Executive Director, Technical Services/Material Sciences

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your Role: Executive Director, Technical Services/Material Sciences

The Executive Director of TSMS is responsible for providing technical and strategic leadership for the Technical Services, Material Science (TSMS) operational function at Elanco covering all internal and external supply nodes.

The role is integral to delivering Elanco’s mission of on time product innovation launch, product supply robustness and technical process-based productivity across our small molecule and biological based manufacturing platforms.

Your Responsibilities:


* Reporting to the SVP of Quality/HSE/TSMS, this role is a member of Elanco’s Senior Manufacturing Global leadership team and will develop and implement a strategic vision for TSMS at Elanco.


* Assure that appropriate process capability strategies are deployed at sites/external manufacturers to deliver manufacturing processes which are in control, capable, compliant and continuously improving, to assure on time supply, in alignment with Quality (FDA, Eudralex, USDA) and HSE Manufacturing Standards.


* Grow the talent pipeline in the TSMS functions through aligning leadership on recruitment strategies, implementation of robust succession planning, and development of key talents within the TSMS networks.

Partner with Operations leadership to assure that the appropriate technical capability is in place within the manufacturing networks.


* Facilitate resolution of complex process capability related issues, through appropriate deployment of Central TSMS resources and oversight of investigations/remediation programs.


* Assure appropriate management of complex technical agendas through appropriate selection, functioning and management of Global Post Launch Optimization Teams.


* Partner with R&D to deliver on time launch of new product innovation.

  

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):


* Education:  Bachelor’s degree in engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, or pharmacy


* Required Experience:  15+ years’ experience in scientific/engineering related areas (inc...