Associate Director - Process Engineering

Initial Therapeutics, Inc.; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Lilly seeks an experienced Process Engineering Associate Director to supervise and develop process engineering staff, coordinate engineering work, and drive the engineering business plan for a bulk drug substance facility. The role emphasizes leadership, staffing, and performance management within a regulated manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities include ensuring environmental health and safety adherence, monitoring performance indicators, and maintaining substantial compliance across

Responsibilities

• Supervise and coach process engineering staff, including performance reviews and development plans.
• Staffing including recruiting, resource planning, and succession planning.
• Process engineering work coordination.
• Review and monitor financial performance, commit to meeting targets.
• Develop and implement the Process Engineering Business Plan.
• Demonstrate commitment to environmental, health, and safety (PSM).
• Identify, track, and report key indicators of functional performance.
• Ensure team is operating in a state of substantial compliance.
• Develop and implement Engineering business plan objectives.
• Remove barriers that impact team performance.
• In coordination with engineering consultants and other IAPI engineering areas, set and reinforce standards for appropriate rigor in engineering work products and utilization of First Principles.

Job description

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work but it's work worth doing. If you're driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

The Process EngineeringAssociate Directoris responsible for the supervision of the process engineers and engineering technicians that support the daily operations of the facility. The Process EngineeringAssociate Directoris also responsible for the productivity and development of the employees with the purpose of ensuring that reliable and compliant equipment and systems are used in the manufacturing of bulk drug substance. Additionally, the EngineeringAssociate Directorpartners to influence and implement within the process engineering organization and across functional disciplines to support the process engineering technical agenda, business plan priorities, and compliance plan objectives.

Key Objectives/Deliverables:

Administrative Leadership

• Supervise and coach process engineering staff, including completing performance reviews and development plans.
• Staffing including recruiting, resource planning, and succession planning.
• Process engineering work coordination.
• Review and monitor financial performance, commit to meeting targets.
• Develop and implement the Process Engineering Business Plan.

Operational Excellence

• Demonstrate a commitment to environmental, health, and safety (including PSM).
• Identify, track, and report key indicators of functional performance.
• Ensure team is operating in a state of substantial compliance.
• Develop and implement Engineering business plan objectives.
• Remove barriers that impact team performance.

Organizational Capability

• In coordination with engineering consultants and other IAPI engineering areas, set and reinforce standards for appropriate rigor in engineering work products and utilization of First Principles.
• Assure focus by engineers and