Head Pharmacology

Position Description

Position Purpose

Strategic Responsibilities

Operational Responsibilities

• Build and lead a discovery biology group with capabilities to execute integrated drug discovery projects, including discovery in vitro pharmacology, biochemistry, immunology, protein sciences, structural biology, in vivo, translational and cell biology.
• Responsible for the target identification, discovery, and pre-clinical development leading to new clinical candidates.
• Actively provide creative and innovative leadership for discovery biology enabling project progress from biological hypotheses into transformative medicines.
• Enable the creation of various target related in vitro assays and provide necessary support for the development of in vivo models and pharmacology experiments in support of program objectives.
• Expand the company's external network through identification/recommendation of thought leaders and advisors to the CSO and establish deep domain area expertise in program areas such as immunology/inflammation, immuno-oncology, autoimmunity and inflammation.
• Construct and manage spending budgets and project resourcing.
• Responsible for identifying and building lab infrastructure to support a high-throughput discovery engine equipped with digital data processing and communication (eLNB and LIMs).
• Keep up-to-date with the latest therapeutic modalities, scientific advances, technologies, and trends in and development to deliver the next generation of therapies.
• Explore academia collaborations to enhance innovative approaches for drug screening.

• Work closely with BD and Sales team to ensure “win outcomes” for proposals/RFP for FTE and FFS projects submissions.
• Ensure seamless integration with project management team and scientific teams to achieve excellence in delivering project related milestones with high data credibility with an “ON TIME-EVERYTIME” and ALCOA+ Principles for Data Integrity in Life Sciences.
• Ensure data integrity, following all the SOPs and guidelines as per ALCHOA principles.
• Ensure safety regulations and implemented in accordance with company’s safety regulations to achieve “zero tolerance” policy.

Financial Responsibilities

• Preparation of annual/five year CAPEX and FTE utilisation/projections keeping in mind the company and departmental objectives.
• Ensure Discovery Biology teams adhere to budget (CAPEX/REVEX) as required by the project.
• Determine appropriate FTE/FFS rates for client proposals after through due diligence.
• Work closely with BD and Sales teams and oversee scientific proposal preparation, RFP preparation and submissions in alignment with company policies.
• Work closely with BD and Project management teams to track milestones, timelines and revenues with focus on proposal cost and pricing (to maximise P&L).

People Responsibilities

• Build and lead a strong team of directors, scientists, and RAs in in vitro, in vivo, ADME and translational sciences, to achieve company milestones.
• Enable the Discovery Biology team to collaborate closely with, chemistry, and DMPK groups to drive discovery and lead optimization and pre-clinical characterization of multiple projects across discovery programs.
• Support and ensure effective interaction and communication between Biology, Chemistry, and DMPK teams, in alignment client requirements and leadership teams.
• Interact with all stakeholders to enable timely and accurate communication on project progress towards meeting project goals and timelines.

Education Qualification

Work Experience

Industry to be Hired from

Functional Competencies

Interaction Complexity and Team Work