Sustainability Engineering Lead

Role Summary

The DDCS Sustainability Engineering Lead drives DDCS's sustainability vision. This role embeds environmental sustainability into device and system requirements, development processes, packaging, and end-of-life strategies. The Lead partners across functions to turn lifecycle insights into design decisions, builds finance-ready business cases, and delivers measurable impact aligned to DDCS and Lilly objectives.

Responsibilities

• Sustainability Strategy and Roadmap: Define and update the DDCS Sustainability Strategy and yearly priorities; translate enterprise goals into actionable DDCS initiatives and requirements; prioritize by business value and patient impact.
• Business Case & Portfolio Value: Lead development of finance-ready business cases (NPV/ROI/payback, scenarios); build risk/opportunity framing; drive decision-making in governance forums.
• Integration of "Lifecycle Thinking": Embed LCA checkpoints and circular design criteria into SOPs, design controls, and Agile PLM; guide renewable material qualifications and recyclability-by-design.
• Device & Program Enablement: Partner with platform/device teams to define sustainability requirements, trade-space, and verification plans; support CT pilots that de-risk commercialization.
• Packaging Sustainability: Advance secondary/tertiary packaging measures (e.g., recycled content, labeling) in collaboration with Global Packaging; quantify impact and cost.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Coordinate with Global Health/Safety/Environmental, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Cx, Market Access, Quality/Regulatory, Legal, and Finance; align stakeholders through training and clear decision logs.
• Standards & Compliance: Monitor and prepare teams for EPR, EU CEAP, PFAS/PVC restrictions, eco-design standards (e.g., IEC 60601-1-9 for relevant systems), and claims stewardship.
• End-of-Life & Circularity: Lead pilots and partnerships for take-back, mechanical and innovative recycling; define design-for-disassembly guidelines and labeling/claims readiness with Regulatory & Legal.
• Data, Analytics & AI: Build and maintain LCA models and datasets; standardize a "LCA Lite" approach for early phases; leverage analytics/AI to accelerate options analysis and reporting.

Qualifications

• Required: 7+ years of experience in product development/manufacturing/systems engineering with demonstrated sustainability outcomes (device, packaging, or operations).
• Required: Hands-on LCA experience (tools, datasets, interpretation) and ability to translate insights into design & business decisions.
• Required: Experience building finance-ready business cases and influencing portfolio decisions.
• Required: Ability to demonstrate strategic thinking and problem-solving.
• Required: Proficiency in written and verbal communication, including presentation and storytelling, and the ability to influence stakeholder mindset.

Education

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Sustainability, Mechanical, Materials/Polymers, Manufacturing/Industrial, Chemical, Environmental) or closely related field.
• Preferred: Advanced degree (MS, PhD, etc.) in Sustainable/Environmental/Systems Engineering or MBA.

Skills

• Data analytics and lifecycle assessment (LCA) modeling
• Environmental sustainability design and circular economy principles
• Finance-focused decision-making and ROI/NPV analysis
• Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder influence
• Systems thinking and problem solving
• Communication and storytelling