R&D Team Leader – Process Chemistry | API / Active Ingredients

R&D Team Leader – Process Chemistry | API / Active Ingredients
We are hiring an experienced R&D Team Leaderto lead process development, scale-up and technology transfer for API/active ingredients and intermediates.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and mentor R&D chemists.
Develop and optimize scalable chemical processes.
Handle laboratory to kilo/pilot and plant-scale scale-up.
Drive technology transfer from R&D to manufacturing.
Troubleshoot scale-up and plant-related process issues.
Optimize processes for yield, purity, cost and safety.
Support impurity control, crystallization, distillation and other purification processes.
Coordinate with Production, QA and QC teams.
Support process validation and commercialization.
Requirements
M.Sc./Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry.
12+ years of relevant experience preferred.
Strong hands-on experience in Process R&D / Process Chemistry.
Experience with API, agrochemical active ingredients or chemical intermediates.
Proven experience in kg-scale, pilot-plant and plant-scale operations.
Strong technology-transfer and troubleshooting experience.
Experience leading R&D teams.
Good knowledge of HPLC, GC, LC-MS, NMR and process purification techniques.
Not suitable for candidates primarily from medicinal chemistry, NCE discovery, biochemistry or QC without significant process-development and scale-up experience.

Work arrangement
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