Senior Manager, R&D Program and Commercialization
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Bangalore, India, India
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related technical discipline.
- An MBA or additional qualification in operations, business management, or supply chain would be an advantage.
- Typically 8–12 years of relevant experience in R&D operations, CDMO/CRDMO, process development, technical program management, or R&D business operations.
- Experience managing customer-facing R&D engagements and/or strategic internal R&D initiatives from development through delivery or commercialization.
- Strong exposure to costing, pricing, procurement coordination, resource planning, and cross-functional execution.
- Experience managing multiple concurrent initiatives, timelines, budgets, stakeholders, and operational dependencies.
- Understanding of process development, scale-up, technology transfer, and manufacturing readiness is highly desirable.
Full description
Senior Manager – R&D Program & Commercialization
Location: Bangalore, India
Department: R&D
Experience: 8+
Skills: commercialization, Program manager
About US
Scimplify is a science-first manufacturing company for Advanced Materials: from specialty chemicals to the emerging building blocks of next-generation energy applications, life sciences, and crop sciences.
We scale process development and manufacturing as one continuous system, supported by world-class R&D infrastructure and executed across a global network of 500+ manufacturing partners and thousands of scientists and technical partners. The result: new materials go from molecule to commercial scale in months, not years. Scimplify operates offices and teams across 5 countries with 1,000+ innovator customers in 40+ countries.
We are backed by investors such as Accel, Bertelsmann, Omnivore, Hitachi Ventures and 3one4 Capital, having raised over $80M.
Role Overview
We are looking for a commercially driven and operationally strong professional to manage the end-to-end execution of Scimplify’s R&D portfolio, spanning customer-funded CDMO engagements and internally funded strategic R&D initiatives.
The role will bridge scientific teams, Business Development, Procurement, Finance, and manufacturing to ensure that R&D opportunities are evaluated effectively, commercially viable proposals are developed, resources are planned efficiently, and engagements are executed through successful delivery and commercialization.
The individual will drive the complete lifecycle, from lead evaluation, technical coordination, costing, and quotation management to execution tracking, process development coordination, scale-up, and commercialization. The role will also establish structured operating mechanisms, improve cross-functional collaboration, and ensure that R&D initiatives translate into measurable business outcomes.
Key responsibilities 1. R&D Program Management & Execution
- Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of R&D engagements, from opportunity assessment and planning through execution, delivery, and commercialization.
- Oversee multiple customer-funded and internally funded R&D initiatives, ensuring alignment with business priorities, timelines, budgets, and expected outcomes.
- Establish execution plans, milestones, resource requirements, timelines, and review mechanisms in collaboration with scientific and business teams.
- Track progress, identify bottlenecks, manage dependencies, and drive timely resolution of execution challenges.
- Maintain portfolio-level visibility through dashboards, review meetings, and structured reporting to leadership.