Senior Director, Farm Animal Vaccine Development

Elanco; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Multiple relocation packages

Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and

8-week parental leave

9 Employee Resource Groups

Annual bonus offering

Flexible work arrangements

Up to 6% 401K matching

Job summary

Elanco is seeking a Senior Director, Vaccine Development Project Leadership – Farm Animal R&D to drive multi-functional programs from pipeline entry through approval across species and geographies. You will partner with R&D and Commercial leaders to identify opportunities aligned with Elanco's global strategy.

This role offers growth to oversee the entire Farm Animal vaccine portfolio, delivering strategic impact across FA vaccine programs and collaborations with external partners.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant scientific discipline (e.g. animal science, veterinary medicine, chemistry, biology or related sciences) plus relevant industry experience.
• Proven vaccine project leadership history across species, technology types & R&D stages.
• Proven project leadership at all stages of product development, including track record of launching farm animal vaccines.
• Demonstrated ability to work within regulated product development.
• Demonstrated strong leadership skills and strategic thinking.
• High emotional intelligence.
• Clear written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the project goals OTIF (on time in full) by proactively managing project plans and assigned team members in accordance with approved timing and budget.
• Define optimized project plans for projects including internal/external resource needs for R&D and manufacturing, development costs, cost of goods and margin.
• Ensure the appropriate strategy is in place and sufficient milestones are identified, monitored, and communicated.
• Ensure permanent collaboration and interaction with critical functions outside of R&D (e.g. Corporate Strategy & Global Launch, Manufacturing & Quality) to ensure proper project valuation & ROI.
• Assembling, revising and leading the project team and evolving it as the project progresses. Work with functional leadership to assign best aligned SMEs to project needs.
• Collaborate effectively and timely communicate with functional SMEs to plan and execute projects.
• Set clear goals and objectives for the project team members, hold self and others accountable.
• Positively influence, foster creativity, and motivate project team members.
• Align with project manager to ensure robust preparation/updates of project plans and timelines for assigned projects. Provide strategic inputs to facilitate accurate and timely project plans, timelines, and budgets.
• Identify & communicate to executive leadership project specific risks, status and opportunity, including impacts.
• Identify & communicate project risks, mitigations and remediation plans proactively.
• Effectively lead engagements with regulatory agencies, external collaborators/vendors as needed for projects.
• Serve on product task force efforts to support R&D, commercial projects as assigned.

Skills

Vaccine project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Written and oral communication

Emotional intelligence

Education

Master's degree in a relevant scientific discipline

Job description

Elanco is seeking a Senior Director, Vaccine Development Project Leadership – Farm Animal R&D to drive multi-functional programs from pipeline entry through approval across species and geographies. You will partner with R&D and Commercial leaders to identify opportunities aligned with Elanco's global strategy.

This role offers growth to oversee the entire Farm Animal vaccine portfolio, delivering strategic impact across FA vaccine programs and collaborations with external partners.