Associate Vice President (AVP)

Job Description

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop a framework to attain and sustain globally competitive service-delivery within the Discovery Biology departments of In Vitro Biology, In Vivo Pharmacology, and DMPK.
  • Establish a culture of collaboration within Discovery Biology, across the broader Syngene organization, and in client relationships.
  • Provide leadership, mentorship, and career development opportunities for scientists in the team.
• Augment scientific excellence, operational efficiency, and commercial competitiveness through:
  • Development and implementation of new and enhanced capabilities to more effectively enable therapeutic discovery and preclinical development.
  • Ability to take calculated risks on delivering complex projects and capability building.
  • Active contributions to the Discovery Biology Leadership Forum and Discovery Biology Operations meetings.
  • Enhancing cross-functional collaboration through establishing Core Teams to provide strategic oversight for research projects and initiatives
  • Coordinating the conception, initiation, execution, tracking, and ongoing maintenance of key initiatives
  • Ensuring sufficient skills and an efficient process both for globally competitive scientific proposal writing to gain new business and rigorous technical report writing
  • Set high standards and productivity metrics for the function in the context of continuous improvement for Quality On Time In Full (QUOTIF) and cost-to-serve
• Align and oversee a collaborative framework for Drug Discovery Solutions, EHSS, and E&M to ensure the health and safety of the Discovery Biology workforce through maximizing identification, reporting, awareness, tracking, and resolution of concerns
• Align and oversee a collaborative framework for Discovery Biology, IT, and Quality to ensure the highest standards of data security, fidelity, longevity, and accessibility are met, with an unwavering focus on data integrity
• Create and oversee a collaborative framework for Drug Discovery Solutions, Business Operations, Finance, HR, and E&M to ensure that the Discovery Biology workforce and infrastructure is appropriately suited to meet current and anticipated demand
• Partner with the Commercial team in the engagement of clients to understand and respond effectively to needs and requirements to meet business objectives
• Partner with the Project Management team in the execution of a collaborative framework of expectations and metrics, clarify and ensure governance, develop pragmatic strategies for execution, track scope changes and progress, and ensure appropriate close-out
• Collaborate with the Finance and Commercial teams to formulate a financial plan including revenue, sales, and profitability targets, and implement the execution plan including clear justification of people, CAPEX, IT and space requirements.
• Collaborate with the HR team to promote excellence in employee lifecycle management, including recruitment, onboarding, career development, and retention, with significant emphasis on succession planning at all management levels in the organization

Additional Responsibilities:

• Foster the mindset of a Safety-First and Quality-On-Time-In-Full organization within Discovery Biology Solutions
• Act as a leading Syngene spokesperson for Discovery Biology in operations meetings, including active participation in Syngene s Safety, Quality and strategic initiative planning and execution
• Maintain the operational structure of the Discovery Biology Solutions organization for maximum efficiency and productivity
• Assist operating unit head in establishing and tracking goals and metrics, and leveraging these to foster an environment of continuous improvement
• Assist the operating unit head in the budget roll-up (OpEx, CapEx) across the functions and for key initiatives

Demonstrated Leadership Traits

• Exceptional biologist who has evolved into an exceptional leader of people and organizations
• Leadership style is inherently collaborative versus directive
  • Prefers being surrounded by intelligent, capable people over being the smartest and most capable in the room
  • Builds strong organizational capability and delegates well, comfortable leading from behind
  • Instinctively orients toward the coaching and development of others
• Strong business acumen
  • Track record of success managing the P&L of a rapidly growing and evolving organization
  • Understands the CRO marketplace from the view of the client and the competitive landscape from the view of other providers
  • Committed to delivering value over delivering just the product (data, molecule)
• Exceptional interpersonal skills
  • Warm and engaging, easily establishes reciprocal trust with clients, subordinates, and seniors
  • Socially confident, both engages and listens well, at ease in large groups and with and board-level executives
• Resilient and agile
  • Highly perceptive of people and situations, comfortably flexes for maximum impact
  • Tolerant of the ambiguity found in organizations in transition, while the maintaining ability to make decisions with certainty
• Remains calm under pressure, demonstrates objective versus emotional reactions

Key Qualifications:

• PhD in life sciences with 20 plus years of experience, including in pharma/CRO industry.
• Sound knowledge of integrated drug discovery solutions, including in vitro, in vivo and DMPK functions
• Courage to think out of the box to solve complex biological problems
• Extensive experience leading large numbers of scientists, with demonstrated ability to:
  • Identify leadership ability in scientists
  • Design organizations to maximize impact and identify best talent for each role
• Experience building new capabilities within a team, building new teams, or turning teams around
• Ability to foster an open, transparent and nurturing environment within the team, where everyone s voice is heard and there is no fear of repercussions.
• Demonstrated leadership, managerial, networking, and collaborative abilities.
• Experience in client relationship management and customer service delivery
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

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Keyskills :
salesmarketingbusiness developmentmanagementaccountsrecord of successclient relationship managementin vivo pharmacologyin vivoin vitronew businesslarge groupslife sciences