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Organization Overview

At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. We make a difference for people around the globe by discovering, developing and delivering medicines that help them live longer, healthier, more active lives. Not only do we deliver breakthrough medications, but you also can count on us to develop creative solutions to support communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

Position Brand Description

Provides technical support to achieve the reliable and compliant manufacture of bulk drug substance to predetermined global quality standards via a detailed set of manufacturing instructions and procedures.

Key Objectives/Deliverables

• Prepare, review, approve, and provide technical support for preparation of relevant technical documents, as required, such as: change controls, regulatory submissions, deviation investigations, validation protocols and summary reports, processing records, procedures, PFDs, VMPs, etc. Participate in development and implementation of process improvements, including capital expansions and technical projects. Work within or lead cross-functional teams in positive fashion to implement TS/MS objectives and deliver on business plan and quality objectives.
• Understand the scientific principles required for manufacturing intermediates, bulk drug substance, and drug product including the interaction of the chemistry and equipment.
• 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.
• Provide support to the global and local Post Launch Optimization teams.
• Develop, monitor and appropriately react to established statistically based metrics in real-time to assess process variability and capability.
• Serve as technical mentor for TS/MS Scientists and PDTs, Managers and other disciplines.
• Ensure that an accurate instruction set (tickets & procedures) and PFD describe the process as performed and the control strategy for the discrete manufacturing steps.
• Support and/or lead technical projects (experimental, modeling and/or production data analysis) to improve process control, yield, purity, and/or productivity.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s or equivalent in scientific disciplines of Biochemistry, Protein Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry, Bioanalytical Chemistry, Microbiology, Analytical Chemistry or Engineering.
• Relevant industrial experience (greater than 5 years) in any of the following associated disciplines such as Protein Manufacturing, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Advanced Project Management, Regulatory, Development, or Administration.

Additional Preferences

• Technical/Scientific knowledge
• Multi-tasking
• Computer skills
• Ability to influence groups and communication skills
• Mentoring Leadership
• Decision making
• Good written and oral communications
• Problem solving
• Clear understanding of cGMPs
• Teamwork and interpersonal skills

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