Molecule Steward

BioSpace; Concord (NC); On-site; USD 129,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

Lilly is seeking a Site Molecule Steward for the Concord Drug Product manufacturing site. You will provide local technical leadership across TS/MS initiatives and ensure control strategies align with quality and regulatory requirements.

The role emphasizes ownership, cross-functional influence, and expert guidance on deviations and change controls, with a focus on delivering high-quality medicines for patients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science or engineering field.
• Minimum of 5 years directly supporting parenteral product manufacturing.
• Excellent technical writing and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own control strategy implementation and execution at the manufacturing site.
• Interact with peers across TS/MS, QA, QC, Regulatory and Engineering.
• Share learning and ensure strategies align with technical, quality and regulatory guidance.
• Provide technical leadership to meet business objectives and build site capabilities.
• Serve as technical subject matter expert for drug product manufacturing topics.
• Provide technical direction on deviations, production challenges, and change controls.

Skills

Strong communication

Prioritization

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in science/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.

Responsibilities

The mission of Technical Services/Manufacturing Sciences (TS/MS) is to provide scientific leadership and technical support for manufacturing to make medicine. The Site Molecule Steward is the subject matter expert for the Concord Site Drug Product manufacturing and will provide local technical leadership and expertise for projects involving TS/MS.

Key Objectives/Deliverables

• Assume ownership of control strategy implementation and execution at the manufacturing site.
• Interact with peers across the parenteral network, including TS/MS, QA, QC, Regulatory and Engineering, both site and central
• Share learning and ensure strategies are in line with technical, quality, and regulatory guidance, while supporting business expectations.
• Play a critical role in technical capability building and coaching at the site to ensure capabilities are in place to meet business objectives.
• Serve as technical subject matter expert for all topics related to drug product manufacturing.
• Expected to provide technical direction on deviations, production challenges, and impact assessment of change controls.
• Represent the TS/MS function in regulatory interactions, as needed.
• Be responsible and influential with respect to implementation of external/corporate trends and understanding of how these changes could impact the Concord site.
• Excellent technical writing and oral communication skills along with the ability to effectively communicate and transfer knowledge to all levels of the organization.
• Although not a supervisory role, technical leadership, and the ability to cross functionally influence are important in this role.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of bachelor's degree in science or engineering field,
• Minimum of 5 years directly supporting parenteral product manufacturing.

Additional Skills/Preferences

• Strong communication skills
• Capability to prioritize and multi‑task effectively.
• Collaborate with other functions as teams as appropriate.

Additional Information

• This position is tech ladder approved (R4+). Position final level will be based upon the level of the candidate chosen.
• This position will be required to collaborate with peers across the network (Indianapolis, France, RTP) in certain situations.
• This position is day shift, Monday‑Friday, with off hours support needed, by request.

This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the job requirements at the time it was prepared. The job requirements of any position may change over time and may include additional responsibilities not Specifically Described In The Job Description.

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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 $129,000 - $209,000

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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