Research Associate-iii

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

Vantive: A New Company Built on Our Legacy

Since last year, Baxter has been on a journey to separate our Kidney Care segment into a standalone company. Vantive* will build on our nearly 70-year legacy in acute therapies and home and in-center dialysis to provide best-in-class care to the people we serve. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us.

At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us are driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us as we revolutionize kidney care and other vital organ support.

**Job Summary**
- Job Title - Research Associate III (Testing Coordinator)
- Location - Whitefield, Bangalore
- Shift - General

**This position is responsible for**
- The Testing Coordinator will utilize his/her scientific knowledge to own operational excellence and continuous improvement; This role involves streamline processes; coordinate business, management, and technical SMEs; identify risks; devise solutions, all to support the establishment of Operational excellence.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Provide business and execution leadership for multiple analytical and stability-related projects and holding accountability for testing schedules, risks, and interacts with all functions and levels of management ensuring effective communications.
- Lead internal initiatives that enhance operational excellence.
- Interact with platform core team leaders and other key business stakeholders to be able to proactively anticipate business needs.
- Process inputs from Global Analytical, Stability Functional Leader and Analytical leads and Stability SMEs to determine schedules and forecast resource allocations to projects.
- Ensuring the availability of all prerequisites for scheduled laboratory analytical and stability testing.
- Master the planning of activities for testing and ensure on-time completion of all testing activities.
- Effectively coordinate testing with global teams and CROs as applicable to meet the KPIs on time.
- Interact with other testing groups (Particle, Sterility/BET, etc.) to determine schedules and alignment with business needs/function commitments.
- Ensure the maintenance of laboratory compliance as per regulatory requirements.
- Ensure import licenses are in place and manage laboratory samples inventory.
- Coordinate with procurement and technical teams for on-time procurement of chemicals and resolution of analytical instrument problems.
- Coordinate with external and internal sample shipment personnel’s for receiving testing samples on time.
- Participate in handling of laboratory investigations that correspond to atypical or out-of-specification/out-of-trend test results and other nonconformance records and leverage critical thinking skills to drive the investigation to conclusions based on sound scientific principles and propose appropriate corrective and Preventive root causes.
- Author/Follow SOPs of relevant procedures.

**Qualifications**:

- Proven experience in stability testing, analytical method validation and transfers, laboratory management, or a similar role.
- Strong leadership and project management skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- In-depth knowledge of relevant QSRs, GxP, and other regulatory requirements.
- Handling of software like Trackwise.
- Proficiency in resource planning and inventory management.
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work effectively in cross-functional and global teams.
- Proactive and able to anticipate business needs and challenges.
- Basic computer skills (MS Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Education: Master’s in chemistry or Pharmaceuticals, with 6 to 10 years of experience.

**Education and/or Experience**:
Bachelor’s degree with 8-14 years’ or Master’s degree with 5 to 10 years' of experience in r