Senior research Investigator

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

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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 efficiency Manage 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.

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  • 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