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Location

Andhra Pradesh | India

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Job description

About the Role

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Lead and manage teams in the field of synthetic API development in order to support-development of synthetic strategies to enable fast and reliable deliveries of APIs for early phase development in close collaboration with our external CDMO partners in India
• Establish interdisciplinary project plans and track agreed activities with our key external partners in India and our Novartis internal stakeholders.
• Ensure quality, quantity, and timelines in all assigned projects. Lead a team of 3 or more associates and support associates in specific projects. Coach on target dates and priorities
• Manage internal and external resource planning and allocation for assigned projects.
• Advise team members and work according to appropriate SOP’s, GLP, GMP, HSE and Novartis guidelines.
• Ensure high quality of registration documents to enable timely IND/IMPD submissions. Interact with authorities where appropriate.
• Interact/collaborate with Research and/or other functions in Development to facilitate transfer of knowledge and deliveries of API. Drive project handover to our internal late phase development site

Diversity & Inclusion / EEO

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Role Requirements

• PhD and preferably postdoc in synthetic organic chemistry
• 3-5 years’ experience as a project manager in the healthcare or chemical CDMO sector
• Proven track record of expertise in the field of chemical process research and development
• Experience as people manager of small teams desirable
• Dedicated, thoughtful and flexible team working skills.
• Excellent knowledge of English (oral and written) required.
• Good knowledge of common software applications and affinity to digital tools a plus

Why Novartis?
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we
achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here:
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