Advisor / Sr Advisor – Synthetic Molecule Process Engineer

Overview

Serve as an Advisor / Sr Advisor – Synthetic Molecule Process Engineer within Lilly's Synthetic Molecule Design and Development team. Provide technical oversight for process development activities at a strategic Indian contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) and help deliver technical solutions for synthetic molecule development.

What you'll do

• Provide technical oversight of key process development activities performed at a strategic Indian CDMO.
• Act as the technical bridge between Lilly scientists and the CDMO.
• Review and influence CDMO strategies, ensure alignment with Lilly requirements, escalate risks, and develop mitigation plans.
• Demonstrate learning agility across small molecules, peptides, and oligonucleotides.
• Apply engineering fundamentals to design and optimize drug substance chemical processes for Lilly's synthetic molecule organization.
• Understand the scientific principles required for manufacturing raw materials, intermediates, and drug substances, including the interaction of chemistry and equipment.
• Use knowledge of chemical reaction kinetics, heat and mass transfer, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, and process modelling to develop robust processes capable of error-free scale-up and reliable supply of early- and late-phase clinical trial materials.
• Learn and apply synthetic process design unit operations, including crystallization, filtration, isolation, drying, batch and continuous chemistry, milling, solids transfer, and liquid handling equipment.
• Apply unit-operation knowledge to assemble complete synthetic processes for manufacturing drug candidates.
• Identify and implement innovative solutions to development challenges.
• Monitor emerging trends in process engineering and maintain familiarity with applicable regulatory requirements.
• Deploy digital tools to enable advanced modelling and seamless digital technology transfer.
• Work at the interface between disciplines and move between scientific challenges while navigating ambiguity.
• Document all work in an appropriate manner.
• Coach and mentor peers and other scientists.
• Work as a team and take responsibility with accountability.
• Promote a team culture of scientific excellence, collaboration, safety, and compliance.

What you'll need

• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering.
• 8+ years of experience.

Nice to have

• Strong interpersonal skills for collaboration.
• Demonstrated self-initiative and appropriate risk-taking.
• Ability to learn and apply technical knowledge to meet changing project needs.
• Ability to prioritize multiple activities and handle ambiguity.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad.
• Potential exposure to chemicals, allergens, and loud noises.
• Work hours flexibility is required to accommodate collaboration across multiple time zones.
• Travel: up to 20%, mainly domestic and occasionally international.