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Overview:
At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our 35,000 employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We're looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.
Lilly is currently constructing an advanced manufacturing facility for production of API molecules located in Lebanon, IN. This facility is Lilly's largest investment in manufacturing capacity and is intended to provide APIs for current and future products, including new modalities. This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the leadership team for the startup of a greenfield manufacturing site, and the successful candidate will help to build the organization, the facility and the culture to enable a successful startup into GMP manufacturing operations.
Main Purpose and Objectives of Position:
The Senior Director Technical Services/Manufacturing Science (TS/MS) is directly responsible for managing the site TS/MS function and ensuring it has the necessary capacity, capability and leadership structures in place to execute and deliver the manufacturing plan. The Senior Director TS/MS provides administrative and technical leadership for the site TS/MS function including small molecule, peptide, oligonucleotide manufacturing and TS/MS lab areas.
The role is a member of the Lilly Lebanon API Plant Site Lead Team that has collective responsibility to develop and evolve the strategic direction, organizational capability, and management of the small molecule, oligonucleotide & peptide business. Primarily they drive the small molecule, oligonucleotide and peptide business toward achieving long term business objectives. They continuously develop the business and the organisation for the future bearing in mind corporate objectives and the continuously changing external environment. The Sr Director TS/MS manages issues that span multiple teams in the organization and extend into the broader corporate/external context.
The following are the main objectives for the TS/MS Sr Director TSMS role:
- Provide leadership for the Lebanon site technical agenda
- Key participant in developing the strategic direction for the site on both the medium and the long term.
- Develop the future technical leadership for the site and for potential international assignments.
- Works closely with Development groups to determine potential New Products or business.
Strategic Management/Site Management
- Has leadership responsibility for all aspects of the TS/MS function including new product introduction, process development & optimisation opportunities.
- Participates in the development of the strategic and operational plans for the site and is responsible for the execution of these plans in their areas of direct responsibility.
- Responsible for the governance of the technical aspects of CMOs.
- Build technical relationship with the Synthetic Molecule Design and Development organization.
- Participates in all key strategic decisions for the small molecule, oligonucleotide & peptide business from a planning & execution point of view.
- Ensure that all small molecule, oligonucleotide & peptide processes are maintained in a validated state meeting all applicable cGMP and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure that all required technical documents are up to date and that all technical reports are completed on schedule and to an appropriate standard.
People Management
- Responsible for ensuring that the necessary resources and facilities are provided to the TS/MS business unit to allow them to carry out their function.
- Coach and mentor others in all aspects of leadership, business and technical insight.
- Provides feedback and administrative support for direct reports in the TS/MS business unit and also helps manage assignments & workloads
- Works with individuals to develop & maintain their training, performance management plans, reviews & career plans.
Basic Qualifications
- PhD in Chemistry/Biochemistry or applicable related discipline
- 10+ year of pharmaceutical experience
Additional Information
- At times, the Sr Director TS/MS may need to travel offsite to other Lilly locations, other pharmaceutical companies, conferences, or off-site training.
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