Scientist-TS/MS

415 Lilly del Caribe, Inc.; Puerto Rico; On-site; USD 53,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Pension

Vacation benefits

Medical benefits

Flexible benefits

Life insurance

Job summary

Lilly is hiring a Scientist TS/MS: a Post-Doctoral Process Development Scientist who will lead analytical investigations and process understanding for dry product manufacturing. The role requires a Ph.D. in life sciences, strong data and writing skills, and the ability to work across teams in English and Spanish.

You will design experiments, analyze data, and prepare reports, while supporting transfers and technical guidance within a global organization. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in life sciences or related field.
• Experience with laboratory equipment and powder characterization required.
• Strong scientific/technical knowledge in dry product formulation, statistics, writing, and project management.
• Fully bilingual in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Interrogate excipients and formulation blends from multiple platforms to support pipelines.
• Use analytical instruments to understand manufacturing processes and properties of excipients, API, tablets, capsules, and blends.
• Prepare technical reports summarizing findings and recommendations.
• Lead design of experiments and development of lab models for dry product manufacturing processes.

Skills

Lab analytics

Data analysis

Technical writing

Project management

Bilingual English/Spanish

Team collaboration

Education

Ph.D. in life science field

Tools

Powder characterization technologies

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, self‑less 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. Patients are at the center of everything we do at Lilly.

We are currently hiring a Scientist TS/MS. The Post‑Doctoral Process Development Scientist should be a self‑starter, independent, and work well under tight timelines. Should interface with external groups to ensure accurate and timely completion/delivery of projects, investigations, information and/or preparation/review of technical reports.

Main Responsibilities:

• Responsible for technical interrogation of the various excipients and formulation blends obtained from different manufacturing platforms to support our company's pipeline.
• Utilize a wide variety of analytical instruments and methods, to build fundamental understanding of manufacturing process and functional properties and attributes of excipients, API's, tablets, capsules and formulation blends.
• Perform extensive data analysis/interpretation.
• Prepare good technical reports to summarize the findings and recommendations of the analysis.
• Play a leadership role in the design of experiments, and the development and usage of laboratory models suitable for optimizing dry product manufacturing processes.
• Promote deep technical excellence and scientific understanding throughout the TS/MS organization.
• Drive and prioritize productivity improvements through bench scale experimentation.
• Ensure successful technical transfers and provide technical support for the dry product process.
• Partnering and networking with the Indianapolis Product and Process Development Group and TS/MS organization and the multidisciplinary Process Team to troubleshoot and improve the capability of manufacturing processes.
• Execute with good documentation and laboratory practices.
• Promote and model by example compliance to GLPs, health, safety and environmental regulations.

During the experience, you will be able to:

• Gain hands‑on experience on the operation of equipment and instrumentation used for the modeling of commercial dry product processes and material characterization.
• Solidify analytical skills, pharmaceutical data handling and process analytic applications.
• Interact with multidisciplinary teams supporting manufacturing operations and familiarize yourself with career opportunities for professionals sharing your background in our manufacturing organization.
• Expand your experience based to enhance competitiveness in the pharmaceutical job market.

Basic Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in a life science related field (Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Pharmacy, etc.)
• Research experience using laboratory equipment and powder characterization technologies is preferred.
• Demonstrated strong scientific and technical knowledge in dry product formulation, statistical data analysis, technical writing, and project management.
• Fully Bilingual (English/Spanish)
• Strong technical communication skills (written and spoken) in English and Spanish
• Critical thinking and sound judgement
• Problem‑solving skills
• Computer literate
• Self‑driven
• Teamwork oriented
• Ability to collaborate with other parts of the organization and across multiple levels is essential.
• Flexibility is required to provide technical support and continuity to a 24‑hour process operation, able to work irregular hours, rotating shifts, weekends, holidays if necessary.
• Candidate must also be willing to travel.
• Strong compliance mindset and sound judgement.
• Ability to collaborate with other parts of the organization and across multiple levels is essential.

This role supports critical work that helps bring medicines and solutions to patients responsibly and efficiently.

Important Notice:

In order to maintain the excellent reputation of our company, the quality of our products, and the safety of our working environment, the company will take all reasonable measures to ensure that drug abuse by employees or other persons does not jeopardize the safety of our operations or the quality of our products or adversely affect in any way the company or its employees. The company recognizes that drug use both on and off the job can be detrimental to the company and its efforts to provide a drug‑free workplace. Even if prescribed under a state medical marijuana law, marijuana remains illegal under federal law. Marijuana is considered unauthorized by Lilly.

Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role, including but not limited to F‑1 CPT, F‑1 OPT, F‑1 STEM OPT, J‑1, H‑1B, TN, O‑1, E‑3, H‑1B1, or L‑1.

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 (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 $52,500 - $154,000. 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
• 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.

#WeAreLilly At Lilly we strive to ensure our employees are part of a team that cares about them and our shared purpose of making life better for those around the world. How do we do this? We continue to look for ways to include, innovate, accelerate and deliver while maintaining integrity, excellence and respect for people. We hope that you seek to join us on our journey as we create medicine and deliver improved outcomes for patients across the globe! #WeAreLilly