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Senior Research Investigator

Senior Research Investigator

SyngeneBengaluru, Karnataka
30+ days ago
Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Level 7-II (Senior Research Investigator or Senior Research Scientist)

Job Location :  Hyderabad / Bangalore

Department :  Synthetic Chemistry

Role Requirements :

Ph.D. degree with post-Doctoral research with excellent communication skills is preferred with minimum 2 years’ experience in CRO industry.

  • The candidate should manage a team of 7-12 scientists and be capable of designing scheme, troubleshoot, problem solve independently and execute high-profile project(s). The person should be flexible working shifts as per the organizational policy. The candidate should be excellent in cross functional teamwork and in customer engagement.

Strategic Responsibilities

Safety :

  • Commitment to safety (self, team, lab and the organization) always
  • Ensuring ZERO safety incidents in the lab / organization
  • Ensuring ZERO safety non-compliances at workplace.
  • Reporting incidents (or near-misses) and learnings from those incidents to avoid recurrence
  • Near miss reporting 1 per year per employee, Reduction in number of first aid injuries reported compared to previous FY, Review SOPs and checklists for completeness of information related to safety

    • Quality :

  • Ensure to comply with Syngene’ s quality standards and services (self and team) always
  • ZERO data integrity incidents
  • Adhere to the ALCOA+ principles in all data generated. Ensuring adherence to all Syngene policies related to data integrity by all team members.
  • Maintain confidentiality
  • Zero repeat audit observations, Zero major and critical observations in external audits, SOP’s vs Practices :
  • Review and implement necessary refinements for continuous training, testing, and tracking SOP compliance
  • Deviations

    • Delivery

  • Responsible for Project Health Index : Project planning, Execution, Deliverables including tracking of KPIs for his / her team and Quality of services (internal / client metrics)
  • Achieve per-quarter improvement in key FY25 KPIs, per OU per plan, 18-20 steps per FTE per month, 6 compounds / FTE / month, 70% targets TAT within 30 days for deliverables

    • 0.1 g scale.

  • Help the Group Leaders and Head of the department in managing the process of governance & tools for effective, transparent, and collaborative management of the projects.

    • Engagement :

  • Good in engaging the customers (weekly reports, experimental for completed final compounds etc). Zero flaw in presentations and report, real time and flawless communication
  • 0% business attrition w.r.t scientific environment and work culture
  • Support in implementing comprehensive client feedback collection and response platform in collaboration with PMO as service management piece. Demonstrate consistent, sustainable technical and operational improvements per RCA / CAPA process in Synthetic chemistry
  • Excellent in team and cross-functional engagement

    • Cost :

  • Manage lifecycle of various lab infrastructure, instruments.
  • Ensure optimum resource utilization and cost efficiencyManage FH to chemist ratio.
  • Maintain above 50 % of Scientist-1 in the team and around 25 % of Scientist-2 employees.

    • Compliance :

  • Adhere to the ALCOA+ principles in all the experiments and data generated. Ensuring adherence to Syngene policies related to data integrity by all team members.
  • ALCOA+ deviations
  • Gemba walk compliance at 100%, Timesheet compliance at 100%
  • Confidentiality compliance
  • Ensuring all assigned mandatory training related to data integrity, health, and safety measures are completed on time by all team members.

    • People :

  • Leadership Next and Succession planning for critical roles – Reduce critical talent attrition by
  • Build competencies and skills that are required to achieve current and future business needs.

    • Technical / functional Skills :

  • The candidate should have excellent knowledge of modern synthetic methodology including asymmetric synthesis, heterocyclic chemistry, catalysis and the reaction mechanism is expected.
  • Should be expert in synthetic problem solving / troubleshooting skills.
  • Excellent communication skills including face to face and virtual interactions with team and clients. Must have exceptional Presentation skills.
  • The candidate should maintain an accurate scientific notebook, draft concise written reports for publications.

    • Managerial Skills :

  • Expertise in handling multiple collaborations.
  • Demonstrated in handling a team size of 7-12 FTEs
  • Worked effectively with interdisciplinary teams.
  • Efficient Lab management skills
  • The Leader must demonstrate the essential qualities of People Management.
  • Giving & receiving performance-enhancing feedback Setting clear performance expectations Conducting challenging performance conversations Coaching individuals toward improved performance Delegating tasks Creating accountability Lead the change

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