Associate Director - TS/MS API Lab

BioSpace; Lebanon (IN); On-site; USD 115,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare company seeks an Associate Director for its new TS/MS lab in Lebanon, IN. The successful candidate will lead a lab group focused on small molecule and peptide manufacturing processes, overseeing staffing and laboratory operations to meet GMP requirements. Join a team dedicated to making life better through innovation and teamwork.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits program

Company-sponsored 401(k)

Flexible spending accounts

Qualifications

• 5+ years in small molecule, peptide, or oligonucleotide GMP manufacturing.
• 2+ years leadership experience preferred.
• Knowledge of qualification and validation requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead laboratory group supporting small molecule and peptide manufacturing.
• Oversee outfitting of the TS/MS lab and build a capable team.
• Review GMP documentation and support successful facility startup.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in biology, biochemistry, chemistry, or related discipline

Tools

GMP guidelines

GLP documentation

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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.

Job Description

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 35,000 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.

Lilly is currently constructing an advanced manufacturing facility for production of API molecules located in Lebanon, IN. This facility is Lilly’s largest investment in manufacturing capacity and is intended to provide APIs for current and future products. This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the leadership team for the startup of a greenfield manufacturing site, and the successful candidate will help to build the organization, the facility and the culture to enable a successful startup into GMP manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities

The Associate Director – Head of TS/MS Lab will lead a technically comprehensively laboratory group to provide support to the Lebanon small molecule, peptide, and oligonucleotide manufacturing processes. Responsibilities include outfitting the TS/MS lab that is under construction, building a team, overseeing TS/MS business processes, directing experimentation in ongoing manufacturing support, business continuity and productivity project development. In this role you will work collaboratively with peers in the quality control laboratory, engineering, development and quality assurance.

• Assisting in the design and outfitting of the TS/MS lab that is being built with to deliver a lab that can fulfill the requirement of supporting Lilly’s manufacturing portfolio
• Understand the scientific principles of small molecule, peptide, and/or oligonucleotide manufacturing
• Support site leadership to build a diverse and capable TS/MS organization with the necessary capability, capacity and culture to operate the facility to the highest standards of excellence
• Determine TS/MS staffing and resource needs and building the team to support laboratory operations through facility startup to enable successful process qualifications and validations
• Ensure representative laboratory scale-down models of process equipment and process analytical technologies are developed and implemented
• Review and approve GMP and GLP documentation including procedures, deviation investigations and technical reports
• Support the project team to ensure the TS/MS laboratory is delivered to the site lead team ready to operate safely to support facility startup
• Facilitating process transfer from other sites and process characterization and first-time validation
  
  
  

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in biology, biochemistry, chemistry, chemical engineering, or related scientific discipline
• 5+ years of experience and proven capabilities within small molecule, peptide, or oligonucleotide GMP manufacturing environment required
• 2+ years of leadership experience preferred
  
  
  

Additional Skills/Preferences

• Knowledge of qualification and validation requirements and good manufacturing and laboratory practices
• Knowledge of clinical and commercial GMP manufacturing processes
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with continuous processing is a plus
• Experience with process characterization is a plus
• Ability to work on own initiatives and as part process team consisting of a diverse group of management, production, laboratory, science and engineering professionals.
• Ability to respond quickly and proactively to changing priorities within a limited timeline
  
  
  

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is

$115,500 - $169,400

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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