Sr./principle Scientist - Tsms Small Molecule External Manufacturing

Eli Lilly Eli Lilly · Pharma · Indianapolis, IN

This role provides technical and scientific expertise in external manufacturing for small molecule pharmaceutical products. It focuses on technical transfers, process validations, and process optimization, ensuring compliance with GMP and regulatory requirements. The scientist will oversee manufacturing processes, resolve technical issues, characterize products, and optimize control strategies within a regulated environment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide technical oversight and stewardship for Small Molecule manufacturing processes.
  2. Leads resolution of technical issues including those related to control strategy and manufacturing.
  3. Employ excellent communication skills to manage internal and external relationships.
  4. Build and maintain relationships with development and central technical organizations.
  5. Ensure proper characterization of processes and products and ensure effective documentation of the process description, measures, acceptable ranges, and specifications (and the justification of these measures, acceptable ranges, and specifications).

Skills

Required

  • Master's Degree in scientific discipline of Chemistry or related fields
  • 8 + years of Small Molecule API manufacturing pharma industry experience
  • pharmaceutical manufacturing
  • regulatory expectations
  • GMP
  • process validation
  • process optimization
  • technical transfers

Nice to have

  • technical oversight
  • control strategy
  • communication skills
  • internal and external relationship management
  • process characterization
  • documentation
  • process compliance
  • process capability
  • process control
  • validated or qualified state
  • site control strategies
  • strategic initiatives
  • network technical agenda
  • continuous improvement
  • drug substance manufacturing
  • chemistry and equipment interaction
  • coaching and mentoring

What the JD emphasized

  • Small Molecule API manufacturing pharma industry experience
  • pharmaceutical manufacturing
  • regulatory expectations
  • US and global regulations