Advisor / Sr Advisor - Synthetic Molecule Process Engineer

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an Advisor / Sr Advisor – Synthetic Molecule Process Engineer based in India. This is a high-impact process engineering role supporting the development and scale-up of synthetic drug substance processes across a diverse pharmaceutical portfolio. You will provide technical oversight for process development activities performed with strategic manufacturing partners in India. The role serves as a critical technical bridge between internal scientists and external development and manufacturing teams. You will apply chemical engineering fundamentals to optimize processes, assess risks, and develop robust solutions capable of reliable scale-up. The position spans multiple modalities and unit operations, offering exposure to small molecules, peptides, oligonucleotides, and emerging technologies. You will contribute to advanced process modelling, continuous processing, process analytical technology, and digital technology transfer initiatives. As a scientific leader, you will also mentor colleagues and promote a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, safety, and compliance. Accountabilities: - Provide technical oversight of key process development activities conducted with strategic contract development and manufacturing organizations, ensuring alignment with internal technical requirements and development objectives. - Act as the technical bridge between scientists and external manufacturing partners, reviewing development strategies, influencing technical decisions, escalating risks, and developing effective mitigation plans. - Apply chemical engineering principles, including reaction kinetics, heat and mass transfer, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, and process modelling, to design and optimize robust synthetic processes. - Support reliable scale-up and manufacturing of raw materials, intermediates, and drug substances for early- and late-stage clinical development.

- Develop expertise across a broad range of process operations, including crystallization, filtration, isolation, drying, milling, solids transfer, liquid handling, batch chemistry, and continuous processing. - Demonstrate learning agility across small molecules, peptides, oligonucleotides, and other emerging therapeutic modalities, applying engineering fundamentals to evolving technical challenges. - Identify and implement innovative approaches to process development challenges while monitoring emerging process engineering technologies and applicable regulatory expectations. - Advance digital and modelling capabilities through the adoption of advanced analytical tools, process modelling, and digital technology transfer approaches. - Navigate complex and ambiguous technical challenges, moving effectively between disciplines and adapting solutions to changing project needs. - Maintain clear and appropriate technical documentation to support development activities, knowledge transfer, and compliance. - Coach and mentor peers and other scientists while promoting accountability, scientific excellence, collaboration, safety, and compliance across the team. Requirements: - Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering with 8+ years of relevant professional experience in process engineering, pharmaceutical development, or a closely related discipline. - Strong technical understanding of synthetic process development and scale-up, with the ability to apply engineering fundamentals to pharmaceutical manufacturing challenges. - Knowledge of chemical reaction kinetics, heat and mass transfer, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, and process modelling. - Experience with a range of synthetic process unit operations, such as crystallization, filtration, isolation, drying, milling, solids transfer, liquid handling, batch processing, and continuous chemistry.