Associate Director - Process Engineering

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.

The Process Engineering Associate Director is responsible for the supervision of the process engineers and engineering technicians that support the daily operations of the facility. The Process Engineering Associate Director is also responsible for the productivity and development of the employees with the purpose of ensuring that reliable and compliant equipment and systems are used in the manufacturing of bulk drug substance.

Additionally, the Engineering Associate Director partners to influence and implement within the process engineering organization and across functional disciplines to support the process engineering technical agenda, business plan priorities, and compliance plan objectives.

• Supervise and coach process engineering staff, including completing performance reviews and development plans.
• Staffing including recruiting, resource planning, and succession planning.
• Process engineering work coordination.
• Review and monitor financial performance, commit to meeting targets.
• Develop and implement the Process Engineering Business Plan.

• Demonstrate a commitment to environmental, health, and safety (including PSM).
• Identify, track, and report key indicators of functional performance.
• Ensure team is operating in a state of substantial compliance.
• Develop and implement Engineering business plan objectives.
• Remove barriers that impact team performance.

• In coordination with engineering consultants and other IAPI engineering areas, set and reinforce standards for appropriate rigor in engineering work products and utilization of First Principles.
• Assure focus by engineers and completion of critical assignments with appropriate monitoring and reporting.
• Be a fully active member of the flow leadership in running IAPI, including participation on management sub-teams.

• Bachelor’s in Engineering or related technical field.
• Minimum of 5 years of engineering manufacturing-related experience, preferably some biosynthetic and/or purification operations experience.
• Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role, including but not limited to F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, J-1, H-1B, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, or L-1.

• State licensure as a Professional Engineer is not required but is encouraged.
• Ability to instill teamwork within the department and demonstrate key interpersonal skills.
• Ability to function in a team environment as a leader and as a member of management teams.
• Ability to ensure appropriate technical depth and rigor with departmental technical deliverables.
• Successful application of organizational models through recruiting and retention of employees.
• Ability to make decisions independently and to network with others as appropriate.
• Ability to provide innovative solutions to plant, divisional, and corporate issues and leverage ideas from other functional areas.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing…