MES Recipe Author Associate

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.  About Lilly At Lilly, everything we do starts with patients. We unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our global team of over 50,000 employees work with urgency and purpose to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. We bring our best to this work because people depend on it. If you're driven by purpose and determined to make a meaningful difference for patients, we invite you to bring your skill and your commitment to Lilly. About Technology@Lilly At Lilly, technology is not a support function. It is how a global medicine company operates, innovates, and delivers. Lilly in Hyderabad builds the capabilities that make this possible, cloud platforms, AI systems, and automation at enterprise scale, all in service of a purpose that makes this technology work genuinely distinctive, from advancing drug discovery to enabling connected clinical trials to keeping a global medicine company running at the standard patients deserve. About the Business Function:   From molecule to market, Global Manufacturing plays an important role in every step along a product’s lifecycle. Most of our customers never see the scientific and technical resources behind our medicines. But customers experience, every day, the performance of our high-quality products and global supply network.   Global Manufacturing comprises a core group of functions that contribute to the production and supply of high-quality products: Engineering; Manufacturing Information & Control Systems; Quality & Labs, Technology Services/Manufacturing Science; Global Health, Safety and Environment; and Global Supply Chain.

We are looking for an experienced MES professional to join our MES deployment team, responsible for recipe authoring, validation, and production support across manufacturing sites. The role requires strong hands-on expertise in MES platforms (PharmaSuite or Werum PAS-X) and a solid understanding of GMP-regulated manufacturing processes.

Author, configure, and maintain MES recipes — including Generic Master Batch Records (GMBR) and Production Master Batch Records (PMBR) — on PharmaSuite or Werum PAS-X platforms Support MES recipes in production, including troubleshooting, making changes, and ensuring recipe integrity during live operations Manage recipe migration and promotion across environments (Dev → Test/QA → Validation → Production) following change control processes Perform end-to-end recipe validation, including test script authoring, execution, and documentation in line with GxP/CSV requirements Collaborate with cross-functional MES deployment engineers to plan and execute recipe releases and site go-lives Provide L2/L3 support for recipe-related incidents, performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective/preventive actions Ensure all recipe changes comply with data integrity (ALCOA+), 21 CFR Part 11, and Annex 11 requirements Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, and Validation teams to align recipe design with process and compliance needs Maintain accurate documentation for authored/modified recipes, including change records and test evidence Required Skills & Experience