Title:  Senior Research Investigator

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

Rob Purpose:

• The purpose of the role is to perform reactions following Syngene safety norms. Documenting the

observations in relevant lab notebooks or e-book as per the principle of ALCOA+

• Follow instructions from the supervisor and work in a group (or individually) to accomplish the

tasks in a timely and efficient manner

• They are also responsible for assisting the supervisor to alert shortfall of resources and train junior

scientists to develop their technical skills

• Supervise the associates for timely completion of assigned projects

Key Responsibilities:

• 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 for himself and team deliverables

• Troubleshoot the problems wherever required

• Follow environment, health, and safety (EHS) requirements always in the workplace ensuring individual and lab/plant safety and complete EHS imparted trainings

Desired competency and skill sets

• Well-versed in the concepts of organic chemistry reactions as well as characterization following various analytical techniques

• Familiar with literature search using SciFinder/Reaxys desirable

• Awareness of safety data sheets and handling pyrophoric chemicals must

• Knowledge of Chemdraw, MS office is desirable

• Regular updation as per client requirements

• Should have good communication and presentation skills

• Ensure that the instrument / equipment is used properly and are kept clean before and after use and in case of any breakdown, report to maintenance immediately

• Familiar with operations of relevant apparatus - instrument / equipment

• Ensure that they know the SDS of the chemicals they are handling and aware of emergency response procedures in case of accidental spillage, leakage or fire and ensure proper waste segregation as per EHS norms

• Always ensure confidentiality

• Any other lab responsibilities as indicated by the supervisor / group leader

• Attend all mandatory trainings

Syngene Values

All employees will consistently demonstrate alignment with our core values

•     Excellence
•     Integrity
•     Professionalism

Specific requirements for this role

Experience: 

•    PhD with Post-Doc (2-4 years)

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in structure and ligand based computational approaches – theory: molecular mechanics

  and quantum mechanics; Methods: docking, pharmacophore modelling, molecular dynamics

  simulation, QM calculations.

• Proficiency in statistical methods

• Proficiency in physical organic chemistry

• Proficiency in Python and/or Unix Shell scripting

• Experience in working with interdisciplinary teams such as medicinal chemistry, biology and

  DMPK scientist

• Experience in disease areas such as oncology, immunology, cardiovascular and fibrosis

Functional/Behavioral Skills:

• Strong commitment to exceptional customer experience, and a high level of dedication, enthusiasm, motivation, and persuasive ability in a team and cross-functional environment.

• 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

Educational Qualifications: 

•    PhD with Post-Doc (2-4 years) & Relevant industrial experience (1-3 years)