Scientist - Ts/ms Parenteral - Visual Inspection

Eli Lilly Eli Lilly · Pharma · Concord, NC

The Scientist - TS/MS Parenteral role at Eli Lilly focuses on technical transfer, process validation, and maintaining the validated state of parenteral operations, specifically in visual inspection. This role involves establishing and monitoring metrics, harmonizing control strategies, evaluating process improvements, and serving as an escalation point for operational issues. It requires authoring and executing protocols, conducting root cause investigations, and providing technical leadership for the Parenteral Process Team. The role also involves supporting manufacturing components, equipment, and operations, representing the team in communications, leading risk management activities, and providing technical support for investigations and quality/stability issues. Key deliverables include preparing technical documents, developing and reacting to statistically based metrics, identifying opportunities for process improvement, driving stability strategy, and providing audit support.

What you'd actually do

  1. The Scientist – TSMS PAR will initially focus on the delivery of parenteral operations, specifically regarding technical transfer and process validation.
  2. Upon the start of commercial production, this role’s objectives include maintaining the validated state of applicable processes, establishing and monitoring metrics/methods to ensure a state of capability and control, harmonization of control strategies across process teams, evaluate process improvement, and serving as an escalation point for day-to-day operations issues.
  3. The role will also author and execute protocols as well as conduct root cause investigations.
  4. The principal role is a position that develops and implements a technical agenda and is responsible for providing technical leadership for the Parenteral Process Team.
  5. The principal role expected to serve as a mentor within the TSMS team and engage in upstream and external to site activities related to parenteral manufacturing.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering, science, or related field
  • Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Nice to have

  • Pharmaceutical and/or medical device manufacturing experience
  • Root Cause Investigation Experience
  • Proficiency with computer systems including Microsoft Office products, Veeva Vault, TrackWise, electronic batch records, and SAP
  • Demonstrated successful leadership of cross-functional teams
  • Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
  • Strong self-management and organizational skills