Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Role: Team Lead - Central Compound Management

Job Location: Hyderabad

Department: Discovery Biology

About Syngene: Syngene ( ) is an innovation-led contract research, development and manufacturing organization offering integrated scientific services from early discovery to commercial supply.

At Syngene, safety is at the heart of everything we do personally and professionally. Syngene has placed safety at par with business performance with shared responsibility and accountability, including following safety guidelines, procedures, and SOPs, in letter and spirit

Mandatory expectation for all roles as per Syngene safety guidelines

• Overall adherence to safe practices and procedures of oneself and the teams aligned
• Contributing to development of procedures, practices and systems that ensures safe operations and compliance to company\'s integrity & quality standards
• Driving a corporate culture that promotes environment, health, and safety (EHS) mindset and operational discipline at the workplace at all times.
• Ensuring safety of self, teams and lab/plant by adhering to safety protocols and following environment, health, and safety (EHS) requirements at all times in the workplace.
• Ensure all assigned mandatory trainings related to data integrity, health, and safety measures are completed on time by all members of the team including self.
• Compliance to Syngene\' s quality standards at all times.

Core Purpose of the Role :

The incumbent will be part of the compound management group. In this role, the successful candidate will be expected to play a leading role in the automated or semi-automated compound management system and processes at Syngene.

In this role, the candidate along with the line management will be expected to play an active role in managing compounds, and distributions to external or internal clients. The incumbent will work closely with internal teams or vendors for receiving compounds and registration and will support in providing assay ready plates (ARPs).

Role Accountabilities:

• Running an automated compound Management system at Syngene for managing solids and liquid (DMSO) stocks.
• Play an active role in managing the state of the art compound management system that encompasses the registration, tracking, storing, preparation of ARPs, disbursal, and shipping (with logistics team) of compounds.
• Engage in all compound management workflows and tasks including transfer and weighing of compounds in powder format, compound dissolution, and preparation of compound solutions in plated formats (ARPs) using both manual and automated systems.
• Provide high quality compound intake and request fulfillment with strong focus while managing inventory projection with careful attention to detail, consistency, and documentation.
• Lead a team of scientists on the compound management system establishing a sustaining model, ensuring quality and timelines
• Liasioning with chemistry and biology leads to ensure broad adoption of new processes across R&D. Works closely with the automation engineers and consultants for implementation of the processes and systems.
• Play a key role in managing our collaborations with different partners in small molecules for their compounds storage and inventory and thereby helping in enabling new projects for drug discovery.

Skills and competencies:

• Strong background in laboratory information management, automation, and compound management skills with a track record of working with small molecule drug discovery programs
• Excellent organizational skills, strong time management and process-oriented thinking
• Experience with liquid handling platforms is a plus
• Experience in data management, inventory creation and integration of the hardware with software
• Teamwork with internal stakeholders- chemists, biologists, and external partners in order to implement processes and tools that will foster the science
• Ensure the development of effective environment, health, and safety (EHS) practices for the company and oversee compliance with those practices

Syngene Values:

All employees will consistently demonstrate alignment with our core values

• Excellence
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Education:

• Masters in Life Sciences stream such as Biotechnology, Biochemistry or Chemistry with 10+ years of relevant experience in the industry (CRO, Pharma or Biotech) for managing bio-samples and compounds OR

• PhD/Postdoc with 5+ years of relevant experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

It is the policy of Syngene to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable legislation or local law. In addition, Syngene will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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