Title:  Target Dossier Analyst

Job Title: Computational 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

• 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:

Syngene's computational and data sciences solutions enable informed decisions for research and development. We are an interdisciplinary group of scientists with expertise across computational biology, computational chemistry, data sciences and research informatics. We help resolve complex drug discovery problems from target identification and hit identification to lead optimization and translational insights.

We are seeking a highly motivated mathematical modeller to join our team. You will be working with an interdisciplinary group of scientists to solve complex problems in biology using the concepts of dynamical systems theory

Role Accountabilities:

• Lead the application of quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) for translational applications, novel target identification and formulation development
• Oversee the development of mechanistic solutions that provide value for clients across diverse domains
• Establish cross-functional collaborations with operational units across discovery and development to create unique value propositions
• Monitor projects, milestones, and deliverables to ensure completion on time and within specification
• Develop case studies, contribute to conferences for market development

Functional or Technical skills:

• Perform in a fast-paced environment towards data collection for target, disease, or drug from scientific publications, clinical research, patents, company pipeline, databases, etc.
• Interpretation of scientific insights from large amount of biological data collected from multiple sources based on client requirements.
• Data analysis, preparation of quality reports and presentations for client meeting.
• Work collaboratively with team members for continuous improvement in target dossier or target safety assessment report.
• Support in silico antibody design program by closely working with CADD and computational biology teams.
• Multitasking and critical thinking.
• Commitment to foster a collaborative, team-oriented approach to problem solving.
• Candidate should adhere both quality and safety compliance according to organizational policies/procedures and regulatory guidelines.

Qualification:

PhD in Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mathematics, Bioinformatics, Pharmacometrics, Systems Biology/Pharmacology or Masters with 4-5 years of relevant experience.

Behavioural Skills:

• Team leadership experience with ability to communicate with customers and internal stakeholders
• Ability to work independently, as well as in cross-functional teams
• Strong interpersonal influencing and collaboration skills to work in a team-oriented, matrixed environment
• Excellent management skills, including the ability to set goals, define priorities, manage individual / team performance, organize people and activities to achieve goals
• Good verbal and written communication abilities

Syngene Values:

All employees will consistently demonstrate alignment with our core values

•  Excellence
•  Integrity
•  Professionalism 

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.