Head - Research & Development - Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Industry

Position : Head of R & D - API, for a reputed Pharma (API) Organisation.

Position is based in Gujarat.

Experience : 18 +

Individual will lead a team of 60+ people from R&D, Technology Transfer & Projects.

Education : PhD - Organic Chemistry with around 18-22 years of experience in Pharmaceutical API Companies.

Job Description :

• To lead a team of chemists from R&D, tech-transfer and project
• To develop and produce cost-effective, non-infringing, safe and eco-friendly technologies for the synthesis of reliable APIs and intermediates.
• Creative capabilities in the areas of organic chemistry in designing and conducting multi step organic synthesis that is very much attractive from commercial aspects,
• To Identifying and select API molecules based on developing Non-infringing process for API molecules
• Support in transformations in synthetic organic chemistry aimed at target molecule from R&D scale to plant scale.
• Good skills in interpretation of NMR, Mass spectra,, IR, GC, HPLC and XRD.
• Strongly self motivated, believing in team work and efficient problem solver, having good skills for development of subordinate potentials.
• Exhibit Good Laboratory Practice.
• Efficient handling of High pressure, Hazardous, Highly moisture sensitive and other specialized reactions.
• API- cost effective process development.
• Optimizing the process by considering the yield, quality, cost and safety operations of the process.
• Data generation for DMF filing of final APIs.
• Preparation of Process Development Report / TTD to transfer technology to pilot plant.
• Impurity impact on process, identification & synthesis
• Development of new API molecules and technology transfer of the same.
• Process improvement for cost reduction and easy technology transfer.
• To develop business opportunities from RFQs
• To facilitate the smooth and effective flow of resources between departments like R&D, QA and technology transfer.
• To prioritise the customer issue and communicate with necessary action

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