Senior Director, CMC Project Management

Senior Director, CMC Project Management

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.

The Senior Director, CMC Project Management will provide strategic and operational leadership for cross-functional CMC team(s) and will partner with CMC scientific and technical leaders with accountability for technical deliverables. CMC Project Management is the program and project management arm of our critical Product Research and Development group. CMC Project Managers are responsible for leading the creation, development, communication, and implementation of integrated CMC plans for assets from portfolio entry to global submissions and launch.

Responsibilities :

• Effectively partner with global program teams and therapeutic areas to translate clinical, asset and portfolio strategy into clear CMC development and delivery goals for cross-functional CMC teams.
• Lead the creation, development, communication, and implementation of integrated CMC plans for assets with the functional CMC areas from portfolio entry through global submissions, approvals, and launch.
• Leverage portfolio knowledge, development, and financial acumen to enable investment strategy and optimization at both project and portfolio level.
• Drive cross-functional CMC teams to maximize the value of data, create bold, competitive plans, anticipate risks, effectively communicate risks, enable high quality decisions at fast speed and implement decisions.
• Understand when and how to appropriately raise issues to teams and to stakeholders. Keep both team members and stakeholders fully apprised of project status and issues at the right level of detail.
• Develop high performing matrix teams with an ability to quickly identify gaps in team effectiveness and implement remediation efforts to ensure project success.
• Support Due Diligence efforts by leading CMC development plans while integrating and communicating key findings with stakeholders.
• Coach new PMs in the management of a development project : team dynamics, understanding stages of development and how functional inputs interact to ensure project progression, processes relating to CMC development, strategic document preparation, and PM best practices.
• Participate in or lead continuous improvement projects, which significantly impact the work and / or effectiveness of CMC development.

Basic Requirements :

Additional Preferences :

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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 $151,500 - $222,200. 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.