Associate Director, Operational Readiness, Lilly Medicine Foundry

Lilly • Indianapolis, IN

121d • $111,000 - $162,800

About The Position

The Associate Director Operational Readiness is responsible for managing the delivery of operational readiness aspects of the Foundry site. This role works in partnership with front line resources, leadership, and project stakeholders to ensure site deliverables to support startup are appropriately planned, scheduled, and executed to enable on-schedule and on-budget project delivery. The scope of operational readiness deliverables is expansive, stretching across all functional areas of the site, requiring the Associate Director Operational Readiness to build breadth of knowledge and work well cross-functionally. This role also works across teams to enable successful integration of the operational readiness schedule with the construction and qualification schedules.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required in Engineering, Chemistry, or other relevant scientific discipline.
• Minimum of 8+ years of experience in multidisciplinary business functions within pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry and project management.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing projects in pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry, preferably in an API pilot plant environment.
• Bring multidisciplinary experience/understanding from various business units (e.g. Engineering, Automation, Facility, Safety, Quality, Operations, etc.) to support overall operational readiness.
• CAPM or PMP Certification.
• Experience with Oracle Primavera P6 and Smartsheet for project scheduling software.
• Experience working in a GMP environment.
• Experience with capital project execution.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work as a team leader to execute multi-disciplined projects.
• Strong organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders and SMEs to develop operational readiness scope across multiple technical areas simultaneously.
• Lead cross-functional project teams to develop operational readiness scope into an integrated schedule.
• Manage and track execution of operational readiness deliverables and provide required metrics for stakeholder accountability.
• Integrate operational readiness schedules with the overall project schedule to enable integrated critical path tracking.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert for Project Management, driving good Project Management best practices across all areas of influence.

Benefits

• 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.
• Well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees