Facility Veterinarian

Date: 20 Jul 2026
Location:
Bangalore, KA, IN, 560099
Division: Discovery Services

Job title: Lead Scientist -Veterinary
Job location: Bangalore
Department: Safety Assessment
About syngene: syngene (www.syngeneintl.com) is an innovation-led contract research, development and manufacturing organization offering integrated scientific services from early discovery to commercial supply.
At syngene, safety is at the heart of everything we do personally and professionally. Syngene has placed safety at par with business performance with shared responsibility and accountability, including following safety guidelines, procedures, and sops, in letter and spirit
Mandatory expectation for all roles as per Syngene safety guidelines

• Overall adherence to safe practices and procedures of oneself and the teams aligned
• Contributing to development of procedures, practices and systems that ensures safe operations and compliance to companys integrity & quality standards
• Driving a corporate culture that promotes environment, health, and safety (EHS) mindset and operational discipline at the workplace at all times.
• Ensuring safety of self, teams, and lab/plant by adhering to safety protocols and following environment, health, and safety (EHS) requirements at all times in the workplace.
• Ensure all assigned mandatory trainings related to data integrity, health, and safety measures are completed on time by all members of the team including self
• Compliance to Syngenes quality standards at all times
• Hold self and their teams accountable for the achievement of safety goals
• Govern and Review safety metrics from time to time
  

Core Purpose Of The Role
The candidate will support safety assessment vivarium program, including vivarium operations, provision of veterinary medical care and management of animal care staff. The candidate will also provide support to ethical animal care and use by promoting 3Rs including the efforts to maintain AAALAC standards in vivarium.
The incumbent will help us supervise the day-to-day operational and administrative activities and ensuring that all processes are followed / executed as per the timelines.
Role Accountabilities

• Clinical and health monitoring of laboratory animals and maintain the standards in vivarium
• Ensure that practices and procedures are aligned with Animal Welfare Regulations and AAALAC
• Effective management with cross functional team members of discovery and regulatory environment.
• Ensuring the regulatory compliance such as CPCSEA, GLP at all times in the facility.
• Co-coordinating animal imports and quarantine procedures with stakeholders.
• Supervision and training of team members including of laboratory animal care technicians
• Participate in design / review of research protocols and involvement in studies.
• Ensure appropriate resources are available to conduct day-to-day operations.
• Support continuous improvement process in the vivarium
• Biosecurity and maintenance of SPF animals including sentinel program.
• Supporting Attending Veterinarian (AV) and facility veterinarians on daily operations.
• Responsible for capacity utilization, excellence in vivarium maintenance by increased efficiency
• Motivation towards outreach efforts, publications and continuing educational programs.
  

Syngene Values
All employees will consistently demonstrate alignment with our core values

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• Excellence
• Integrity
• Professionalism
  

Specific requirements for this role
Experience

• Foundational
  

Skills And Capabilities

• Proficiency in laboratory animal science and management.
• Health monitoring program and outbreak management.
• Support animal imports and quarantine procedures.
• Knowledge in Regulatory guidelines.
  

Education

• MVSC
  

Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Syngene to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable legislation or local law. In addition, Syngene will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.