Associate Vice President – Parenteral Drug Product Development at Eli Lilly and Company

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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

Organization Overview:
For more than 130 years, Lilly has been dedicated to meeting the health care needs of people in the United States and around the world. We address these needs primarily by developing innovative medicines—investing a higher percentage of our sales in research and development than any other major pharmaceutical company.

Due to a strategic commitment to the growth of biotherapeutics within the Lilly portfolio, multiple opportunities are currently available within the Bioproduct Research and Development (BR&D) organization.  This group is a multidisciplinary organization, focused on the development and commercialization of parenteral formulations of small molecules and large molecules such as monoclonal antibodies, novel therapeutic proteins and peptides. The organization has also committed to the development of genetic medicines which includes active investments in Oligonucleotide development, nanomedicines for tissue specific targeting and other gene delivery strategies. The drug product team is also investing in building new platforms to support complex formulations such as lipid nanoparticles, Antibody Drug Conjugates and AAV and other non-viral vector delivery.

We are seeking highly motivated professionals with an experience in developing and commercializing parenteral drug product through various stages of clinical development. If you are interested in building platforms for new and novel therapeutic modalities and interested in building and leading a strong group of scientists exploring new frontiers into formulation and drug delivery strategies, you should consider joining our diverse team.

Level is flexible based on experience and qualification.
 

KEY OBJECTIVES/DELIVERABLES:

The responsibilities for this role will include:

• Represent Drug Product team in cross-functional discussions and support the formulation and process strategy development of proteins, peptides, oligonucleotides, bioconjugates, and other novel modalities in clinical development
• Identify, evaluate and build new formulation technologies to support clinical development of novel parenteral drug products and other complex formulations
• Provide guidance on or directly drive formulation and/or process development for novel parenteral drug products and other complex formulations at all stages of drug product development
• Interface with synthetic chemistry, toxicology, ADME groups, analytical teams and device teams to develop a wholistic strategy to ensure efficient cross-functional collaboration and acceleration.
• Collaborate with Discovery teams on establishing systems for seamless and efficient handoff of assets from discovery to clinical development.
• Drive our innovation agenda and assess cutting edge formulation technologies
• Identify and spearhead research efforts on understanding new drug delivery technologies in the areas of targeted drug delivery and other novel drug delivery fields, and establish proof of concept for technologies for appropriate assets under development
• Establish and leverage strategic relationships with academia and start-ups to accelerate and access emerging innovation.
• Drive a strong innovation agenda for the team leading to publications, presentations and industry wide influence
• Ability to wear multiple functional hats so that input into various complementary parts of the project can be managed in a rapid and localized manner
• Coaching, training and administration of performance management to personnel (primarily, but not limited to, direct reports)

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• PhD in Pharmaceutics or Pharmaceutical Sciences or Biochemistry or Chemical Engineering or related field
• 15 to 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry in developing formulation technologies or drug delivery technologies to support early /late- phase clinical program.
• Extensive preparation of control strategy and regulatory submissions supporting clinical development.
• Experience with mentoring and coaching senior level scientists and engineers.

Skills and Preferences

• Comprehensive knowledge and deep understanding of (1) traditional and new modalities of parenteral drug product development (2) parenteral manufacturing and aseptic technologies, and drug product process development.
• Background encompasses both innovation and technical development of oligos, proteins, bioconjugates, peptide, viral or cell therapeutics.
• Proven record of platform establishment for novel modalities and/or commercialization of different modalities.
• Strong technical leadership in the areas of formulation and drug delivery.
• Extensive experience collaborating with key patterner functions, including discovery, and drug product delivery and device to develop innovative solutions with a patient focus in an integrated fashion. Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of (1) traditional and new modalities of parenteral drug product development (2) parenteral manufacturing and aseptic technologies, and drug product process development.

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Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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