Senior Manager - Chemical R&D (Peptide)

Are you a passionate Team Leader with a strong background in organic chemistry and peptide synthesis? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, research-driven environment where innovation meets impact? Join our cutting-edge Global R&D Centre, where your expertise will drive the development of life-changing therapies!

🌟 Key Responsibilities – What You’ll Be Doing:

• Design and Execution: 

1. Design and execute synthetic routes for novel or complex peptides using techniques like Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis (SPPS) and Liquid Phase Peptide Synthesis (LPPS).
2. Experience in handling automatic peptide synthesizer, Prep HPLC, Lyophilizer & other related instruments.

• Process Optimization & Scale-Up: Optimize existing peptide synthesis processes to improve efficiency, yield, and purity, and facilitate the scale-up of processes from lab to manufacturing/GMP scale.
• Impurities: hands-on experience in preparation and characterization of impurities in peptide molecules.
• Analysis and Characterization: Oversee and interpret analytical data from techniques such as HPLC, LC-MS, MALDI-TOF, and NMR to confirm product identity and purity.
• Troubleshooting: Identify and resolve technical or synthetic challenges that arise during projects.
• Innovation: Stay current with the latest developments in peptide chemistry, including automation and computational methods (e.g., AI/ML in design), and integrate innovative solutions into workflows. 
• Project Coordination: Manage project timelines, budgets, and resources effectively, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within scope.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams (e.g., analytical chemistry, technology transfer and manufacturing) to meet project goals.
• Documentation and Compliance: Ensure all experimental work and data are accurately documented (often in eLN - electronic laboratory notebooks) and that operations comply with safety, Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards.
• Communication: Act as a primary technical contact for clients and internal stakeholders, providing regular updates and detailed scientific reports. 
• Reports: To prepare and review reports such as safety, vendor qualification reports, process development, ACMI report, Nitrosamine assessment for customers 
• Creativity: Contribute novel ideas by participating during technical discussion & motivating the team members
• EHS: To meet EHS expectations and guiding other members 
• Presentations and Reviews: Preparation and sharing presentations for various reviews with internal and external customers.
• Proactiveness: Proactively advise and share knowledge and expert opinions with subordinates, peers, and senior management. Mentor staff in troubleshooting strategic and experimental issues.
• Stake holder management: The position involves multi-disciplinary interactions with organic chemists, analytical chemists, engineers, IP, Regulatory and program management. 
• Continuous improvement: The candidate will identify and nurture ideas for continuous improvement activities and initiatives within the department.

 🌟 Technical Competencies:

• Focus on peptide synthesis, literature search, developing and analyzing peptides (using LC-MS, and NMR), and its characterization.
• Must have handled Peptide Synthesizers (Manual/Automatic), Purification Using Preparative HPLC, Lyophilizer and must be aware about Membrane filtration process.
• Broader scope including technology development, cross-functional collaboration, and process optimization.