Team Leader, Process Research and Volume Supply (Organic Chemistry), BASF, Navi Mumbai
Job Description
This process chemistry job in Navi Mumbai is a team leader post at BASF’s Innovation Campus. You will lead a research team that finds and improves synthetic routes. You will then scale them up from grams to kilograms for BASF’s research projects.
At a glance
- Position: Team Leader – Process Research & Volume Supply (permanent, job ID 144987)
- Where: BASF Innovation Campus (head office), Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Employer: BASF Chemicals India Pvt. Ltd., Research & Development
- Degree: PhD in organic chemistry with postdoctoral experience
- Work mode: On-site
- Apply: open until filled (re-checked 19 November 2026)
What the process research team leader does
- Lead and motivate a research team, and answer for how the team performs
- Support research projects with route scouting, route optimisation and volume supply
- Focus on scale-up, from gram scale to kilogram scale
- Track project progress so work is delivered on time and to the right quality
- Make sure the right process safety checks are done before any scale-up decision
- Bring new ideas, and keep up with new synthetic and process technology
- Work with research, safety, analytics, procurement, maintenance and management teams
- Make sure your area follows labour, safety and environmental rules
Why this role matters
A new molecule is only useful if it can be made in larger amounts. Process chemists find a route that is safe, cheap and repeatable at kilogram scale. That supply feeds testing and later development. The post sits in BASF’s agricultural business, so it suits an organic chemist who wants to lead a team and stay close to the bench.
What BASF is looking for
- PhD in organic chemistry, with postdoctoral experience
- Sound theory and hands-on practice in organic synthesis, including scale-up of reactions to kilogram scale
- Fluent communication
- A proactive, result-driven and entrepreneurial way of working
- Intercultural and people skills, for project talks with teams around the world
Pay and location
The posting does not state pay. The role is permanent and on-site at BASF’s Innovation Campus in Navi Mumbai.
How to apply
Apply through the official BASF job posting. BASF’s posting does not give a closing date, so the role is open until filled; ResearchJobs.in will re-check this listing on 19 November 2026. Check the posting for location and work-authorisation details before you apply.
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How to prepare for this application
- Prepare a short talk on one route you scaled up: the problems at each scale and how you solved them
- Revise process safety basics: reaction calorimetry, thermal runaway and how you judge a step before scale-up
- Bring an example of route scouting where you cut steps, cost or waste
- Be ready to explain how you lead a team: how you plan work, share credit and handle a missed deadline
- Read about BASF's agricultural solutions business so you can link your work to crop protection products
About BASF
BASF is a German chemical company based in Ludwigshafen. It makes chemicals, materials and agricultural products. In India, BASF runs research and development from its Innovation Campus in Navi Mumbai.
