Senior Lead Scientist

Syngene International; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Syngene International in Bangalore is seeking a Process Development Scientist within the Chemical Development – Process R&D division. The role emphasizes leading lab experiments, scaling processes, and delivering high-quality data to support pilot and commercial manufacturing.

Qualified candidates hold a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry with relevant post‑doctoral and industry experience, and demonstrate strong safety and data integrity practices in all activities.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry with 2–3 years post‑doctoral work.
• 2–5 years of process research experience in industry preferred, preferably in CROs.

Responsibilities

• Perform experiments (1–2 per day) and provide scientific leadership.
• Manage resources to maintain productivity and quality per Syngene standards.
• Lead scale-up activities with safety, quality, and data integrity in mind.
• Prepare weekly reports and participate in customer calls as needed.
• Drive development programs with minimal direction from customers.

Skills

Safety awareness

Experimental design

Education

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry

Job description

Date: 29 Sept 2026

Location:

Bangalore, KA, IN, 560099

Division: Development Services

Job Title: Process Development Scientist

Designation: Process Research and Development Scientist

Job Location: Bangalore

Department: Chemical Development – Process R&D

About Syngene

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 always
• Hold self and their teams accountable for the achievement of safety goals
• Govern and Review safety metrics from time to time

Job Responsibilities-

• Contribute individually by performing experiments (targeting 1-2 experiments in a working day) in lab and provide scientific leadership.
• Effectively manage resources to ensure productivity and quality (of development work) as per Syngene standards and customer requirement.
• Ensure the scientists are performing minimum two experiments in a working day at lab.
• Provide creative and innovative solutions to technical problems backed by a sound understanding of fundamental scientific principles in the team.
• Develop chemical processes that are inherently safe, scalable, cost-effective process suitable for pilot / commercial scale manufacturing.
• Encourage automation in PRD work (jacketed reactors, dosing pumps, probes etc.,). and other best scientific practices in the team.
• Proactively lead development programs with minimum direction from customers.
• Prepare quality weekly research reports and development reports. Lead technical discussions in audioconferences with customer whenever necessary.
• Setting up smart goals towards safety, process optimization, scaleup / manufacturing activities with target to achieve highest QUOTIF.
• Ensure flawless execution of scale up activities with 100% compliance on safety, quality and data integrity.
• Quick fixing of scale up challenges through scientific and operational excellency to meet project deliverables
• Establish excellent interpersonal relationship with CFT for smooth execution
• Identify development need of team and map them under appropriate training matrix
• Ensure individual contribution of self and team as per PRD guidelines

Safety and Integrity :

Set and maintain high safety standards in the work environment. Adherence to all Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHSS) requirements always in the workplace with 100% compliance. Ensure there are no Safety and environmental non-compliances in all areas that you are working in Reporting minimum of 1 near miss/observation per year. Ensure communication of incidents (or near-misses) and learning from those to ensure such an incident is not repeated/does not happen. Ensure all the respective Kavach standards applicable to you are being meticulously followed. Responsible for safety of self by ensuring all necessary safety protocols are adhered to ensure all assigned mandatory LMS, classroom and on-the-job training related to Safety/EHSS are completed on time with 100% compliance. Ensure all assigned mandatory LMS, classroom and on-the-job training related to Data Integrity are completed on time with 100% compliance

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from premier institutes in India or abroad along with 2-3 years post-doctoral experience and 2 - 5yrs experience in process research in Industry, preferably in contract research.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

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 about 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.