Director - Drug Delivery Technologies

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Director – Drug Delivery Technologies

Organization Overview

For more than 130 years, Lilly has been dedicated to meeting the health care needs of people in the United States and around the world. We address these needs primarily by developing innovative medicines—investing a higher percentage of our sales in research and development than any other major pharmaceutical company.

The Drug Delivery And New Product Innovation Group Within Lilly’s DDCS (Delivery And Device Connected Solutions) Function Studies Physiological Barriers Across Various Routes Of Administration To Apply And Create Novel Patient Centric Drug Delivery Solutions. With a Broad Focus To Develop Injection Device Platforms And Novel Delivery Devices To Improve Patient Care, The Group Focuses In Serving As a Center Of Excellence In The Following Areas

• Injection physiology (across various injection barriers) and new device ideation including modeling and simulation
• Develop novel drug delivery technologies (for all modalities across various routes of administration) to create next gen patient centric medicines
• Nanomedicine and targeted delivery
• Connected devices and digital biomarkers
  
  
  

We are seeking a highly collaborative and self-motivated professional with experience in developing and characterizing drug delivery systems to:

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to nanomedicine and targeted delivery application.
• Provide leadership for the development and implementation of our portfolio in delivery strategies and actively engage functional leaders across organizations to drive strategies that position our teams to deliver the best product to our patients.
• Drive the creation and execution of strategic project plans to support long range and yearly business plans. Drive external collaborations.
• In partnership with organizational management, establish, monitor, and evolve functional governances and make recommendations for adjustments as necessary to ensure efficient communication, escalation, and decision making.
• Leverage the highest quality scientific principles and a drug development mindset to enable strategic and operational objectives.
• Work with the management team to develop and maintain clear, ongoing communication within and outside of the organization concerning our vision, performance, and impact.
• Actively contribute to the successful implementation of key initiatives, including acceleration plans, portfolio delivery and sourcing models, and share initiatives and implementation plans.
• Bring forward proposals and lead implementation of projects from design to delivery that will contribute to successful project delivery as effectively and efficiently as possible.
• Proactively identify potential issues and contingency plans with a focus on quality and risk mitigation across our delivery platform projects.
• Contribute to defining technologies that would benefit the organizations short- and long-term goals.
• Drive effective communication, escalation, and shared learning with the necessary technical experts and leaders.
• Collaborate and drive external partners to deliver on portfolio projects.
• Apply innovation and lessons learned in real time. Enable a culture of continuous improvement to drive efficiency through process improvement, technology and automation, and shared learning.
  
  
  

Position Qualifications

• PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences in Chemistry/Chemistry/Materials Science/ Chemical Engineering or a related field, with a minimum of 15 years of relevant industrial or post-doctoral experience (MS/BS with 20+ years of relevant experience)
• Demonstrated technical mastery and scientific leadership in nano particle technologies and controlled release
• Knowledge of particle science technologies including drug delivery and combination products is preferred.
• In Vivo animal research experience is preferred.
• Self-motivated, dedicated and adaptable to evolving priorities.
• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a dynamic and multidisciplinary matrixed team environment.
• Ability to travel about 10% of the time.
• Employees may be required to engage with potentially hazardous agents, adhere to specific safety protocols, and/or receive immunizations as necessary.
  
  
  

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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

$156,750 - $229,900

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.

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