Director - Manufacturing CMC Project management

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.  Company Overview Lilly, a leading innovation-driven corporation is developing a growing portfolio of pharmaceutical products by applying the latest research from its own worldwide laboratories and from collaborations with eminent scientific organizations.  Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Lilly makes life better – through medicines and information – for some of the world’s most urgent medical needs.  Founded over 150 years ago, the company has sustained a culture that values excellence, integrity and respect for people. This has resulted in Lilly frequently being ranked as one of the best companies in the world at which to work.  Lilly knows its business has prospered because of its employees – people with a talent for innovation and a passion for making a difference by finding treatments for the most stubborn diseases; people whose talent is matched by their generosity, and people with strong values and a determination to prevail, regardless of the challenges.  Join our team – and make a difference in improving health for people all over the world! Manufacturing and Quality Technical Hub Hyderabad Lilly has made a strategic investment of more than $1B dollars to establish a Manufacturing and Quality technical hub. This hub will oversee the significant investment in contract manufacturing of starting materials and intermediates for API manufacturing in India and the technical services responsible for managing the scientific agenda for manufacturing and quality. The hub will be recruiting top talent in the areas of process engineering, chemistry, analytical and data sciences to build a cutting-edge scientific organization supporting the exciting manufacturing portfolio of Lilly. About This Role  Lilly’s product commercialization spans a growing global manufacturing network, dozens of specialized functions, and an expanding portfolio of transformative medicines.  The gap: no single leader owns the full picture. This role fills that gap. You are the single point of accountability for a product’s entire commercialization lifecycle—from post-Phase 2 through launch and beyond. You own the manufacturing CMC strategy, lead the Product Core Team, collaborate with development, and serve as the go-to interface for senior executives who need clarity, not noise. This is a strategic leadership role, not a coordination role. It demands deep pharma development and/or manufacturing knowledge, executive presence, and the ability to drive alignment across a powerful, matrixed organization — without direct authority. What Success Looks Like in Year One   Lilly’s commercialization process involves deep, specialized functions — Development, Engineering, Analytical Quality, TS/MS, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Sites, and CMC Regulatory. Each brings critical expertise. The winning Manufacturing CMC Project Manager orchestrates them: knowing when to convene the full team, and when to engage only who’s needed — protecting expert time and driving efficient progress. In year one, you will have demonstrated: Stakeholder orchestration credibility — functional leaders trust that when you call them in, it matters; when you don’t, it’s handled. A Mfg technical agenda that serves as the true single source of truth — every relevant function’s input synthesized into one