Sr. Chemist – Laboratory

Job Type: Location Type: Not Specified

 

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.

Organization Overview:
For 140 years, Lilly has manufactured medicines that improve people’s lives around the world. We produce our medicines using some of the most sophisticated manufacturing technologies and rigorous quality standards. Lilly Manufacturing strives for excellence in its process, standards, procedures and behaviors to develop medicines with safety first and quality always.

Scope:
Provide technical support to Laboratory operations and method transfer, verification, or validation activities. Lead method and technical improvements efforts in the Laboratory and aid in investigations. Provide technical leadership/support to Quality Control and other Lilly sites as required by business needs.

Main Responsibilities:

• Evaluate and recommend new techniques and equipment needs for Analytical Laboratories.
• Develop, improve and validate analytical methods for Laboratories including new products.
• Help to meet analysis cycle time requirements by solving in a quickly manner any technical issue or situations during process validation and normal operations for new products.
• Participate as a Lead Investigator in Laboratory incidents/deviations. (If needed).
• Assess technical skills for QCL personnel and make recommendations for development plans.
• Be the liaison and facilitate the transfer of information among Global Lab Resources, Development and PR1 Laboratory.
• Preparation and/or review of Laboratory documents (method transfer, verification or validation protocols and procedures).
• Assures safety and data integrity aspects are considered during method transfer and validation for new products.
• Participate in regulatory external and internal inspections (FDA, EMA, Japan, among others).

Basic Qualifications:

• Masters or doctorate degree in Science (PhD preferred)
• Fully Bilingual (English/Spanish)
• 3-5 years of experience in GMP Laboratory and commercialization

Additional Requirements:

• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with other parts of the organization and across multiple levels
• Teamwork oriented
• Sound judgment
• Candidate must also be willing to travel outside Puerto Rico

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Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is
$51,000 – $148,500

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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