Associate Vice President - Global Facilities Delivery

Eli Lilly and Company; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 242,000 - 354,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

401(k) plan

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, IN is seeking a senior engineering leader to oversee global capital project delivery within the API network. You will drive from profiling through design, construction and qualification, ensuring governance, safety, cost and schedule targets.

The role demands 10+ years in engineering leadership, pharma manufacturing experience, and ability to lead diversified teams across Lilly and external partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or related field with project management focus.
• 10+ years in engineering leadership including major capital projects over $1B.
• Pharma manufacturing capital project experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead an organization delivering major capital projects within the API network.
• Oversee all project phases from profiling to qualification with internal/external partners.
• Ensure KPIs for safety, cost, and schedule and establish governance.
• Coordinate with engineering leadership to optimize activities and resource use.
• Align investments with site requirements and stakeholder expectations.
• Develop business plans including multi-year forecasts and capital projections.
• Build relationships with industry partners to benchmark and improve value.

Skills

Capital project management

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Safety awareness

Scheduling

Global/intl experience

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

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%)

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 (AMECA), Black Employees at Lilly (BE@Lilly), Chinese Culture Network (CCN), EnAble, Evolve, Lilly Indian Network (LIN), Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), Pride (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN) and Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL).

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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