Sr. Principal Associate – Environmental – Global HSE

About the role

This role provides strategic and technical environmental expertise within Global HSE, driving enterprise-level environmental strategy, governance, and performance across global manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities

• Define, own, and advance global environmental programs, standards, and governance frameworks aligned with enterprise HSE priorities and business needs.
• Establish and drive consistent implementation of environmental standards and expectations across sites, ensuring compliant and risk-based execution while enabling operational flexibility.
• Lead development and execution of complex environmental permitting strategies (Air, Water, Waste), including regulatory engagement, to enable capital projects, site expansions, and business growth.
• Lead interpretation and application of global environmental regulations, partnering with Legal to define enterprise positions and proactively address regulatory risk and emerging requirements.
• Anticipate and translate evolving environmental regulations and industry trends into actionable internal standards, guidance, and strategies.
• Identify, prioritize, and mitigate enterprise-level environmental risks, driving proactive visibility, escalation, and resolution of high-risk issues across the network.
• Conduct environmental assessments and provide site support to identify systemic gaps, evaluate compliance, and drive sustainable corrective actions.
• Own and evolve environmental data systems, tools, and performance metrics to enable risk-based decision-making and enterprise performance management.
• Influence Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Legal, and other functions to integrate environmental considerations into business decisions, capital planning, and operational strategies.
• Represent the company in regulatory interactions, industry forums, and technical networks to influence environmental policy and remain current on emerging issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in environmental compliance, permitting, and risk management within complex regulated environments.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects and influence outcomes in ambiguous situations.
• Demonstrated success evaluating complex environmental risks and developing business-aligned solutions.

Qualifications

• Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Skills

• Deep expertise in air, water, and/or waste regulatory frameworks.
• Experience in pharmaceutical or other highly regulated manufacturing environments.
• Experience working with international environmental regulations.
• Experience leading environmental audits, assessments, and regulatory inspections.
• Experience supporting capital projects, site expansions, or major permitting efforts.
• Advanced ability to translate complex technical and regulatory concepts into clear recommendations for senior leadership.

Benefits

Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).

Pay

The anticipated wage for this position is $115,500 - $184,800.

Schedule

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance).