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R&D PDM Senior Associate

City: Gurugram

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Research & Development

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

The role is ideal for a high-calibre individual with the necessary skill set to lead a team working on a cross-functional platform of projects primarily focussed on a challenging and complex base business resiliency plan to sustain future growth of, primarily, the Intimate Wellness product portfolio.

The challenging role comprises of leading a team of scientists both from a managerial and technical excellence point of view – whilst dealing and managing with a multitude of challenging and changing situations and stakeholders.

Your responsibilities

- Working with the team project manager, you will be responsible for all R&D technical activities, day to day management and resourcing for the compliance programme and supply plan projects under your remit (role is predominantly focussed on supply plan projects)
- Accountable for the delivery and execution of the project work of your team
- Accountable for the KPIs / delivery of project milestones of your team
- Responsible for the development of your direct line reports and accountable for that of the overall team you lead
- Responsible for providing the technical solutions of analytical and formulation related challenges.
- Responsible for project management, Lab set up and its maintenance.
- Responsible for Formulation assessment for the Intimate Wellness portfolio.
- Responsible for the Regulatory submissions, variations and response of RTQs

The experience we're looking for

- Post Graduate in a relevant scientific discipline (e.g. Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, Chemical Engineering, Biology, Biochemistry)
- Experience in project and stakeholder management
- Significant R&D experience with a proven track record of delivery.
- Experience of working in a Healthcare / Pharmaceutical environment is desirable
- Working knowledge of CTD modules and regulatory frameworks
- Proven track record as a leader in planning, prioritization and implementing projects as well as identifying costs savings and problem solving
- Proven track record in active collaboration with R&D and non-R&D functions
- Experience with recruitment, management and development of people

- The candidate should be comfortable with ambiguity and be a ‘self-starter’ with the ability to quickly learn and implement to keep up with the fast pace of the role
- Technically diligent and able to grasp new science and visualise a business benefit
- Ability to delegate whilst still being accountable
- Prioritisation and time management skills are essential
- Stakeholder collaboration, communication and the ability to manage expectations are also key
- Strong leadership, influencing, motivational and interpersonal skills.
- Capable of building strong working relationships and motivating teams to deliver outstanding results.
- Strong negotiating skills.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Ability to anticipate, plan and realize significant projects involving multiple technical and scientific hurdles.
- Ability to perform solid thinking into action (a thinker and an achiever).
- Strong intellectual curiosity.
- Appetite for exploring new and previously uncharted territories.
- Openness to change and ability to think out of the box.
- The business language in Reckitt is English, therefore fluency in English is essential and fluency in local languages advantageous
- Flexible to travel, if required

The skills for success

Task Execution Under Pressure, Makes strategic Business Decisions, Business accumen, Commercial Awareness, Objective Setting, Accountability, Consumer Insight, Creative Direction, R&D, Change Leadership, Product Lifecycle Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Adapt to changes in technological development plans, Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement, Innovation Processes, Digital transformation for R&D, Quality and Manufacturing.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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