Director - Analytical Chemistry

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 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.

SMDD is seeking experienced, innovative, and motivated candidates to apply their strong foundation in analytical sciences and experience in synthetic process or formulated product development to enable clinical trials, regulatory submissions, and new product commercialization. This is a hands‑on technical leadership role where you will lead the analytical effort within a multidisciplinary project team consisting of chemists, formulation scientists, and engineers, while directly managing a small technical team of analytical scientists.

The position offers access to world‑class capabilities for pharmaceutical development and requires a balance of deep technical expertise with people leadership. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of pharmaceutical development across multiple cutting‑edge modalities while building a distinguished career at a company where your analytical expertise will directly accelerate life‑changing therapies to patients worldwide.

This is a technical leadership position with direct responsibility for executing analytical work alongside managing a small team of analytical scientists. Directors in this role will be responsible for hands‑on technical leadership and execution of analytical efforts for the commercial development of drug substance and/or drug product processes, while mentoring and developing their direct reports. Top candidates for this position will be expected to:
Exhibit a depth of knowledge in concepts relevant to drug substance or drug product commercialization, including developing analytical methods, justifying specifications, designing stability studies, establishing starting material rationales for synthetic processes, identifying impurities, and testing drug product performance characteristics (e.g., dissolution/disintegration). Drive hands‑on implementation of technical solutions and analytical strategies to enable drug substance process or drug product formulation development.

Collaborate within project teams to deliver robust control strategies for drug substances, drug products, and/or drug product intermediates (e.g., spray‑dried dispersions). Have experience authoring IND/CTA, NDA/MAA, and country‑specific response to questions and/or registering products across global markets. Provide technical guidance for analytical activities executed within the external network. Ensure methods are technically sound, well developed, and fit for purpose. Execute technology transfer to CRO/CMO organizations and Lilly manufacturing sites.

Demonstrate high learning agility and the ability to understand and exploit effective scientific concepts and methods across multiple subject areas (e.g., chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, PAT, and modeling and simulation). Directly manage, mentor, and develop a small team of analytical scientists (typically 2‑4 direct reports). Ensure continued technical and professional growth of team members, encourage efforts towards excellence and knowledge sharing, and provide day‑to‑day technical guidance on analytical projects.

Plan and manage short‑term and long‑term development activities. Develop…