Lilly Posted July 23, 2026

Engineering Senior Director, Site Expansion

Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, United States of America FULL_TIME
Manufacturing & CMC Senior Director

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About this opportunity

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

The Engineering Sr. Director, Site Expansion role is a critical role to ensure we continue to make progress towards our mission and our culture.  This role will play a critical role in leading the seamless integration of a large site expansion project into the site commercial operation focusing on op

Project delivery and readiness

Deliver engineering support for major expansion project partnering with Lilly Global Project Delivery team to drive efficiency, organizational integration and operational readiness of project integration into the Parenteral manufacturing network

Ensure thorough and meaningful measurement and analytics on key questions, business needs and delivery of key project milestones to help drive the business and better serve our customers

Support site annual strategic planning and business plan processes, ensuring project needs including resources are planned and supported

Lead and manage operational readiness of major expansion project

Building engineering capabilities for site expansion including planning, hiring and onboarding of internal and external resources

Partner closely with Engineering leader at the site to ensure alignment between ongoing operations and project needs

Drive Operational Excellence and Project Management alignment

Lead and facilitate key project meetings and ensure follow up on actions and inform stakeholders

Anticipate and facilitate the resolution of issues that impact key project deliverables

Ensure appropriate governance in place to ensure safety, quality, agility and execution to drive most important work

Monitor the progress on project milestones and collaborate with site project management function ensuring alignment on LKC integrated project schedule and take action to escalate/remove barriers.

Support site to facilitate consistent processes and efficient planning.

Effective Communication

Drive connectivity between sites, functions and networks to ensure alignment of strategic objectives, planning and execution

Establish and manage documentation and communication of key decisions, actions, and key modifications in time, budget, scope, and risks to key stakeholders

Influences senior management, internal and external customers to ensure effective stakeholder management

Requirements (Education, Experience, Training):

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

10+ Engineering experience in a parenteral manufacturing site

Experience from onboarding and/or executing larger capital projects

Previous facility or area start up experience

Prior management or leadership experience including leading or working effectively with a cross functional group including network and/or global functions

Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills

Strong technical aptitude and ability to train and mentor others

Ability to handle multiple competing priorities

Preferred attributes but not required:

Solid understanding of basic requirements of regulatory agencies

Previous experience with parenteral engineering/manufacturing

Previous experience with highly automated equipment

Previous experience with combination products, device assembly, pharmaceutical packaging, drug product formulation and filling in aseptic environment

Previous equipment qualification and process validation experience

Previous experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems and electronic batch release.

Previous experience with Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS) Warehouses or AGVs

Previous experience with deviation and change management systems including Trackwise

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form ( https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation ) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.

The anticipated wage for this position is $147,000 - $215,600

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.

#WeAreLilly

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form ( https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation ) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

$147,000 - $215,600

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.

#WeAreLilly

Job details

Seniority
Senior Director
Function
Manufacturing & CMC
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, United States of America
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Manufacturing & CMC role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 89 comparable Senior Director Manufacturing & CMC roles across 21 biopharma companies.

89Comparable roles tracked
86Currently active
21Companies hiring similar roles
8Countries represented

Salary context

60 of 89 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject $147,000/yr – $215,600/yr
Lowest disclosed · Project Controls Director, Global Facilities Delivery · Lilly $129,000/yr – $209,000/yr
Highest disclosed · Exec Director, Viral Vector Process Development · Kite Pharma, Inc. $255,425/yr – $330,550/yr
Peer group range $169,000 – $292,988 (median $222,900)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 89 comparable roles

United States71
India9
Netherlands3
Ireland2
Germany1
Switzerland1

+ 2 more countries

Seniority mix

89 of 89 peers have a known seniority level

Director64
Senior Director20
Executive/VP5

Therapeutic area mix

2 of 89 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology1
Vaccines & Infectious Disease1

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