Senior Principal Investigator

JOB DESCRIPTION GL - Synthetic Organic Chemistry Division Designation Sr Principal Scientist Sr Principal Investigator Job Location Hyderabad Department Synthetic Chemistry Role Requirements A Ph D degree with post-doctoral research 10 years with excellent communication skills is preferred M Sc degree 20 years of industrial experience with excellent technical and communication skills The candidate must be capable of leading a team of 20-40 FTEs and executing high-profile projects The group lead should be visionary and develop strategies to meet the market competitiveness in terms of productivity and cost efficiency The candidate should be exceptional in cross-functional teamwork and 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-compliance at the 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 compliance 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 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 2 within the fiscal year tracked monthly Delivery Responsible for Project Health Index Project planning Execution and 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 3 reactions per FTE day 18 steps per FTE per month 6 compounds FTE month 70 targets TAT within 30 days Set up process governance tools for effective transparent and collaborative management of the projects Engagement Interact with customers identify their needs and suggest new chemistry platforms and services that suit their interests Providing excellent service and support to the existing customers to build healthy relationships with them Collaborate with different teams and monitor all aspects of the project including communication technology development and technology 0 business attrition w r t scientific environment and work culture Implement a comprehensive client feedback collection and response platform in collaboration with PMO as a service management piece Demonstrate consistent sustainable technical and operational improvements per the RCA CAPA process in Synthetic chemistry Cost Manage the lifecycle of various lab infrastructure and instruments Ensure optimum resource utilization and cost efficiency Manage FH to chemist ratio Maintain above 50 of 9-level employees in the team and around 20 of 8-level Span of control for managers should be 1 7 Gross material cost 17 0 revenue 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 2 within the fiscal year tracked monthly zero data integrity incidents Breaches that would lead to a material breach with client or regulator 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 Create and develop Leaders Succession planning for critical roles - Reduce attrition of critical talent by 5 create succession plans for critical roles Build competencies and skills that are required to achieve current and future business needs