Sr. Research Associate

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Downstream Development Associate

Department: Biopharmaceutical Development

Job Location: Bangalore

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

Core Purpose of the Role:

• Proficient in operation, maintenance of downstream process equipment like AKTA Pure, AKTA Pilot, TFF systems, column packing, buffer preparation and inventory management. etc.,
• Proficient in buffer preparation as per the given composition.
• Pack columns as per vendor recommendations/protocols for different resins.
• Execution of laboratory experiments and documenting them in detail as per Good Documentation Practices in laboratory Notebook and in soft copies
• Compilation of data, Interpretation and preparation of development report, TTD, BPR, SOP, EOP, IOP, and technical presentations.
• Preparing draft experimental protocol and getting it reviewed by the team lead.
• Should support cross functional activities.

Role Accountabilities

• Downstream process development, process characterization and technology transfer. 
• Supporting the execution/guiding of downstream experiments, analysis, interpretation of data, communication and documentation.
• Complying with the QMS, safety systems and technical administrative works in labs.
• Preparation of technical presentation for client.
• Authoring and reviewing experimental protocols, reports, and BMR.
• Forecasting of materials required for the associated project.
• Maintaining Lab compliance. Follow environment, health, and safety (EHS) requirements always in the workplace ensuring lab safety.
• Planning of experiments related to downstream processing. Scaling-up as per the requirements.
• Authoring/reviewing of technical documents.
• Mentoring junior’s related to project/process.

Syngene Values

All employees will consistently demonstrate alignment with our core values

•  Excellence
•  Integrity
•  Professionalism

Specific requirements for this role

1. Experience
2. Demonstrated Capability
3. Education

Experience

• 3-6 years

Skills and Capabilities

• Overall adherence to safe practices and procedures of oneself and the teams reporting in.
• Contributing to development of procedures, practices and systems that ensures safe operations and compliance to company's integrity & quality standards. 3. Driving a corporate culture that promotes environment, health, and safety (EHS) mindset and operational discipline at the workplace always.
• Ensuring safety of self, teams, and labs by adhering to safety protocols and following environment, health, and safety (EHS) requirements always 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.
• Always Comply to Syngene's quality standards.
• Hold self and their teams accountable for the achievement of safety goals.
• Govern and Review safety metrics from time to time.
• Lab and inventory management.
• Forecasting of material required in each project where he has been assigned a role.

Education

• M.Sc / M.Tech

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 accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities