Sr. Principal Associate Analytical Quality Assurance - Foundry

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve.

This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

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.

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 Sr. Principal Associate for Analytical Quality Assurance ensures that laboratory activities conducted in the Lilly Medicine Foundry and with external partners are carried out in accordance with global and site quality standards and/or are following current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP). This role is responsible for assuring the laboratory maintains a state of control with regards to the generation, reporting, and maintenance of analytical data.

As the Foundry is currently in design and construction, this position will provide Quality oversight for the detailed design and quality processes related to GMP testing and analytical development as well as qualification support for analytical methods and instrumentation. The position is responsible for ensuring that the quality management system is established and adhered to for this area.

• Provide quality oversight in Analytical testing, namely: molecule and modality support, qualification of new contract labs, audit support, quality system ownership, leading compliance projects for analytical within the Foundry, and quality assessments of quality documentation (e.g., deviations, change records).
• Provide quality oversight of method verification, qualification, and validation activities.
• Ensure that appropriate quality systems are in place and are being utilized. Facilitate quality improvement initiatives, and the implementation of new quality standards.
• When necessary, evaluate potential impact of incidents on quality of materials, or the integrity of data.
• Ensure appropriate investigations are conducted for deviations, stability failures and out of specification (OOS) results. Review and approval of the corresponding documentation.
• Perform Quality Assurance review and/or approval /rejection of GMP documentation and ensure that review/approval by appropriate technical experts has occurred.
• Be available for consultation on quality-related issues as needed.
• Network with Lilly quality organizations in the implementation of quality laboratory systems and share best practices.
• Promote a positive quality culture and oversee quality presence in the respective laboratory areas.
• Identify and lead process improvement projects impacting multiple business areas.

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Chemistry, Biology, or related field with a minimum of 5 years technical laboratory experience. Quality assurance experience in the pharmaceutical industry, preferred.
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