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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

$51,000 - $148,500

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Post-Doctoral Process Development Scientist should be self-starter, independent, and works well under tight timelines. Should be Interfaces with external groups to ensure accurate and timely completion/delivery of projects, investigations, information and/or preparation/review of technical reports. Scientist will be responsible for technical interrogation of the various excipients and formulation blends obtained from different manufacturing platforms to support our company's pipeline. This scientist will utilize a wide variety of analytical instruments and methods, to build fundamental understanding of manufacturing process and functional properties and attributes of excipients, API's, tablets, capsules and formulation blends. This understanding, combined with extensive data analysis/interpretation, will allow preparing good technical reports to summarize the findings and recommendations. Therefore, he/she will playing a leadership role in the design of experiments, and the development and usage of laboratory models suitable for optimizing dry product manufacturing processes;  promoting deep technical excellence and scientific understanding throughout the TS/MS organization;  driving and prioritizing productivity improvements through bench scale experimentation; ensuring successful technical transfers and providing technical support for the dry product process; partnering and networking with the Indianapolis Product and Process Development Group and TS/MS organization and the multidisciplinary Process Team to troubleshoot and improve the capability of manufacturing processes; executing with  good documentation and laboratory practices; and promoting and modeling by example compliance to GLPs, health, safety and environmental regulations.

During the experience, you will be able to:

Gain hands-on experience on the operation of equipment and instrumentation used for the modeling of commercial dry product processes and material characterization.  Solidify analytical skills, pharmaceutical data handling and process analytic applications.Interact with multidisciplinary teams supporting manufacturing operations and familiarize yourself with career opportunities for professionals sharing your background in our manufacturing organization.  Expand your experience based to enhance your competitiveness in the pharmaceutical job market.

Basic Qualifications

Ph.D. in a life science related field (Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Pharmacy, etc.)Research experience using laboratory equipment and powder characterization technologies is preferred. Demonstrated strong scientific and technical knowledge in dry product formulation, statistical data analysis, technical writing, and project management.

Additional Skills and Preferences:

Bilingual (English/Spanish)Strong technical communication skills (written and spoken) in English and SpanishCritical thinking and sound judgementProblem-solving skillsComputer literateSelf-drivenTeamwork orientedAbility to collaborate with other parts of the organization and across multiple levels are essential. Flexibility is required to provide technical support and continuity to a 24-hour process operation, able to work irregular hours, rotating shifts, weekends, holidays if necessary.Candidate must also be willing to travelStrong compliance mindset and sound judgement

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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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