Senior Director, Global Parenteral Drug Product Technical Services (MSAT)

Lilly • Indianapolis, IN

3d • $168,000 - $246,400 • Onsite

About The Position

This senior leadership role within Lilly’s Global Parenteral Drug Product Technical Services and Manufacturing Science (MSAT) organization is accountable for ensuring qualified resources, robust systems, and effective governance support technical stewardship of commercial parenteral drug product processes across internal manufacturing sites and external contract manufacturing partners.

The role leads Global Product Stewards for the commercial parenteral drug product portfolio, setting technical direction for sustaining, optimizing, and defending manufacturing processes. It provides network-level technical leadership, supports production continuity, and promotes consistency, compliance, and continuous improvement across the global manufacturing network. The position also builds technical capability during network growth and expansion.

The role is on-site, with work-from-home flexibility of up to 2–4 days per month; remote work is not available. The standard schedule is Monday through Friday during regular business hours, with occasional availability outside those hours for urgent global technical issues. Domestic and international travel of up to approximately 25% is required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a science, engineering, or technical discipline, such as Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, or Pharmaceutical Sciences.
• 15 or more years of pharmaceutical manufacturing experience in a current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) environment.
• 10 or more years of direct experience in parenteral (injectable) drug product manufacturing, with significant experience in technical services, MSAT, process support, manufacturing science, or process engineering.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical organizations or functions operating across multiple manufacturing sites and influencing outcomes in a matrixed, global environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading through network expansion, such as new site startups, major technology transfers, or adding dosage forms and presentations to a parenteral drug product network.
• Ability to set priorities and allocate resources across a global portfolio with competing demands, balancing short-term operational needs and long-term strategic objectives.
• Strong executive communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical topics to senior leaders, regulatory agencies, and cross-functional partners.
• Experience building productive partnerships across organizational, functional, and geographic boundaries, particularly where influence matters more than direct authority.
• Experience engaging with global health authorities, such as FDA, EMA, or PMDA, during regulatory inspections and lifecycle submissions for parenteral drug products.
• Deep familiarity with technology transfer, process validation, and lifecycle management for injectable drug products.
• Commitment to fostering a safe, inclusive, and continuously improving work environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Global Product Steward organization for parenteral drug products, set strategic priorities, and direct technical oversight for commercial injectable products and active technical transfer programs across the manufacturing network.
• Serve as the network-level contact and escalation path for complex parenteral manufacturing technical issues, making decisions that support production continuity across sites and geographies.
• Build, develop, and retain a high-performing team of Global Product Stewards responsible for process knowledge, lifecycle management, and technical support across the network.
• Ensure the organization has appropriately trained and qualified technical experts to provide network-level stewardship, execute the parenteral technical agenda, and support capacity expansion.
• Represent Technical Services / MSAT in cross-functional governance forums and contribute a network-wide perspective to decisions on process changes, site readiness, regulatory strategy, and capital investment.
• Facilitate Parenteral Technical Leadership Network meetings so site-level technical leaders can align on standards, share lessons learned, and make coordinated network decisions.
• Drive network-wide consistency and continuous improvement through relationships with manufacturing site leadership and influence on site and global technical strategy.
• Champion safety initiatives and ensure compliance with corporate and site-level health, safety, and environmental goals.
• Design and implement recognition and reward programs that reinforce technical excellence, collaboration, and accountability across a geographically distributed team.
• Be available occasionally outside standard business hours to respond to urgent technical issues across the global network.
• Travel domestically and internationally, up to approximately 25%.

Benefits

• Company bonus, depending in part on company and individual performance.
• Eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k).
• Pension.
• Vacation benefits.
• Eligibility for medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefits.
• Flexible benefits, including 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, including an employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior