Sr. Director of Project Controls

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Position Brand Description:

The Global Facilities Delivery (GFD) Organization, part of Lilly’s Corporate Engineering, delivers new and renovated capital assets around the world, primarily in manufacturing.  Our mission is accomplished through a highly leveraged organization of design & project management practitioners. 

New assets focus on producing innovative solutions for patients, expanding supply chain capacities.  Projects also include improvements aimed at company safety, environmental, and quality goals. 

The Sr. Director of Project Controls will serve as the organizational and strategic lead for the development and execution of a comprehensive Project Controls service line within the GFD organization. Their primary responsibility will be to provide critical, timely and accurate cost and schedule information to enable GFD to deliver projects predictably, successfully and with positive financial outcomes.

This position will provide overall technical direction for the world-wide Project Controls organization, including:

• Portfolio Planning: Develop and maintain a portfolio project plan based on prioritized investment objectives to accurately forecast capital and resources to support the global GFD agenda and construction roadmap.
• Consistency through Standardization: Develop Standard Operating Procedures for each established Project Controls discipline – Estimating, Scheduling and Cost Engineering (Forecasting). Drive consistency by scaling Project Controls standards and processes to address the complexity of various projects and program types.
• Data Systems & Tools: Develop and maintain a corporate-wide database of construction costs and labor norms for typical GFD projects, together with site geo-modification factors and escalation factors for each location. Implement and standardize digital systems and tools for all Project Controls disciplines to efficiently gather and analyze information.
• Training: Identify organizational and/or project-specific Project Controls training needs; develop and introduce training materials to all relevant project stakeholders, both internal and external.
• Governance & Compliance: Participate in the initial and ongoing major program Project Risk Assessments with key project leadership partners to help reduce project risks and enable better decision making. Establish an audit/review framework to ensure compliance with GFD Project Control standards, procedures and best practices.
• Monitoring and Reporting: Establish consistent, standardized Project Controls reports, KPI's and dashboards for all Project Controls disciplines, rolling up from individual major projects and programs to portfolio-level dashboards in support of critical operational leadership reviews.
• Initiation & Setup: Work with construction partner organization leadership to ensure that projects are successfully initiated – in terms of project execution, staffing, processes and procedures, systems, and baseline control documents.
• Stakeholder Management: Work closely with key stakeholders including finance, procurement, GFD and the businesses to effectively develop and execute Project Controls processes and programs. Be an active participant in the oversight of schedule and spends planning and execution.
• Decision Making: Leverage cost and schedule data to deliver decision-ready information and insight early in the project lifecycles to have an impact. Work closely and collaborate with key Engineering and Operational partners to make cost effective scope and schedule decisions.

Administrative responsibilities include:

• Organizational Leadership: Structure and develop an agile Project Controls organization to best support GFD’s agenda. Appoint and manage a staff of Project Controls Managers, as direct hires or as contracted services, to lead and direct critical Project Controls activities for assigned capital projects.
• Cross-functional Leadership: Participate in and represent Project Controls in all critical GFD construction leadership forums and activities. Be a full partner in establishing sound project delivery strategies for successful project/portfolio cost and schedule outcomes.
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