Senior Director, TS/MS and Site Head – Elanco Technology Center

Role Summary

Senior Director, TS/MS and Site Head – Elanco Technology Center (ETC) provides strategic, technical, and operational leadership for Elanco’s biologics and fermentation development capabilities. You will lead a team of scientists and engineers to advance deep bioprocess expertise supporting monoclonal antibodies, vaccines, and microbial fermentation platforms across the full product lifecycle. You will drive process optimization, technology transfer, and lifecycle management initiatives to improve process robustness, reduce cost of goods, and ensure reliable global supply across Elanco Animal Health.

Responsibilities

• Lead global product lifecycle management across biologics platforms (mAbs, vaccines, and microbial fermentation), driving improvements in process robustness, yield, cycle time, and COGS optimization for commercial products
• Identify and execute end-to-end process improvement initiatives across upstream, downstream, and analytical operations, including process intensification, raw material strategy, control strategy optimization, and capacity or scale enhancements
• Partner with global manufacturing sites to resolve complex technical issues, lead root cause investigations, and implement sustainable solutions that improve process capability, throughput, and supply reliability
• Provide full site leadership for ETC, including safety, quality, compliance, facilities, capital planning, and operational excellence, ensuring ETC remains a Center of Excellence for biologics development, scale-up, and technology transfer
• Develop and lead a high-performing team of ~25 scientists and engineers, building strong technical capability and influencing enterprise technical strategy through collaboration with R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, and external partners

Qualifications

• Required: 15+ years of experience in biologics, vaccine, or fermentation environments supporting process development and commercial lifecycle management in GMP settings, including at least 5 years of people leadership
• Required: Experience and proven success in talent development and succession management
• Required: Top 2 skills: Deep leadership bioprocess expertise across development through commercialization (including strong upstream experience) and demonstrated leadership capability to drive process performance improvements that reduce COGS and improve supply reliability
• Preferred: Experience supporting monoclonal antibodies, vaccines, and microbial fermentation products across development and commercial manufacturing
• Preferred: Proven track record delivering measurable improvements in yield, throughput, capacity, or cost reduction for commercial biologics processes
• Preferred: Strong upstream expertise (cell culture or fermentation) with working knowledge of downstream purification and integrated process control strategies
• Preferred: Experience leading site operations, budgets, and capital projects tied to process improvement or capability expansion
• Preferred: Strong influencing skills across global manufacturing networks and cross-functional stakeholders

Education

• Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, or a related scientific discipline

Additional Requirements

• Travel: Approximately 20–30% annually
• Location: Elanco Technology Center – Indianapolis, IN