Title:  Senior Research Investigator- Discovery Chemistry

JOB DESCRIPTION

Designation:  Research Investigator / Sr Research Investigator- Discovery Chemistry (Level-7)

Job Location: Bangalore

Department: Discovery Chemistry

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 ensure 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.

Position summary:

We are looking for an experienced Synthetic Chemists at Team leader level. This role requires Team leader to lead a team of 5-15 FTEs and execute multiple high-profile projects. The Team lead is expected to work in shifts as per the organizational policy.

Strategic Responsibilities:  

Scientific excellence-

• Responsible for Project Health Index: Project planning, Execution, Deliverables and Quality of services.
• Set-up process, governance & tools for effective, transparent, and collaborative management of the projects.
• Complete understanding of the global standards of Productivity metrics and ensure to achieve the expected productivity.
• Responsible for preparing outstanding work updates and periodic scientific reports.
• Conduct the weekly update conferences and client calls.

Operational excellence-

• Manage lifecycle of various lab infrastructure, devices. Ensure optimum resource utilization and cost efficiency.

Integrity-

• Adhere to the ALCOA+ principles in all data generated and maintain confidentiality. Ensuring adherence to all Syngene policies related to data integrity by all team members.
• Ensuring all assigned mandatory training related to data integrity, health, and safety measures are completed on time by all team members.

Safety-

• Ensure the implementation of regulatory compliances. Ensuring safety of self, team members, and lab/plant by adhering to safety protocols and following environment, health, and safety (EHS) requirements at all times in the workplace.
• Ensuring that there are no safety non-compliances in the workplace. 
• Reporting incidents (or near-misses) and learnings from those incidents to avoid recurrence. 

Quality-

• Compliance to Syngene’ s quality standards and services at all times and ensuring the same by the team members. 

Educational Qualification:  

Ph.D. (Synthetic organic chemistry)

Experience:

1. Post-doctoral (>1 years) + Industrial experience (>1 year). Total of >2 years of experience. 
2. Industrial experience (>2 year). Total of >2 years of experience. 

Technical/functional Skills:

• State of the art knowledge of modern synthetic methodology, including aspects of asymmetric synthesis, catalysis and the reaction mechanism is expected. 
• Anticipate having demonstrated synthetic Problem solving/Troubleshooting skills.
• Strong oral communication skills including face to face and virtual interactions with team and clients. Must have exceptional Presentation skills.
• Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to maintain an accurate scientific notebook, draft concise written reports and publications.

 Managerial Skills:

• Expertise in handling multiple collaborations.
• Demonstrated in handling a team size of 5-15 FTEs (Single collaboration or multiple collaborations).
• Worked effectively with interdisciplinary teams.
• Efficient Lab management skills
• The Leader must demonstrate the essential qualities of People Management.
  • Giving & receiving performance-enhancing feedback
  • Setting clear performance expectations
  • Conducting challenging performance conversations
  • Coaching individuals toward improved performance
  • Delegating tasks
  • Creating accountability
  • Lead the change

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