Senior​/Principal Manufacturing Scientist - Peptides - Lebanon API

Position Overview

The Manufacturing Scientist is part of the TS/MS (Technical Services/Manufacturing Science) team that provides the technical support required to achieve reliable and compliant manufacturing of API molecules. This role will be part of the Manufacturing Process Team for its respective area, providing daily oversight to ensure safe and reliable supply of medicines. The Manufacturing Scientist executes technical projects (experimental, modeling and/or production data analysis) to improve and optimize process control, yield, purity, and/or productivity.

In addition, the manufacturing scientist should be capable of setting up and executing a variety of experiments at laboratory scale and conducting research on manufactured product for process improvements and troubleshooting in the TS/MS laboratory.

• Understand the scientific principles required for manufacturing intermediates and bulk drug substances, including the interaction of the chemistry and equipment.

• Execute technical projects (experimental, modeling and/or production data analysis) to improve process control, yield, purity, and/or productivity.

• Provide technical support for preparation of relevant technical documents, as required, such as: technical reports, change controls, regulatory submissions, deviation investigations, validation protocols and summary reports, processing records, procedures, PFDs (Process Flow Documents), Validation Master Plans, Operational and Process Control Strategy etc.

• Develop and monitor established metrics in real‑time to assess process variability and capability.

• Understand, justify, and document the state of validation (process and cleaning) with data that evaluate the capability of the manufacturing process to meet its stated purpose.

• Ensure that an accurate instruction set (batch production records & procedures) and PFD describe the process as performed and the control strategy for the discrete manufacturing steps.

• Ensure that experiments are well designed with clear objectives.

• Investigate deviations using appropriate tools to ensure quality of the product.

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, or related field (Chemistry or chemical engineering preferred)

• 3+ years of experience in cGMP manufacturing work experience and/or demonstrated knowledge in peptide synthesis or peptide purification technologies (e.g. manufacturing scale chromatography, tangential and normal flow filtration, isolation steps, and solution‑phase chemistry steps)

• 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.

• Relevant industrial experience in any of the following disciplines such as API manufacturing, TS/MS (Technical Services/Manufacturing Sciences), quality control, quality assurance, or development.

• Familiarity with cGMP manufacturing environment and terminology.

• Excellent analytical, interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.

• Ability to work on own initiatives and as part of a process team consisting of a diverse group of management, production, science and engineering professionals.

• Creativity to identify improvement opportunities and the tenacity/initiative to see them implemented.

• Guidance/mentoring of others through processes.

• Flexibility to meet business needs.

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