Sr. Principal Scientist – TS/MS Device & Packaging Full-time

Join Us At Eli Lilly

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.

Join us at Eli Lilly in a dynamic role where you'll be a pivotal force in our Device and Packaging Manufacturing division, supporting our mission to deliver life-saving medications to patients worldwide. As a Specialist in Technical Services/Manufacturing Sciences (TS/MS), you will provide technical oversight and will work to deliver successful approaches for new and existing medicines introduced on lines, support technical transfer, and optimize existing control and capacity to maintain the reliable supply for products across the site.

Key Objectives and Deliverables:

Technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) Oversight:

• Demonstrate a strong ownership and stewardship for medical device design, manufacturing, labelling, and/or packaging processes you support by being flexible, proactive and involved.
• Liaise with regulatory function to align on strategies for new products, packaging, platform changes and planning for consolidated technical change agendas. Understand key regulations and their impact to the medical device design transfer and post-launch surveillance process.
• Engage externally to ensure the organization stays current in the evolving risk management, state-of-the-art technology, regulatory and compliance environment. Leverage these to improve strategies and applications for developing and controlling design transfer and manufacturing processes.

• Prepare, review, and approve study designs, protocols, technical reports, and other related technical documentation. Oversee qualification and validation strategy for device and packaging processes.
• Independently identify the key engineering questions/issues and develops solutions to advance business objectives.

Innovation and Problem-Solving:

• Provide technical and effective process support services for production issue resolution and investigation with proficient data analysis and first principles applications, ensuring reliable solutions, safe execution, and regulatory compliance.

• Identify and drive improvement opportunities. Implement the organization's technology transfer agenda, ensuring seamless integration and replication of Site business and Quality Systems for Commercial Launch/Technical Agenda activities.

• Support complex investigation of key issues and events and work on the identification and implementation of CAPA plans to address such events and prevent recurrence.

Regulatory Compliance:

• Ensure adherence to current regulatory requirements, including cGMP standards, ISO 14971, ISO 11608, OSHA regulations, and environmental sustainability goals.
• Support site inspection readiness and execution. This role has direct interaction with Regulatory Agencies during site inspections.
• Identify weaknesses and opportunities in control strategy and pursue improvements and resolution.
• Establish guidance and standards for critical aspects of the operational and equipment control strategy supporting device and packaging platforms.

Process Optimization:

• Develop local processes and procedures to enhance efficiency and effectiveness, utilizing lean tools for success.
• Use first principles and theoretical knowledge to define scientific approaches to support technical expectations. Utilize in depth understanding of materials, process, automation, and product to improve. product/process robustness, reduce variability, and provide improvement in control strategies.
• Perform process monitoring of critical parameters and react to signals/trends to drive continuous improvement, process capability and prevention of issues.

Cross Functional Collaboration:

• Foster knowledge sharing and education within the team and with key internal and external partners to drive alignment, share best practices, technical principles and meet manufacturing goals.
• Collaboratively integrate different disciplines such as engineering and analytical science on technical projects, process performance improvements, or control strategy effectiveness.

Mentorship:

• Mentor and provide coaching to develop other technical resources on scientific approach, technology, as well as business approach and behaviors. This may include coaching on first principles, change or deviation management and processing issue resolution.
• Create a safe and encouraging environment for colleagues to share ideas, contribute and thrive.
• Willingness to openly share, to speak up and ensure others understand the risks when making business choices and decisions.

Safety and Quality Culture:

• Lead by example in building and driving a culture of safety first and quality always within the organization.
• Author, Review and/or approve GMP documentation including procedures, deviation investigations, technical reports, change controls, regulatory submissions, validation protocols and summary reports, PFDs, APRs, etc.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in pharmaceutical and/or medical device manufacturing or regulated industry.
• Strong understanding of cGMPs and pharmaceutical or regulated industry manufacturing.
• Ability to lead complex technical projects and make informed decisions.

Additional preferences:

• Prior experience in packaging and/or device assembling operations.
• Familiarity with Commercialization process and Process Control requirements.
• Demonstrated, strong technical leadership and communication skills. Communicates effectively across disciplines and types of audiences (internal and external) to influence and/or drive common understanding and appropriate actions.
• Ability to work well independently, as well as in teams. Provides partnership and collaboration across multiple disciplines.
• Demonstrated, strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Project management experience and basic statistical skills.
• Working knowledge of equipment and facility qualification processes.
• Safety equipment (PPE) and precautions required in the manufacturing plant environment.
• Variable travel may be required to support business needs, 0-50%.

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Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women's Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate's education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $114,000 – $198,000. 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).