Advisor / Senior Advisor Process Scientist - Small Molecule

Overview

Lead process chemistry and scientific development for intermediate and drug substance manufacturing at Lilly's Manufacturing and Quality Technical Hub in Hyderabad, supporting the global supply network.

What you'll do

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of process chemists aligned with Lilly culture.
• Set clear objectives, provide coaching, conduct performance reviews, and support career development.
• Promote a culture of scientific excellence, collaboration, safety, and compliance.
• Plan and supervise post commercial, process development of intermediate and drug substances.
• Design, optimize, and troubleshoot chemical processes with a strong focus on scalability, robustness, safety, cost, and sustainability.
• Observe, record, and report scientific data accurately.
• Conduct literature surveys for information concerning specific chemicals, reagents and processes.
• Supervise feasibility studies of custom products, including process optimization on the selected route based on due diligence and literature.
• Obtain and scrutinize MSDS of all input materials before designing laboratory experiments for risk assessment.
• Improve processes for existing products and improve efficiency in cycle time.
• Ensure and sign off experimental data from process development studies in the Electronic Notebook (ELN).
• Write process descriptions in the Technical Package and transfer optimized manufacturing strategies to production.
• Support the technology transfer team towards efficient scalability of a process to the manufacturing site.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies and equipment for synthesis and purification, and implement their use in PRD.
• Support clients with all analytical and CMC needs for each project handled by PRD.
• Actively participate in investigation of complaints and quality issues, including CAPA and closing out manufacturing deviations.
• Lead multiple projects and teams.
• Ensure appropriate personal protective equipment is available in the laboratory and safety precautions are followed.
• Ensure good administration and housekeeping of the PRD department work area.

What you'll need

• Ph.D. in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering, or Ph.D. plus Post Doc in Chemistry (focusing more on process chemistry), with 12+ years of experience.

Details

• Location: Lilly Hyderabad, India.
• Some travel (domestic and international), less than 5%, may be required.