and innovative solutions to technical problems backed by a sound understanding of fundamental scientific principles in the team.

• Develop chemical processes that are inherently safe and scalable.

•Set and maintain high safety standards in the work environment.

•Monitor progress in strategic initiatives such as automation in PRD and other best scientific practices.

• Ensure productivity and quality as per Syngene standards and customer requirement.

•Ensure the reaction per scientist achieved in the team as per Syngene requirement

• Accountable for achievement of QUOTIF without fail in every month

• Lead development programs with minimum guidance from customers.

• Track health of customer collaboration and make course correction as appropriate.

• Collaborate with EHSS and other stakeholders to ensure fulfilment of CD safety objectives for the given financial year.

• Participate and lead strategic initiatives as appropriate in Chemical Development.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from premier institutes in India or abroad or M.Sc. Organic chemistry  with 10-15 years of industrial experience in the fields of custom synthesis,  Intermediates and API Process R&D, preferably with global exposure.

TECHNICAL /FUNCTIONAL SKILLS:

• Fundamental synthetic organic chemistry knowledge with an ability to propose synthetic routes rapidly that is safe and scalable.
• Fundamental process research knowledge including route scouting and evaluation.
• Excellent knowledge in scale up of molecules in pilot and commercial level
• Process optimization and development skills at par with customer/global standards. Periodical technical updates to client and regular interaction with clients (E-mails and conference calls)
• Basic knowledge in process engineering, particularly in unit operations.
• Process Safety
• Strong analytical skills to derive trend, conclusion, and path forward, out of large set of data.
• Logical thinking and attention to details.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Operational Excellence
• People Management

Equal Opportunity Employer: It is 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 regarding 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