Scientist-TS/MS

Eli Lilly and Company•Carolina, PR

About The Position

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. Patients are at the center of everything we do at Lilly. We are currently hiring a Scientist TS/MS The Post-Doctoral Process Development Scientist should be self-starter, independent, and work well under tight timelines. Should be Interfaces with external groups to ensure accurate and timely completion/delivery of projects, investigations, information and/or preparation/review of technical reports.

Requirements

Ph.D. in a life science related field (Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Pharmacy, etc.)
Research experience using laboratory equipment and powder characterization technologies is preferred.
Demonstrated strong scientific and technical knowledge in dry product formulation, statistical data analysis, technical writing, and project management.
Fully Bilingual (English/Spanish)
Strong technical communication skills (written and spoken) in English and Spanish
Critical thinking and sound judgement
Problem-solving skills
Computer literate
Self-driven
Teamwork oriented.
Ability to collaborate with other parts of the organization and across multiple levels is essential.
Flexibility is required to provide technical support and continuity to a 24-hour process operation, able to work irregular hours, rotating shifts, weekends, holidays if necessary.
Candidate must also be willing to travel.
Strong compliance mindset and sound judgement.
Ability to collaborate with other parts of the organization and across multiple levels is essential.

Responsibilities

Responsible for technical interrogation of the various excipients and formulation blends obtained from different manufacturing platforms to support our company's pipeline.
Utilize a wide variety of analytical instruments and methods, to build fundamental understanding of manufacturing process and functional properties and attributes of excipients, API's, tablets, capsules and formulation blends.
Perform extensive data analysis/interpretation.
Preparing good technical reports to summarize the findings and recommendations of the analysis.
Play a leadership role in the design of experiments, and the development and usage of laboratory models suitable for optimizing dry product manufacturing processes.
Promote deep technical excellence and scientific understanding throughout the TS/MS organization
Drive and prioritize productivity improvements through bench scale experimentation.
Ensure successful technical transfers and provide technical support for the dry product process.
Partnering and networking with the Indianapolis Product and Process Development Group and TS/MS organization and the multidisciplinary Process Team to troubleshoot and improve the capability of manufacturing processes.
Execute with good documentation and laboratory practices.
Promote and model by example compliance to GLPs, health, safety and environmental regulations.

Benefits

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).

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