Associate Vice President - Global Facilities Delivery

BioSpace; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 242,000 - 354,000; Full time

Job summary

Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana, is seeking a seasoned leader to drive capital project delivery across its global API network. You will oversee greenfield and brownfield initiatives, coordinate with engineering leadership, and ensure safety, cost, and schedule KPIs are met.

The role requires a BS in Engineering, 10+ years in engineering leadership on >$1B projects, and PE certification. Travel ~50% is expected, with a focus on delivering value through effective partnerships and operational

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in engineering or related field; equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in engineering leadership with major capital project delivery (> $1B).
• Professional Engineer license or equivalent certification.
• Experience leading Lilly and non-Lilly teams; ability to influence without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead an organization responsible for the delivery of all major capital projects within our API network including greenfield and brownfield projects.
• Responsible for all phases of the project, from profiling, funding, design, construction and qualification in collaboration with internal and external partners.
• Responsible for all KPIs of project delivery including safety, cost and schedule ensuring appropriate project governance is in place to meet project objectives.
• Coordinate with other Engineering Leadership to optimize activities.
• Coordinate with Site Heads and their Engineering Leaders to ensure that the investment results match the functional requirements agreed upon with these project stakeholders.
• Work with management to develop business plans that will enable the departments to achieve goals and objectives to include one and multiple year forecasting plans.
• Form relationships with other manufacturing companies to benchmark best practices and establish initiatives to increase value from capital investments.

Skills

Leadership experience

Project management

Communication skills

Negotiation

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor of Science – Engineering or related field

Tools

Professional Engineer license

Project management software (MS Project, Primavera)

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.

Organization Overview

The Global Facilities Delivery (GFD) Organization, delivers new and renovated capital assets and technology around the world. Many of the assets delivered focus on medical innovation and delivering innovative solutions to patients. Some of the assets delivered will support an expansion in supply of existing medicines or making the supply chain more robust.

Responsibilities

• Lead an organization responsible for the delivery of all major capital projects within our API network including greenfield and brownfield projects.
• Responsible for all phases of the project, from profiling, funding, design, construction and qualification in collaboration with internal and external partners.
• Responsible for all KPIs of project delivery including safety, cost and schedule ensuring appropriate project governance is in place to meet project objectives.
• Coordinate with other Engineering Leadership to optimize activities (some of whom supply key technical resources for projects or are facility investment 'customers' in their own right).
• Coordinate with Site Heads and their Engineering Leaders to ensure that the investment results match the functional requirements agreed upon with these project stakeholders.
• Work with management to develop business plans that will enable the departments to achieve goals and objectives to include one and multiple year forecasting plans. The business plans will include resource, expense and capital projections.
• Form relationships with other manufacturing companies (primarily through industry organizations) to benchmark best practices, industry trends, technologies, and capabilities as well as to establish and oversee initiatives to increase the value received from capital investments.

Basic Requirements/ Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science – Engineering or field related to project management, or equivalent experience.
• 10 Years previous experience in engineering leadership roles including major capital project delivery experience (>$1B projects)

Additional Skills/Preferences

• Capital project management or leadership experience in pharma manufacturing facilities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage both Lilly and Non-Lilly teams and to influence personnel and organizations without having direct authority.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve results through people.
• Facilitate issue resolution, anticipate changes, and implement safely with quality speed and value.
• Effective communication skills both written and verbal.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective partnerships with personnel at all levels, both Lilly and external partner organizations.
• Experience in most of the following disciplines: Automation, construction, construction quality, project controls, the engineering disciplines, safety, scheduling.
• Competency in a foreign language(s).
• Professional Engineer or equivalent technical certification.
• Past experience in working and/or living outside the U.S.
• Demonstrated willingness to embrace the concept of Operational Excellence and be an agent for change ).

Additional Information

• Travel required (50%)

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

$241,500 - $354,200

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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