Title:  Research Investigator

Job Title: Research Investigator

Job Location: Bangalore

Reporting to: Senior Research Investigator

Job Grade: 7-I

About Syngene:  Syngene (www.syngeneintl.com) is an innovation-led contract research, development and manufacturing organization offering integrated scientific services from early discovery to commercial supply.

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

Core Purpose of the Role:

A highly self-motivated individual having experience in drug discovery and computational biology is required for Computational and Data Sciences operating unit. In this position, the candidate will support drug discovery programs by creating target dossiers for the assessment of targets.

Target dossiers are built around a therapeutic target of interest within a specific disease area which includes compendium of structural, functional, pharmacogenomic, and safety aspects of a target. Details are provided in the Syngene website (Target Assessment - Syngene International Ltd (syngeneintl.com)).

Role Accountabilities

• Basic understanding on immunology, oncology and other disease areas and drug discovery approaches.
• Hands-on work on reading scientific literature, clinical research, patents for report creation based on client requirements.
• Competitive intelligence for small and large molecules w.r.t. target biology in relevance to safety, efficacy, toxicity, PK/PD etc. or specific therapeutic areas.
• Working experience with various bioinformatics databases. To be able to explore new databases.
• Critical analysis & review of reports created based on client requirements. Independent analytical mindset and an eye for detail.
• Collaboration with team to deliver value based on client’s requirements.
• Continuous effort to enhance the content and quality of reports.
• Preparation of presentations for client discussions.

Syngene Values

All employees will consistently demonstrate alignment with our core values

•  Excellence
•  Integrity
•  Professionalism

Educational Qualification:

Postgraduate or PhD in biochemistry, immunology, cell biology, pharmacy, biotechnology; (experience in early drug discovery will be preferred).

Experience:

• 2-6 years after postgraduation or 1-2 years after PhD (corporate experience is preferred).
• Experience in preparation of scientific reports/documents.
• Review of scientific documents.

Technical/functional Skills:

• Basic understanding on immunology, oncology and other disease areas. Well versed with the drug discovery pipeline, target/drug safety assessment and their significance.
• Knowledge on in vitro and cell-based assays related to validation of target protein for which a biopharmaceutical/biologic is being synthesized.
• Experience with competitive intelligence for target or therapeutic area.

Behavioral Skills:

• Good communication skills with proficiency in verbal and written English.
• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Eager to adapt and learn new skills when required.

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 with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable legislation or local law. In addition, Syngene will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.