Global Product Steward - Parental Drug Products

About the role

Lilly, a global healthcare leader, seeks an experienced Global Product Steward Scientist to join our dynamic team. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams across Lilly and external manufacturing organizations to drive the drug product technical agenda.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical stewardship of parenteral drug products.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team to support global parenteral manufacturing sites for new product commercialization, process improvements and technology transfers at internal and external manufacturing sites.
• Collaborate with process engineers and development scientists to design and transfer robust manufacturing processes to commercial and third-party manufacturing operations.
• Serve as a liaison to CM&C teams to shepherd new pipeline products from development into manufacturing.
• Leverage and influence the internal and external scientific community to impact Lilly’s ability to commercialize life-changing medicines, improve productivity, and create long-term value.
• Integrate cross-functional and/or external information and apply technical knowledge to data-driven decision-making.
• Define the vision and drive advancements of technical capabilities.
• Suggest and evaluate opportunities for molecule, product, and business process improvement.
• This includes driving the molecule/product technical agenda with a specific focus on process/productivity improvements in partnership with the global manufacturing sites.
• Act with speed, agility, and decisiveness to identify the critical issues to resolve; influences team and/or stakeholders on the critical risks and plan for resolution.
• Champion changes that increase the effectiveness of overall business objectives.
• Coach and mentor junior associates.

Requirements

• A degree in a relevant area such as Biochemistry, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biology, or Pharmaceutical Science with one of the following:
• PhD degree in above discipline with a minimum of 5 years of practical experience in parenteral product manufacturing.
• Master’s degree with a minimum of 10 years of practical experience in parenteral product manufacturing.
• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 15 years of practical experience in parenteral product manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Proficient in biomolecule characterization and product development with substantial experience in GMP commercial manufacturing.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret complex technical data and troubleshoot data issues.
• Demonstrated examples of leadership, influence, and problem-solving skills.