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Sr. Director - Profiling and Design

Eli Lilly and Company
Full-time
Remote friendly (Indianapolis, IN)
United States
$151,500 - $222,200 USD yearly
Operations

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Role Summary

Sr. Director - Profiling and Design responsible for leading front-end planning and design oversight for major manufacturing capital projects within Global Facilities Delivery, ensuring compliance with corporate policies, safety standards, and delivering value through early-stage capital planning.

Responsibilities

  • Lead an engineering team focused on front-end planning and design oversight for major manufacturing capital projects.
  • Manage exempt-level staff including performance reviews, development plans, staffing models, workload assignments, and compensation reviews.
  • Oversee departmental expenses and cost center management.
  • Ensure project execution aligns with corporate policies and procedures, financial policies, engineering and quality standards, and applicable safety, environmental, industry regulatory, and government regulations.
  • Promote and maintain a strong safety culture across internal teams and external partners.
  • Actively participate in safety/environmental event reviews and corrective actions.
  • Engage in GFD leadership activities including weekly leadership team meetings, quarterly divisional meetings, staff administration, improvement initiatives, and team-building activities.
  • Provide oversight for front-end planning on major capital projects, including profiling and design phases.
  • Build and lead a team to fulfill design oversight deliverables.
  • Influence global teams to engage in early-stage capital planning for optimal investment value.
  • Ensure leveraged design processes are adequately supervised.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum of 10 years in manufacturing operations.
  • Prior management experience.
  • Prior experience with asset delivery and site operations.
  • Ability to travel internationally; must hold a valid passport.

Skills

  • Leadership and team-building capabilities
  • Integrity and respect for people
  • 360-degree influence
  • Strong communication skills
  • Commitment to safety

Education

  • Not specified beyond degree requirements in Qualifications

Additional Preferences

  • Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification
  • Knowledge in quality systems, insulin/API and fill/finish operations, device assembly and packaging
  • Experience with GFD policies and procedures
  • Proficiency in capital investment modeling and requests
  • Foreign language competency
  • International work/living experience
  • Passion for continuous improvement and change leadership

Other Information

  • International travel required (15%–30%), including weekends and multi-week stays.
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