Senior Director, TS/MS and Site Head – Elanco Technology Center

Elanco•Indianapolis, IN

8d•Onsite

About The Position

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals! As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People. At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights. Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today! Your Role: Senior Director, TS/MS and Site Head – Elanco Technology Center (ETC) As the Senior Director, TS/MS and Site Head of the Elanco Technology Center (ETC), you will provide strategic, technical, and operational leadership for Elanco’s biologics and fermentation development capabilities. In this role, you will lead a team of scientists and engineers to advance deep bioprocess expertise supporting monoclonal antibodies, vaccines, and microbial fermentation platforms across the full product lifecycle. You will drive process optimization, technology transfer, and lifecycle management initiatives to improve process robustness, reduce cost of goods, and ensure reliable global supply across Elanco Animal Health.

Requirements

Education: Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, or a related scientific discipline
Required Experience: 15+ years of experience in biologics, vaccine, or fermentation environments supporting process development and commercial lifecycle management in GMP settings, including at least 5 years of people leadership
Experience and proven success in talent development and succession management
Top 2 skills: Deep leadership bioprocess expertise across development through commercialization (including strong upstream experience) and demonstrated leadership capability to drive process performance improvements that reduce COGS and improve supply reliability

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting monoclonal antibodies, vaccines, and microbial fermentation products across development and commercial manufacturing
Proven track record delivering measurable improvements in yield, throughput, capacity, or cost reduction for commercial biologics processes
Strong upstream expertise (cell culture or fermentation) with working knowledge of downstream purification and integrated process control strategies
Experience leading site operations, budgets, and capital projects tied to process improvement or capability expansion
Strong influencing skills across global manufacturing networks and cross-functional stakeholders

Responsibilities

Lead global product lifecycle management across biologics platforms (mAbs, vaccines, and microbial fermentation), driving improvements in process robustness, yield, cycle time, and COGS optimization for commercial products
Identify and execute end-to-end process improvement initiatives across upstream, downstream, and analytical operations, including process intensification, raw material strategy, control strategy optimization, and capacity or scale enhancements
Partner with global manufacturing sites to resolve complex technical issues, lead root cause investigations, and implement sustainable solutions that improve process capability, throughput, and supply reliability
Provide full site leadership for ETC, including safety, quality, compliance, facilities, capital planning, and operational excellence, ensuring ETC remains a Center of Excellence for biologics development, scale-up, and technology transfer
Develop and lead a high-performing team of ~25 scientists and engineers, building strong technical capability and influencing enterprise technical strategy through collaboration with R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, and external partners