Job Description

•In-Vitro • BIOLOGY -

GROUP LEADER / PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST


Educational qualifications Ph.D (Lifesciences) with Post Doctoral


fellowship.


Years of experience 8-12 years of industry experience in Invitro

biology drug discovery/ assay development in

leading immunology/ inflammation projects.


Job Scope / Purpose Responsible for delivering collaborative drug


discovery programs in Invitro Biology in the


respective therapeutic areas and interfacing


with major pharmaceutical clients.


Key Responsibilities o Target identification and validation for new

drug targets in Immunology/ Inflammation

areas

• Providing strong scientific and technical


leadership in the design, execution, analysis

and interpretation of a broad range of assays,

elucidate mechanism of action at the

molecular and cellular level, and understand

disease biology.

• Providing cross functional co-ordination &


leadership to the respective scientific

platforms for preclinical screening and lead

optimization, characterization of novel

chemical entities as potential candidates for

development.

• Managing the development and optimization


of animal models for respective therapeutic

area.

• Highlighting the pathophysiology of the


disease, rationale of the animal model,

methodology & summarizing the

observations & results of multidisciplinary

research groups, for internal communications

and Various SOPs.
•In-Vitro • BIOLOGY -

GROUP LEADER / PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST

• Evaluating the mechanism of action of new

NCEs and clinical drugs.


• Serving as a project leader on a late discovery

program and responsible to drive program


from hit-to-lead-to-IND


• Independent assay development and

validation. Undertaking new assays


development for Projects.


• Managing drug discovery in Biology from

target selection to clinical candidate


selection.


• Highlighting and summarizing the

observations & results of multidisciplinary


research groups, for internal communications


and Various SOPs.



Experience required Excellent cross functional experience such as


Drug discovery, assay development and


validation for various drug targets.


• Ability to critically analyze, organize,

communicate, and present complex data sets


to key stakeholders from diverse


backgrounds.


• Meticulous organization skills with regards to

planning, executing, reviewing and


interpreting data obtained from various in


vitro experimentation.