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At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Lilly is currently constructing a cutting edge facility for the manufacture of new modalities including Gene Therapy. At Lebanon, Indiana, this facility will be Lilly’s most technically advanced manufacturing site focused on the delivery of the next wave of innovative products at Lilly. It will include next-generation manufacturing technologies and advanced data collection and analysis platforms that will deliver improvements in safety and quality, and process performance. This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the team for the startup of a greenfield manufacturing site, and the successful candidate will help to design, commission and start up the facility for both clinical and commercial supply. 

This is an exciting opportunity to help build a state-of-the-art facility and Quality System from the ground up. The TS/MS team will own all areas of technology transfer, process validation, and process stewardship.

The Sr. Principal Formulation Scientist – Technical Services/Manufacturing Scientist (TS/MS) role is responsible for providing technical support for the development, implementation, and execution of compliant manufacturing of gene therapy drug product and drug substance. The scope of the role will initially focus on formulation, media & buffer preparation, Drug Product Filling & packaging and visual inspection operations, from facility startup through support of validation processes and commercial manufacturing.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support for all start-up TS/MS activities (e.g., tech transfer, process validation, media & buffer recipe, formulation, filling & packaging)

• Understand the scientific principles required for manufacturing gene therapy drug products, including the interaction of the chemistry, equipment, aseptic processes, and container closure systems

• Responsible for ensuring that formulation issues are addressed and resolved

• Ownership and technical stewardship of media and buffer preparation formulations

• Prepare, review, approve, and provide technical support for preparation of relevant technical documents, as required, such as: change controls, regulatory submissions, deviation investigations, validation protocols and summary reports, processing records, process description documents and annual reports.

• Support and/or lead TS/MS technical projects to ensure a successful start-up, improve process control, yield, product quality and/or productivity. Implement process changes and improvements through the technical agenda.

• Develop, monitor, and appropriately react to established statistically based metrics in real-time to assess process variability and capability

• Apply manufacturing process knowledge and data analysis skills to support the management of daily manufacturing operations

• Serve as technical interface external to the Lebanon site.

• Provide audit support, as needed.

• Work within or lead cross-functional teams in a positive fashion to implement TS/MS objectives and deliver on business plan and quality objectives.

• Ensure a safe working environment through compliance with safety rules and improve safety culture by actively participating in safety-related activities

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biochemistry or related quantitative field

• 5+ years of experience in cGMP manufacturing, specifically within Operations, Validation, TS/MS, Engineering, or Quality Assurance

• Must have experience with parenteral drug product manufacturing, particularly with formulation, technical transfer, statistical data trending and analysis (using statistical packages such as JMP) and process risk assessment (e.g. FMEA)

Additional Preferences:

• In depth knowledge of gene therapy drug product manufacturing

• Experience with AAV drug product formulation, media and buffer preparation will be a plus

• Experience using solution filling equipment and/or isolator technology

• Experience with serialization and packaging

• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills

• Strong self-management and organizational skills

• Strong oral and written communication skills that demonstrate an ability to effectively (clearly, succinctly) communicate with all levels of the organization

• Experience with data trending and analysis

• Ability to analyze complex data and solve problems

• Demonstrated successful membership/leadership of cross-functional teams

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