Senior Director - Small Molecule Process Development

Senior Advisor/ Director - Synthetic chemistry Process development - Scientist

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Company Overview 

Lilly, a leading innovation-driven corporation, is developing a growing portfolio of pharmaceutical products by applying the latest research from its own worldwide laboratories and from collaborations with eminent scientific organizations.  Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Lilly makes life better – through medicines and information – for some of the world’s most urgent medical needs.  Founded over 145 years ago, the company has sustained a culture that values excellence, integrity, and respect for people. This has resulted in Lilly frequently being ranked as one of the best companies in the world at which to work.  Lilly knows its business has prospered because of its employees – people with a talent for innovation and a passion for making a difference by finding treatments for the most stubborn diseases; people whose talent is matched by their generosity, and people with strong values and a determination to prevail, regardless of the challenges.  Join our team – and make a difference in improving health for people all over the world! 

Manufacturing and Quality Technical Hub Hyderabad 

Lilly has made a strategic investment of more than $1B dollars to establish a Manufacturing and Quality technical hub. This hub will oversee the significant investment in contract manufacturing of starting materials and intermediates for API manufacturing in India and the technical services responsible for managing the scientific agenda for manufacturing and quality. The hub will be recruiting top talent in the areas of process engineering, chemistry, analytical and data sciences to build a cutting-edge scientific organization supporting the exciting manufacturing portfolio of Lilly.  

Key Responsibilities:

Safety culture lab management:

• To ensure that appropriate personal protective equipment’s in the laboratory premises are available and follows the safety precautions.
• Ensure the good administration and housekeeping of the PRD department work area.

People Leadership

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of process chemists aligned with Lilly culture.
• Set clear objectives, provide coaching, conduct performance reviews, and support career development.
• Promote a culture of scientific excellence, collaboration, safety, and compliance.
• Work as a team and take responsibility with accountability.

Scientific & Technical Leadership

• Plan and supervise post commercial, process development of intermediate and drug substances.
• Design, optimize, and troubleshoot chemical processes with a strong focus on scalability, robustness, safety, cost, and sustainability.
• Excel in the observation, recordings and reporting skill sets for the scientific data.
• Literature survey for information concerning specific chemicals, reagents and processes.
• The Feasibility study of custom products involves close monitoring / supervision.
• The Process Optimization shall be made on the selected route based on due diligence and literature during the feasibility studies.
• Prior to designing laboratory experiments for process optimization, the MSDS of all input materials shall be obtained and scrutinized for risk assessment.
• To improve processes for existing products and improve efficiency in cycle time.
• Ensure and sign off the experimental data related to process development studies of the NCEs / API intermediate / target molecules manufacturing are recorded in Electronic Notebook (ELN).
• To write process descriptions in the Technical Package and transfer optimized manufacturing strategies to production.
• PRD to support the technology transfer team towards the efficient scalability of a given process to the manufacturing site.
• To evaluate, recommend new technologies and equipment for synthesis, purification and implement their use in PRD and demonstrate the same to TT.
• To support the clients with respect to all the analytical and CMC needs for each project being handled by PRD.
• Actively participate in investigation of various complaints and quality related issues like CAPA, closing out the deviations in the manufacturing.
• To lead multiple projects and teams

Education Requirement:

• Ph.D. in scientific disciplines of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering /Ph.D + Post Doc in Chemistry (focusing more process chemistry) with 12+ years

Other Information:

• Some travel (domestic and international) less than 5% 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 does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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Experience Level

Senior Level