Title:  Structural Biologist (Protein)

Job Title: Team Lead - Structural Biologist

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 :

• Have strong working knowledge of protein sciences, drug discovery, project leadership and people management.
• Experience in protein crystallization, co-crystallization with small molecule ligands/inhibitors, X-ray diffraction, data collection and structural refinement. Experience in Cryo-EM based structure solutions is desirable.
• Sound knowledge of Gene-2-Protein workflow across multiple platforms (Bacterial, Yeast, Insect and Mammalian).
• Sound knowledge of protein analytics (HPLC, LC-MS) and assays measuring biomolecular interactions (SPR, BLI, nanoDSF)
• Work independently on designing experiments, analyzing data and presenting to client. Out of the box thinking to solve complex biological problems
• Demonstrate experience and maturity handling high-performing teams in a matrix environment while leading a team of M.Sc level scientists directly reporting in.
• Sufficient skills for globally competitive scientific proposal writing to gain new business
• Handle technical, operational, and managerial workflows and seamlessly move between these.

Role Accountabilities:

• Manage optimum utilization of resources and people to ensure timely delivery of project deliverables, ensuring operational excellence.
• Participate in proposal writing on new client projects, and new capability developments
• Proactively communicate with client to manage client expectations, clarifying queries, recommending ideas and interpreting data.
• Adequate behavioral skills & ability to build cross-functional relationships ensuring the delivery of projects on-time with quality efficiency.

Leadership Capabilities:

• Should be client facing and responsible for managing a team
• Accountable for the scientific data and reports
• Responsible for project delivery

Syngene Values: Follow safety and data integrity guideline.

All employees will consistently demonstrate alignment with our core values

 Excellence
 Integrity
 Professionalism

Accountabilities as a Syngene Leader (only for Leadership Hires)

Champion effective Environment, Occupational Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHSS) practices for the company and oversee compliance with those practices within Biologics business. Play an active leadership role in monitoring and verifying safety performance through Gemba walks and other safety-led activities.
Foster a corporate culture that promotes an environment, occupational health, safety, and sustainability (EHSS) mindset as well as the highest standards of quality, integrity, and compliance.
Put people at the heart of our success by providing clear, active leadership defined by the Syngene leadership framework setting high standards of people management, career planning and talent retention as a priority.

Specific requirements for this role:

Experience: 8-12 years (post PhD)
Education: PhD

Skills and Capabilities:

• Expert knowledge of advanced macromolecular structural biology,
• Working knowledge of diverse protein sciences platforms (molecular biology, upstream and downstream processes) as well as biophysical assays.
• Track record of strong organizational, communication and problem-solving abilities; capable of absorbing different types of information; work independently; and thrive on a highly collaborative and fast-moving environment.

Behavioral Skills:

• Good work ethics.
• Good interpersonal skills, and the ability to work effectively in a team environment. 
• Ability to work with co‐workers professionally.
• General ability to thrive in a growing infrastructure and culture and also think out of box approach when troubleshooting and problem solving.

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.