Sr. Director Process Translation & Execution, Clinical Trial API Manufacturing - 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. 

Organization and Position Overview 

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 Senior Director, Process Translation and Execution is directly responsible for managing the site Process Translation and Execution function for the Lilly Medicine Foundry, our new, state of the art Clinical Trial API Manufacturing pilot plant. This facility will support across small molecule, hybrid and biologics operations with onsite lab capabilities.  The Senior Director Process Translation & Execution will be responsible for providing technical, scientific and administrative leadership, ensuring the necessary capacity, capability and leadership structures are in place to execute and deliver the mission of the Foundry.

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 

• Provide leadership for the Foundry site technical agenda. 

• Key participant in developing the strategic direction for the site on both the medium and the long term. 

• Develop the future technical leadership for the site and for potential assignments across Product Research & Development (CMC) and manufacturing. 

• Works closely with leaders to determine potential new products or business. 

• Responsible for all aspects of the Process Translation & Execution function including transfer in of new projects, translation and execution of processes to produce API for clinical