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.Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is$147,000 - $237,600Position Description:The Sr Director, New API Site Network Operations role is a critical position to ensure our manufacturing network can execute on major strategic objectives and improve the overall consistency and operational efficiency for how we are building capabilities across the new sites. This role will have broad scope with impacts across multiple sites and geographies, and will have significant exposure to site, functional, and overall manufacturing and quality leadership.Critical Skill sets required:
Integrate functions and lead cross-functionally
Demonstrate ability to identify strategic opportunities and turn strategy to execution
Operate as Team Lilly
Strong learning agility
Drive execution and accountability
Influence without authority
Strong inclusive leader
Experience working in the biopharma manufacturing space
Project management
Change management skills through major change agenda
Building up of standards and processes
Strategic Processes and Projects
Proactively assess strategic and capability gaps / opportunities across sites and partner with NAS LT members to drive improvement
Ensure thorough and meaningful measurement and analytics on key questions to help drive the business and better serve our customers
Support annual strategic planning and business plan processes, including ongoing prioritization of initiatives
Lead and manage special projects
Anticipate and facilitate the resolution of issues that impact key project deliverables and facilitate understanding and resolution of issues
Drive Operational Excellence
Lead and facilitate key project meetings and ensure follow up on actions
Manage meeting agendas, pre-reads and follow ups
Ensure appropriate governance is in place to ensure safety, quality, agility and execution to drive most important work
Monitor the progress on milestones and take action to escalate/remove barriers
Support sites to facilitate consistent processes and efficient planning. Drive operational process improvements, best practice sharing and cost efficiencies.
Effective Communication
Drive connectivity between sites, functions and networks to ensure alignment on strategic objectives
Drive documentation and communication of key decisions, actions, and key modifications in time, budget, scope, and risk to key stakeholders
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelors’ degree
Minimum 8 years of manufacturing experience
Additional Skills/Preferences:
Demonstrated ability to think strategically and solve problems
Excellent communication and project management skills
Ability to lead and influence others with or without authority
Strong business acumen
Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity
Demonstrated ability to deliver on operational excellence
Ability to work cross-functionally, cross-culturally, and with individuals at all levels of the organization
Experience working in the biopharma manufacturing space
Previous management experience leading a cross-functional team of people to deliver on objectives
Able to effectively facilitate team meetings and team leadership interactions
Drive effective and efficient team decision-making process
Other information:
Travel Percentage: 25 to 30%
Lilly is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, 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 help our company develop talented individuals for future leadership roles. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, African American Network, Chinese Culture Network, Early Career Professionals, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinos at Lilly, PRIDE (LGBTQ + Allies), Veterans Leadership Network, Women’s Network, Working and Living with Disabilities. Learn more about all of our groups.#WeAreLillyLilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form ( https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation ) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.Lilly is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, 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 help our company develop talented individuals for future leadership roles. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, African American Network, Chinese Culture Network, Early Career Professionals, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinos at Lilly, PRIDE (LGBTQ + Allies), Veterans Leadership Network, Women’s Network, Working and Living with Disabilities. Learn more about all of our groups.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).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.#WeAreLilly