Director Computational and Data Sciences

Bangalore, KA, IN, 560100

Designation: Director, Computational and Data Sciences

Job Location: Bengaluru, India

Reporting to: Head, Computational and Data Sciences

Job Grade: 3

The Company

Syngene International Ltd. (BSE: 539268, NSE: SYNGENE, ISIN: INE398R01022), is an integrated research, development, and manufacturing solutions company serving the global pharmaceutical, biotechnology, nutrition, animal health, consumer goods, and specialty chemical sectors. Syngene’s 4500+ scientists offer both the skills and capacity to deliver great science, robust data management and IP security, and quality manufacturing at speed, to improve time-to-market and lower the cost of innovation. With a combination of 1.9 Mn sq ft of specialist discovery, development and manufacturing facilities, as well as dedicated research facilities for Amgen, Baxter, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Herbalife, Syngene works with biotech companies pursuing leading edge science as well as multinationals including GSK and Merck KGaA.

The Role

The Director, Computational & Data Sciences (CDS), will lead one or more strategic capability areas within CDS and play a key leadership role in advancing Syngene's vision of becoming a data-driven, AI-enabled scientific organisation. The role is responsible for building scientific and digital capabilities that accelerate drug discovery and development, enhance client value, and drive operational excellence across the R&D value chain. The incumbent will be responsible for a multidisciplinary team spanning computational sciences, research informatics and data sciences while partnering closely with Discovery, Development, Manufacturing, IT and Commercial functions. The role will have direct client engagement that focuses on scientific rigor and agility in achieving client aims through leveraging computational and data sciences. Finally, the role will promote and develop within all Computational and Data Sciences colleagues best practices with respect to Safety, Quality, Integrity, and Compliance (SQIC).