Team Leader Fungicide Research Chemistry

About BASF in India:

BASF has successfully partnered in India’s progress for more than 130 years. As of the end of 2024, BASF had 2,411 employees in India with 8 production sites and 42 offices throughout the country. The Innovation Campus Mumbai and the Coatings Technical Center in Mangalore are both part of BASF’s global technology platform. In 2024, BASF registered sales of approximately €2.4 billion to customers in India. Further information is available on www.basf.com/in.

Job Responsibility 

In our team APR/FN Fungicide Chemistry you will work on the identification and development of highly effective, innovative chemical crop protection active ingredients designed to meet global market needs. From day one, you will integrate a diverse, international and multi-disciplinary team. You will be trained on the job and be supported by experts as well as other newer team members to address challenging and exciting scientific targets.

• You will lead an organic synthesis laboratory team. 
• Your responsibilities will also include the design of active ingredients, their synthesis with a laboratory team, the analysis of their biological activity and use structure-activity relationships to initiate new designs. 
• You will drive multiparameter optimizations, applying medicinal chemistry concepts at the interface of fungi and plants. 
• With your work you will navigate at the frontiers of chemistry, modeling, biology, agronomy, regulatory and intellectual property.
• You and your team will work with modern technologies and stay abreast of new developments (organic synthesis, drug discovery, competitor activities) 
• You will network with academia, scientific partners and technology providers

Qualification  & Skills

• Advanced knowledge in organic chemical synthesis with a PhD in chemistry, medicinal chemistry or related 
• Postdoc and experience abroad as well as in crop protection or pharmaceutical research are all an advantage but not essential 
• Effective Communication Skills 
• Creativity, curiosity and enthusiasm to drive innovations
• Interpersonal and communication skills to develop innovative solutions in a diverse team