Scientist - TS/MS Parenteral - Visual Inspection

BioSpace; Concord (NC); On-site; USD 66,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Vacation benefits

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Flexible benefits

Life insurance

Well-being programs

Job summary

Lilly is seeking a Scientist – TSMS PAR to drive parenteral operations, including transfer, validation, and process improvement within the Concord TSMS team. The role emphasizes leadership, protocol execution, and real-time metrics to ensure process capability and control.

You will mentor colleagues, support quality investigations, and collaborate across formulation, filling, or VI, contributing to continuous improvement while maintaining strict regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or related field.
• Authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; no visa sponsorship provided.

Responsibilities

• Deliver parenteral operations focusing on technical transfer and process validation.
• Mentor TSMS team members and interface with upstream and external parenteral networks.
• Develop, monitor, and react to metrics to assess process variability and capability.
• Lead risk management activities and support deviations, investigations, and validations.

Skills

Leadership of cross-functional teams

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/science or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Veeva Vault

TrackWise

Electronic batch records

SAP

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 Scientist – TSMS PAR will initially focus on the delivery of parenteral operations, specifically regarding technical transfer and process validation. TSMS PAR Scientists will support one of either formulation, filling, or visual inspection (VI), although may support multiple areas during start‑up phase. Upon the start of commercial production, this role’s objectives include maintaining the validated state of applicable processes, establishing and monitoring metrics/methods to ensure a state of capability and control, harmonization of control strategies across process teams, evaluate process improvement, and serving as an escalation point for day‑to‑day operations issues. The role will also author and execute protocols as well as conduct root cause investigations.

The principal role is a position that develops and implements a technical agenda and is responsible for providing technical leadership for the Parenteral Process Team. The principal role expected to serve as a mentor within the TSMS team and engage in upstream and external to site activities related to parenteral manufacturing.

Key Objectives/Deliverables

• Support the assigned Process Team (formulation, filling, or VI) as TSMS representative.
• (Associate/Senior) Serve as floor-level support and technical interface for manufacturing components, equipment, and operations for the TSMS team.
• Represent Concord TSMS team for internal and external communications on a regular basis
• Lead risk management activities as it pertains to product/process
• Provide technical support to non-routine (e.g., deviation, complaint) investigations, including consultation on quality and stability issues
• Prepare and Review or approve, as required, relevant technical documents such as: Annual Product Reviews, Change Controls, Regulatory Submissions, Deviations, Validations, Procedures, PFDs, PFMEAs, etc.
• Develop, monitor, and appropriately react to established statistically based metrics in real-time to assess process variability and capability
• Identify opportunities and lead technical projects to improve process control and/or productivity
• Serve as interface with upstream suppliers and parenteral product networks
• Drive stability strategy for Concord products
• Provide Audit support as needed
• Identify opportunities and participate in projects to improve process control and/or productivity

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher an engineering, science, or related field
• 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.

Additional Skills/Preferences

• Pharmaceutical and/or medical device manufacturing experience
• Root Cause Investigation Experience
• Proficiency with computer systems including Microsoft Office products, Veeva Vault, TrackWise, electronic batch records, and SAP
• Demonstrated successful leadership of cross-functional teams
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Strong self-management and organizational skills

Additional Information

• Role is Monday through Friday. Must be flexible in providing support to accommodate other inputs (production schedules, shutdowns, etc.). Occasional extended hour and/or off-hour work may be required.

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 $66,000 - $171,600

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.

• 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).

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