Associate Director, Operational Readiness, Lilly Medicine Foundry

Associate Director Operational Readiness

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.

Lilly recently announced a $4.5 billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development. The first-ever facility of its kind, combining research and manufacturing in a single location, the Medicine Foundry will allow Lilly to further develop innovative solutions to optimize manufacturing processes and increase capacity for clinical trial medicines, while also reducing costs and environmental impact.

Position Description

The Associate Director Operational Readiness is responsible for managing the delivery of operational readiness aspects of the Foundry site. This role works in partnership with front line resources, leadership, and project stakeholders to ensure site deliverables to support startup are appropriately planned, scheduled, and executed to enable on-schedule and on-budget project delivery. The scope of operational readiness deliverables is expansive, stretching across all functional areas of the site, requiring the Associate Director Operational Readiness to build breadth of knowledge and work well cross-functionally. This role also works across teams to enable successful integration of the operational readiness schedule with the construction and qualification schedules.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders and SMEs to develop operational readiness scope across multiple technical areas simultaneously.
• Lead cross-functional project teams to develop operational readiness scope into an integrated schedule.
• Manage and track execution of operational readiness deliverables and provide required metrics for stakeholder accountability.
• Integrate operational readiness schedules with the overall project schedule to enable integrated critical path tracking.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert for Project Management, driving good Project Management best practices across all areas of influence.

Basic Requirements

Additional Preferences

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.

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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate's education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $111,000 - $162,800. 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.