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    Associate Director – Laboratory Management and Operations - Indianapolis, United States - Eli Lilly and Company

    Eli Lilly and Company
    Eli Lilly and Company Indianapolis, United States

    3 weeks ago

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    Description

    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.

    This role will have oversight for the development laboratories areas within the Synthetic Molecule Design and Development (SMDD) organization, which is involved in key activities for the development of synthetic drug substances and drug products starting with pre-clinical phases through commercialization. Our lab-based scientists and engineers develop innovative technical and business solutions across a portfolio of projects using their deep technical expertise to accelerate testing of the clinical hypothesis and overall drug development. Through recognizing the value of a hardworking and culturally diverse workforce, SMDD delivers on these responsibilities and helps bring the next generation of life changing medicines to patients.

    This role supports oversight of expanding internal development laboratory spaces for SMDD to advance efficiency, safety, and compliance in support of the development portfolio. The individual will meet all corporate and department objectives, facilitate development laboratory activities, and consult with scientists and management on laboratory-based initiatives.

    Our organization is comprised of experienced, creative, and upbeat process chemists, analytical chemists, formulation scientists, and engineers who collaboratively contribute to overall control strategy development, unit operation optimization and process optimization of synthetic drug candidates to support clinical trials, regulatory submission, and product commercialization.

    Key Responsibilities:

    Responsible for routine laboratory support activities including, but not limited to:

  • Provide oversight of SMDD in-sourced contractors in partnership with management and technical leadership.
  • Provide effective management of major instrument service contracts supported by instrument vendors and service management providers.
  • Develop effective laboratory housekeeping procedures in alignment with 5S goals.
  • Ensure compliance of all laboratory instruments, instrument controllers, and development mode data generation.
  • Identify opportunities to increase laboratory efficiency through improved space and equipment utilization and laboratory organization. Develop tools to enable capacity-based instrument metrics to make purchasing decisions for laboratory equipment.
  • Responsible for routine laboratory support activities, including developing inventory management systems for chemical and sample storage, facilitating development of on-the-job trainings for new scientists, management of SMDD chemical and equipment stock rooms.
  • Oversight of SMDD instrument capital budget and approval process.
  • Be a champion and thought leader for laboratory safety within the organization. Seek out opportunities for local process improvements to ensure safety within laboratory spaces and support safety initiatives within SMDD. Participate in all laboratory safety inspections and partner with HSE colleagues to lead SMDD safety initiatives.Basic Qualifications:
  • Minimum of bachelor's degree in relevant Science or Engineering discipline.
  • 10+ years of relevant foundational experiences in laboratory management.Additional Skills: The ideal candidate ideally exhibits:
  • Thorough understanding of development of synthetic drug substances and drug products.
  • Experience with management of in-sourced contractors.
  • Demonstrated ability to navigate complex interpersonal relationships.
  • Strong leadership attributes including good communication skills (written and verbal) and a strong sense of personal accountability.
  • Demonstrated critical thinking, excellent judgment, and initiative taking.
  • Demonstrated success in persuasion, influence, and negotiation skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to work and accomplish results independently.
  • Demonstrated ability to interface cross-functionally and achieve goals in collaborative environments.
  • Demonstrated examples of process improvement and implementation.
  • Seek to understand, demonstrates humility, and shows curiosity for learning.
  • Ability to prioritize multiple activities and handle ambiguity.Additional Information:
  • 0-10% travel required.
  • Position requires on-site presence, 8-hour days, five days per week, with flexibility to support activities during shutdowns, weekends, etc. Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly USA, LLC and our wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively "Lilly") are committed to help individuals with disabilities to participate in the workforce and ensure equal opportunity to compete for jobs. If you require an accommodation to submit a resume for positions at Lilly, please email Lilly Human Resources ( ) for further assistance. Please note This email address is intended for use only to request an accommodation as part of the application process. Any other correspondence will not receive a response.

    Lilly is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and 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. Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and help our company develop talented individuals for future leadership roles. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, African American Network, Chinese Culture Network, Early Career Professionals, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinos at Lilly, PRIDE (LGBTQ + Allies), Veterans Leadership Network, Women's Network, Working and Living with Disabilities. Learn more about all of our groups. #WeAreLilly
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