Team Lead - Process R&D - API - CDMO
Sai Life Sciences Ltd
5 - 10 years
Hyderabad
Posted: 09/06/2026
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- To ensure that appropriate personal protective equipments in the laboratory premises and follows the safety precautions.
- Ensure the good organization and housekeeping of the PRD department work area.
- Plan and supervise developmental synthesis of the NCEs / API intermediate / target molecules.
- Excel in the observation, recordings and reporting skill sets for the scientific data.
- Work as a team and take responsibility with accountability.
- Surveys the literature for information concerning specific compounds.
- The Feasibility study of custom products involves close monitoring / supervision by research associate.
- The Process Optimization shall be made on the selected route based on due diligence and literature during the feasibility studies.
- Prior to designing laboratory experiments for process optimization, the MSDS of all input materials shall be obtained and scrutinized for risk assessment.
- To improve processes for existing products and improve efficiency in cycle time.
- Ensure and sign off the experimental data related to process development studies of the NCEs / API intermediate / target molecules manufacturing are recorded in Electronic Note Book (ELN).
- To write process descriptions in the Technical Package and transfer optimized manufacturing strategies to production.
- PRD to support the technology transfer team towards the efficient scalability of a given process to the manufacturing site.
- To evaluate, recommend new technologies and equipment for synthesis, purification and implement their use in PRD and demonstrate the same to TT.
- To support the clients with respect to all the analytical and CMC needs for each project being handled by PRD.
- Actively participate in investigation of various complaints and quality related issues like CAPA, closing out the deviations in the manufacturing.
- To lead multiple projects and teams.
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