Sr Director - Project Management - Global Facilities Delivery

Eli Lilly Eli Lilly · Pharma · Katwijk, Netherlands +2

This role is for a Sr. Director of Project Management within Global Facilities Delivery at Eli Lilly, focusing on delivering large capital assets for medical innovation and medicine supply chains. The position requires leading cross-functional teams to manage projects from conceptual design through operational qualification, ensuring safety, cost, schedule, and quality. Key responsibilities include stakeholder communication, compliance with company policies, and developing safety/environmental execution plans. The role is based in various locations including the Netherlands and US, with travel flexibility required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead teams to deliver large programs of at least $1Bn USD or more in capital assets and/or business-critical in nature.
  2. Ability to lead from a regional distance from corporate headquarters while developing and maintaining effective communication with GFD leadership, the project team, governance teams, business partners, and other stakeholders.
  3. Lead with a disciplined, structured approach to project management based on compliance with Company Policies and Procedures.
  4. Develop and maintain safety and environmental execution plans for projects.
  5. Ensure compliance with safety and environmental policies, procedures, and work rules for project personnel, contractors, and subcontractors from conceptual design through operational verification.

Skills

Required

  • Project Management
  • Capital Project Delivery
  • Industrial/Manufacturing Facilities
  • Pharma Manufacturing
  • Greenfield Projects
  • Budget Management ($1Bn+)
  • Stakeholder Communication
  • Compliance
  • Safety and Environmental Management
  • Travel Flexibility (Europe)

Nice to have

  • GMP manufacturing
  • LEAN
  • Automation
  • Construction Management
  • Construction Quality
  • Project Controls
  • Engineering Disciplines
  • Scheduling
  • Foreign Language Competency
  • Professional Engineer (PE)
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Agent for Change

What the JD emphasized

  • Bachelors Degree in Engineering/Science or related to project management
  • Minimum 10+ Years of previous experience in capital project delivery in industrial or manufacturing facilities
  • Previous experience managing greenfield projects
  • Previous experience on projects or multiple projects of at least $1Bn
  • Pharma manufacturing experience
  • Capital Project Management Experience in Pharma manufacturing facilities, such as: Bulk API, sterile products, secondary packaging, Devices and to a lesser extent lab projects.