Associate Vice President - Global Facilities Delivery Projects

About the role

The AVP will lead and manage a multibillion dollar, complex, large capital project consisting of both Lilly and Non-Lilly professionals to safely achieve project objectives from front end planning and/or site acquisition and government negotiations in a Greenfield site, through operational verification/qualification. The responsibilities include leading a staff of exempt level employees, developing and maintaining safety and environmental execution plans, ensuring compliance to safety and environmental policies, and representing Lilly's values externally.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a multibillion dollar, complex, large capital project consisting of both Lilly and Non-Lilly professionals to safely achieve project objectives from front end planning and/or site acquisition and government negotiations in a Greenfield site, through operational verification/qualification.
• Manage a staff of exempt level employees (ePMs, Development Plans, staffing and planning models, workload assignments and compensation reviews).
• Develop Business & Strategic Plans and Manage departmental expenses for cost center.
• Ensure compliance to safety and environmental policies, procedures, and work rules for project personnel, contractors, and subcontractors from conceptual design through operational qualification.
• Lead with a disciplined, structured approach to project management based on compliance with GFD and Company Policies and Procedures.
• Identify the need and lead interaction with external partners or agencies, to fulfill the compliance needs of the projects.
• Represent the Lilly values to external partners and to the community.
• Lead with a disciplined, structured approach to project management based on compliance with GFD and Company Policies and Procedures.
• Foster the right culture on the worksite as well as convey this externally.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science - Engineering or technical related field, preferably related to project management.
• Minimum of 15 years previous experience in successfully delivering a multibillion dollar project(s) from start to end.
• Previous experience managing greenfield projects.
• Willingness to relocate and/or travel to locations outside of home state/country.

Qualifications

• Experience in most of the following disciplines: Automation, construction, construction quality, project controls, the engineering disciplines, safety, scheduling.
• Multibillion Dollar Project Management experience in manufacturing facilities (Bulk API, sterile products, secondary packaging, Devices, and to a lesser extent, lab projects).
• Demonstrated ability to work at long distances with little supervision.
• Able to exhibit a good sense of judgment in decision making, while at the same time keeping management informed and engaged on critical issues.
• Able to facilitate issue resolution, anticipate scope changes, and implement safely with quality, speed and value.
• Able to communicate effectively both written and verbally.
• Able to influence personnel and organizations without having direct administrative responsibility for them.
• Professional Engineer or equivalent technical certification.
• Competency in a foreign language(s).