What are the responsibilities and job description for the VP – Discovery Services position at Piramal Group?
Key Roles/Responsibilities:-
- Drive and implement the overall strategy to help position Piramal as a leading provider of Drug Discovery Services globally
- Identify gaps in the current offerings and devise a plan in line with the current market needs to address the gaps and oversee implementation of the approved plan
- Proactively identify and troubleshoot issues across multiple cross functional projects(chemistry, biology & DMPK) and lead the drug discovery teams to cross-functional solutions to drive project decision making
- Lead productive discussions on key scientific and strategic issues with internal (operations and business development leadership) and external (customer) stakeholders
- Partner with the business development team to better position our scientific capabilities to customers/ prospects
- Benchmark with industry peers and implement new modalities (e.g. oligos, peptides), technologies (e.g. Artificial Intelligence) and best practices to enable the pipeline, enhance efficiency and drive long term success of Piramal`s discovery services
- Represent Piramal at key scientific conferences to promote discovery services
- Lead interactions with critical cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., API & Drug Product R&D functions) to enable smooth transitioning of programs from discovery to development.
Key Competencies:-
- Setting Strategy
- Executing for Results
- Leading Teams
- Relationships and Influence
- Driving Sustainability
- Drive and implement the overall strategy to help position Piramal as a leading provider of Drug Discovery Services globally
- Identify gaps in the current offerings and devise a plan in line with the current market needs to address the gaps and oversee implementation of the approved plan
- Proactively identify and troubleshoot issues across multiple cross functional projects(chemistry, biology & DMPK) and lead the drug discovery teams to cross-functional solutions to drive project decision making
- Lead productive discussions on key scientific and strategic issues with internal (operations and business development leadership) and external (customer) stakeholders
- Partner with the business development team to better position our scientific capabilities to customers/ prospects
- Benchmark with industry peers and implement new modalities (e.g. oligos, peptides), technologies (e.g. Artificial Intelligence) and best practices to enable the pipeline, enhance efficiency and drive long term success of Piramal`s discovery services
- Represent Piramal at key scientific conferences to promote discovery services
- Lead interactions with critical cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., API & Drug Product R&D functions) to enable smooth transitioning of programs from discovery to development.
Key Competencies:-
- Setting Strategy
- Executing for Results
- Leading Teams
- Relationships and Influence
- Driving Sustainability
