Associate Director-Process Engineering-Lilly Medicine Foundry
Listed on 2025-11-04
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Engineering
Process Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer
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.
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 recently announced a $4.5 billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development. The first-ever facility of its kind, combining research and manufacturing in a single location, the Medicine Foundry will allow Lilly to further develop innovative solutions to optimize manufacturing processes and increase capacity for clinical trial medicines, while also reducing costs and environmental impact.
The Associate Director Process Engineering provides leadership and direction to the process engineers to ensure that engineering deliverables are sufficiently resourced and qualified to support the Small Molecule or Peptide production and business agenda. This role is responsible for the productivity and development of process engineers with the purpose of ensuring that reliable and compliant equipment and systems are used in the manufacturing of small molecule or peptide products.
Additionally, the Small Molecule Process Engineering Team Leader leads the process engineering organization and influences across functional teams to support the process engineering agenda, business plan priorities, and compliance plan objectives.
In the project delivery phase and startup phase of the project (startup expected 2025 to 2027), leadership roles will be fluid and dynamic as we endeavor to support the project delivery, build a new organization, develop and implement the necessary systems and business processes required to support GMP operations, and build the site culture. This will require significant collaboration, creativity and resilience as the site evolves from a design concept to a GMP clinical trial site.
Key Responsibilities:- Responsible for establishing a technically advanced process engineering group. This is achieved through several key activities: recruitment, supervision, coaching, succession planning and establishing actionable development plans. This is inclusive of completing performance reviews and development planning.
- Provide process engineering work coordination and guidance to key functional groups and partners.
- In coordination with engineering function, set and reinforce standards for engineering work product and utilization of first principles. Partner within Engineering and across functional teams to influence and implement the technical agenda, site business plan objectives, and GMP Quality Plan objectives.
- Identify, track, and report key indicators of functional performance.
- Have oversight of engineering related technical issues, improvement initiatives, and technology upgrades. Review and approve engineering related deviations and change controls.
- Partner appropriately in site planning processes (capital and resource), representing the interests of the team but with a view to the overall site picture and future portfolio.
- Ensure technical review and approval for documents as appropriate, including investigations, change controls, regulatory submissions, expert opinions, validations, annual product reviews, manufacturing tickets, procedures,…
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