Principal Scientist – Performance & Specialty Materials (PSM)

Level: 5
Qualification: Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry with Postdoctoral Research Experience
Experience: 1-3 Years (CRO/CDMO Industry Experience is preferred)

Role Summary: We are seeking a highly motivated and innovative Principal Scientist to join the Performance & Specialty Materials (PSM) team. The ideal candidate will possess robust expertise in polymer synthesis, characterization, process development, and scale-up, coupled with a passion for solving complex scientific challenges. The role requires hands-on laboratory involvement, customer engagement, project leadership, and mentoring of junior scientists while ensuring compliance with quality, safety, and data integrity standards.

Key Responsibilities

Scientific Leadership & Project Execution

• Lead and execute multiple polymer research and development projects within challenging timelines.

• Design, plan, and conduct experiments for polymer synthesis, process development, optimization, and scale-up.

• Develop expertise in advanced polymerization techniques,



including anionic, cationic, controlled radical polymerization (CRP), and RAFT polymerization, and apply them to customer projects.

• Perform hands-on synthesis and characterization of polymers, including air-, moisture-, and light-sensitive reactions.

• Drive innovation through literature review, ideation, proof-of-concept studies, and technology assessment.

Polymer Development & Scale-Up

• Develop robust and scalable polymer manufacturing processes.

• Support technology transfer from laboratory to kilo-lab, pilot plant, and commercial manufacturing.

• Contribute to process troubleshooting, optimization, and continuous improvement efforts.

• Experience in functionalized polymers for bioconjugation and biomedical applications will be an added advantage.

• Understanding of Enzyme/drug/protein conjugation with functionalized polymer is desirable.

Customer & Business Engagement

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📌 Lead Principal Scientist PSM (Bengaluru)
🏢 Syngene International
📍 Bengaluru