Vaccine Development Project Leader in Farm Animal R&D

Elanco Tiergesundheit AG; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation packages

Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and

Year-end) in the US (in addition to

PTO

8-week parental leave

9 Employee Resource Groups

Annual bonus offering

Flexible work arrangements

Up to 6% 401K matching

Job summary

Elanco—a global leader in animal health—seeks a Senior Director to lead vaccine development project leadership for Farm Animal R&D. You will steer multi-functional teams from pipeline entry through approval, collaborating with R&D and Commercial leaders to advance innovations aligned with Elanco’s global strategy.

You will manage project plans, budgets, and timelines, ensuring ROIs and milestones across regulated development, while guiding SMEs and external partners.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant scientific discipline plus industry experience.
• Proven vaccine project leadership across species and R&D stages.
• Proven project leadership at all stages of product development, including launch of farm animal vaccines.
• Demonstrated experience working in regulated product development.
• 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 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-species experience

R&D project management

Regulatory development experience

Strategic thinking

Leadership & EI

Communication skills

Education

Master’s degree in a relevant scientific discipline

PhD and/or DVM with 8+ years R&D leadership

Job description

Elanco—a global leader in animal health—seeks a Senior Director to lead vaccine development project leadership for Farm Animal R&D. You will steer multi-functional teams from pipeline entry through approval, collaborating with R&D and Commercial leaders to advance innovations aligned with Elanco’s global strategy.

You will manage project plans, budgets, and timelines, ensuring ROIs and milestones across regulated development, while guiding SMEs and external partners.