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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.

Overview:

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.

About The Lilly Medicine Foundry:

Lilly recently announced a$4.5 billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development. The first-ever facility of its kind, combining research and manufacturing in a single location, the Medicine Foundry will allow Lilly to further develop innovative solutions to optimize manufacturing processes and increase capacity for clinical trial medicines, while also reducing costs and environmental impact.

* NOTE: f inal location for this role will be Lebanon, IN site but flexibility to work from Indianapolis will be required throughout 2025 and 2026.

Position Summary:

The Sr. Director Operational Readiness Lilly Medicine Foundry will provide project management leadership for activities related to the Foundry design, start-up and operational success. This role will support across the three areas of small molecule, hybrid and biologics and will transition into project management of the portfolio for the Foundry during the run phase. This role will report to the Foundry Site Head and is a member of the Foundry Site Lead Team (FLT). The FLT has collective responsibility to develop and implement the strategic direction, organizational capability and management of the site. Primarily, the members of the team drive the site toward achieving long term business objectives; they continuously develop the business and the organization for the future bearing in mind corporate and LRL objectives and the continuously changing external environment; and they manage issues that span multiple teams in the organization and extend into the broader corporate and external context.

In the Project Delivery Phase and Startup Phase of the project (2025 To 2028), the FLT roles will be fluid and dynamic as we endeavor to support the project delivery, build a new organization, develop and implement the necessary systems and business processes required to support GMP operations and build the site culture. This will require significant collaboration, creativity and resilience as the Lilly Medicines Foundry goes from design, to start-up, and to steady-state operations.

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for development and delivery of the integrated project schedule and timeline for the Foundry in partnership with GFD, FLT, and PR&D.

• Be a key interface point between the GFD project and the site end users to ensure the right priorities are communicated and understood across multiple stakeholders.

• Forecast resource needs across the integrated plan and anticipate and resolve any projected resource issues before they impact project delivery.

• Provide relevant metrics to appropriate governance forums (FLT, PR&D, GFD, etc.)

• Effectively manage Foundry workstreams/subteams, upward and cross-functional communication, anticipate and resolve barriers inhibiting the teams from being successful.

• Serve as a deep technical project management expert and evaluate and pilot, if appropriate, innovative project management processes, tools.

• Provide project management and leadership for special initiatives that are cross functional in nature.

• Lead teams to meet or exceed overall project deliverables related to scope, cost, budget and quality.

• Accountable for delivery of high quality, timely, data driven decisions. Accountable for ensuring that cost, timeline, scope, and risk management processes are in place on teams to monitor and control performance of the overall project that utilizes appropriate tools and techniques (SAP, WIP analysis, budget: plan vs actual, FTE: plan vs actual, change control, etc.).

• Accountable for delivery of project plan and milestones with quality on time, on budget, and within scope. This plan should be identify key linkages, interdependencies, durations, and resource requirements.

• Hold functions accountable for achievement of key project deliverables in alignment with the agreed to project plan

• Demonstrated experience of project management tools and processes for scope, schedule, cost and risk management.

• Support leaders in monitoring operational progress, the culture of the group, and financial/compliance performance

• Establish and manage business processes and collaboration forums as needed

• Ensure right to operate as well as Team Lilly expectations are being met/succeeded

• Be an ambassador of and advocate for the Foundry and PRD to the rest of Lilly

• Build and maintain trusted relationships between the Foundry/PRD and key stakeholders

• Facilitate recruitment, onboarding, integration, and retention of talent; including manage contract project management employees as needed

• Help identify opportunities for continuous enhancements and convert them into action plans

Basic Requirements:

• BS in a health-related, scientific, engineering or related field and minimum of seven years in project management or related experience OR Master’s in related field and five years of project management/related experience

Additional Preferences:

• Must possess knowledge and understanding of cGMPs and how they apply to operations.

• Should have a demonstrated track record of successfully developing, managing and executing projects from start to finish on time and within budget with high performance standards that ensure customer satisfaction.

• Strong facilitation skills and excellent at framing decisions and influencing team members and internal/external stakeholders without direct positional authority and effective at negotiating agreements/partnerships

• Effective communication skills with the experience and maturity to interact with all levels of the broader organization

• Excellent interpersonal and teambuilding skills - able to develop effective teamwork between team members with diverse interpersonal styles; able to deliver effective coaching and feedback and develop team members.

• Outcomes focus: Demonstrated bias for action and focus on results

• Demonstrated analytical and conceptual problem-solving skills

• Excellent self-management and organizational skills; able to manage multiple priorities, set personal and team priorities, and adjust as needed (ability to quickly adapt to changing situation, learn while doing, and deliver results)

• Excellent at framing decisions and executing on decisions. Excellent at influencing team members and internal/external stakeholders without direct positional authority and effective at negotiating agreements both internally and externally to the team

• High learning agility – embraces ambiguity

* NOTE: f inal location for this role will be Lebanon, IN site but flexibility to work from Indianapolis will be required throughout 2025 and 2026.

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.

Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for employment positions on the B or S paths or at levels M1-M2 or P1-P4.

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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is

$151,500 - $222,200

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, 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).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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