Corporate Automation Program Lead – API Drug Substance

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 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 put people first and strive to make life better for people around the world.

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Description:

Lilly is at a critical juncture as we tool up to realize the potential of our product pipeline. We are building new processing capabilities around the world, and emphasizing emerging, innovative processing technologies, such as continuous processing and advanced biotech platforms.

Lilly is expanding manufacturing with three new sites in Lebanon, Indiana and recent acquisition and expansion at Kenosha, Wisconsin. In addition, Lilly announced that four new pharmaceutical manufacturing sites will be constructed in the United States (Texas, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Virginia) that include both active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and parenteral manufacturing for future injectable therapies (Drug Product).

The Corporate Automation Program Lead – API is a senior automation position that will lead the design and delivery of major capital projects as part of Lilly’s manufacturing expansion. This role is intended to lead one or more project work streams for the automation function including design, scheduling, cost management, staffing, and qualification in the Drug Substance (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) network. This role will be part of Lilly’s Global Process Automation & Control Engineering (GPACE) team in Corporate Engineering.

GPACE provides automation, measurement, and process control solutions and serves as a technical resource for training, standards, capital project delivery, and Lilly’s standard automation platforms. GPACE’s primary customers are global manufacturing and development sites, Corporate IT, and peer groups such as Global Facilities Delivery (GFD).

The Corporate Automation Program Lead role requires a 4-year engineering degree or related science field. The candidate will need to be flexible on location (including full relocation) and have the ability to travel both to the US and OUS.

• Be a champion for health & safety, inclusion, ethics, and compliance.
• Partner with Global Facilities Delivery, Global Groups, OEMs, Engineering firms, system integrators, and site teams to lead multiple work streams on the design, installation, and qualification of API pharmaceutical assets at a new greenfield manufacturing site.
• Lead and support the development of statements of work, supplier identification, and automation supplier selection.
• Lead and support one or more integration suppliers to develop, test, and implement software and hardware for manufacturing operations.
• Lead and support the development of delivery strategies, quality assessments, computer system validation, and Commissioning & Qualification verification plans.
• Collaborate with site automation leadership to integrate resources into the project team. Support and assist with site hiring and building capabilities within the team.
• Collaborate with other corporate engineering groups and Lilly IT to develop delivery strategies and execution plans.
• Manage project delivery metrics and communications across multiple work streams to key stakeholders and leadership.
• Be responsible for project resourcing, scope, cost management, and schedule conformance.
• Escalate issues to cross-functional leadership teams as needed.
• Coach and mentor others.

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering with experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Experience with Emerson Delta
  
  V DCS platforms or related DCS systems.
• Experience managing automation integrators to design and deliver software and hardware.
• Minimum 5 years of Process Automation / Process Control experience.
• Experience in Commissioning and Qualification.
• Minimum 10 years of Project and/or Program management experience.

• Technical knowledge…