Lilly Posted July 27, 2026

Senior Advisor/ Director - Synthetic chemistry Process development - Scientist

Hyderabad, Telangāna, India FULL_TIME
Manufacturing & CMC Director

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About this opportunity

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, 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.

Manufacturing & Quality Technical Hub, Hyderabad

Lilly's Hyderabad hub is a first-of-its-kind technical center built to lead the manufacturing and quality science agenda for Lilly's global supply network, and the work done here reaches patients in more than 110 countries.

This hub oversees contract manufacturing of starting materials and intermediates for API manufacturing in India, managing the full scientific agenda for manufacturing and quality.   We're   building a cutting-edge scientific organization and looking for top talent in process engineering, chemistry, analytical and data sciences to be part of it.

The science you develop here   doesn't   stay here. It moves through Lilly's global supply network and reaches patients across more than 110 countries who are counting on it.

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 145 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.

Key Responsibilities

Safety culture lab management

To ensure that   appropriate personal   protective   equipment's   in the laboratory premises are available and follows the safety precautions.

Ensure the good administration and housekeeping of the PRD department work area.

People Leadership

Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of process chemists aligned with Lilly culture.

Set clear   objectives , provide coaching, conduct performance reviews, and support career development.

Promote a culture of scientific excellence, collaboration, safety, and compliance.

Work as a team and take responsibility   with   accountability.

Scientific & Technical Leadership

Plan and supervise post commercial, process development of intermediate and drug substances.

Design,   optimize , and troubleshoot chemical processes with a strong focus on scalability, robustness, safety, cost, and sustainability.

Excel in the observation, recordings and reporting skill sets for the scientific data.

Literature   survey for information concerning specific chemicals,   reagents   and processes.

The Feasibility study of custom products involves close monitoring / supervision.

The Process Optimization shall be made on the selected route based on due diligence and literature during   the feasibility   studies.

Prior to designing laboratory experiments for process optimization, the MSDS of all input materials shall be obtained and scrutinized for risk assessment.

To improve processes for existing products and improve efficiency in cycle time.

Ensure and sign off the experimental data related to process development studies of the NCEs / API intermediate / target molecules manufacturing are recorded in Electronic Notebook (ELN).

To write process descriptions in the Technical Package and transfer optimized manufacturing strategies to production.

PRD to support the technology transfer team towards the efficient scalability of a given process to the manufacturing site.

To evaluate, recommend   new technologies   and equipment for synthesis,   purification   and implement their use in PRD and   demonstrate   the same to TT.

To support the clients with respect to all the analytical and CMC needs for each project being handled by PRD.

Actively   participate   in investigation of various complaints and quality related issues like CAPA, closing out the deviations in the manufacturing.

To lead multiple projects and teams

Education Requirement

Ph.D. in scientific disciplines of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering /   Ph.D   + Post Doc in Chemistry (focusing more process chemistry) with 12+ years

Other Information

Some travel (domestic and international) less than 5% may be   required .

At Lilly, caring is not only what we do for patients. It is how we work. We believe the people who dedicate themselves to making medicines better deserve an environment that makes their lives better too, one where they are supported, respected, and given the space to do their best work. This is not just a policy. It is who we are.

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 does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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Job details

Seniority
Director
Function
Manufacturing & CMC
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Hyderabad, Telangāna, India
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 163 comparable Director Manufacturing & CMC roles across 25 biopharma companies.

163Comparable roles tracked
157Currently active
25Companies hiring similar roles
11Countries represented

Salary context

119 of 163 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 Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Senior/Principal Scientist, Bioprocess Purification Development · Lilly $79,500/yr – $116,600/yr
Highest disclosed · Sr Director Operations · Hospira, Inc. $214,900/yr – $358,100/yr
Peer group range $98,050 – $286,500 (median $184,900)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 163 comparable roles

United States140
India10
Netherlands4
Ireland2
France1
United Kingdom1

+ 5 more countries

Seniority mix

163 of 163 peers have a known seniority level

Principal79
Director63
Senior Director21

Therapeutic area mix

2 of 163 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology1
Vaccines & Infectious Disease1

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