Sr. Director - Operational Readiness - Lilly Medicine Foundry

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.

Overview:

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.

About The Lilly Medicine Foundry: 

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. 

*NOTE: final location for this role will be Lebanon, IN site but flexibility to work from Indianapolis will be required throughout 2025 and 2026.   

Position Summary:

The Sr. Director Operational Readiness Lilly Medicine Foundry will provide project management leadership for activities related to the Foundry design, start-up and operational success. This role will support across the three areas of small molecule, hybrid and biologics and will transition into project management of the portfolio for the Foundry during the run phase. This role will report to the Foundry Site Head and is a member of the Foundry Site Lead Team (FLT). The FLT has collective responsibility to develop and implement the strategic direction, organizational capability and management of the site. Primarily, the members of the team drive the site toward achieving long term business objectives; they continuously develop the business and the organization for the future bearing in mind corporate and LRL objectives and the continuously changing external environment; and they manage issues that span multiple teams in the organization and extend into the broader corporate and external context.

In the Project Delivery Phase and Startup Phase of the project (2025 To 2028), the FLT 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 Lilly Medicines Foundry goes from design, to start-up, and to steady-state operations.

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for development and delivery of the integrated project schedule and timeline for the Foundry in partnership with GFD, FLT, and PR&D.

• Be a key interface point between the GFD project and the site end users to ensure the right priorities are communicated and understood across multiple stakeholders.

• Forecast resource needs across the integrated plan and anticipate and resolve any projected resource issues before they impact project delivery.

• Provide relevant metrics to appropriate governance forums (FLT, PR&D, GFD, etc.)

• Effectively manage Foundry workstreams/subteams, upward and cross-functional communication, anticipate and resolve barriers inhibiting the teams from being successful.

• Serve as a deep technical project management expert and evaluate and pilot, if appropriate, innovative project management processes, tools.

• Provide project management and leadership for special initiatives that are cross functional in nature.

• Lead teams to meet or exceed overall project deliverables related to scope, cost, budget and quality.

• Accountable for del