Lilly Posted August 27, 2026

Associate Vice President - Global Facilities Delivery

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America FULL_TIME
Manufacturing & CMC Executive/VP
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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.

Organization Overview: 

The Global Facilities Delivery (GFD) Organization, delivers new and renovated capital assets and technology around the world. Many of the assets delivered focus on medical innovation and delivering innovative solutions to patients. Some of the assets delivered will support an expansion in supply of existing medicines or making the supply chain more robust.

Responsibilities:

Lead an organization responsible for the delivery of all major capital projects within our API network including greenfield and brownfield projects.

Responsible for all phases of the project, from profiling, funding, design, construction and qualification in collaboration with internal and external partners.

Responsible for all KPIs of project delivery including safety, cost and schedule ensuring appropriate project governance is in place to meet project objectives.

Coordinate with other Engineering Leadership to optimize activities (some of whom supply key technical resources for projects or are facility investment ‘customers’ in their own right).

Coordinate with Site Heads and their Engineering Leaders to ensure that the investment results match the functional requirements agreed upon with these project stakeholders.

Work with management to develop business plans that will enable the departments to achieve goals and objectives to include one and multiple year forecasting plans. The business plans will include resource, expense and capital projections.

Form relationships with other manufacturing companies (primarily through industry organizations) to benchmark best practices, industry trends, technologies, and capabilities as well as to establish and oversee initiatives to increase the value received from capital investments.

Basic Requirements/ Qualifications:

Bachelor of Science – Engineering or field related to project management, or equivalent experience.

10 Years previous experience in engineering leadership roles including major capital project delivery experience (>$1B projects)

Additional Skills/Preferences: 

Capital project management or leadership experience in pharma manufacturing facilities.

Demonstrated ability to lead and manage both Lilly and Non-Lilly teams and to influence personnel and organizations without having direct authority.

Demonstrated ability to achieve results through people.

Facilitate issue resolution, anticipate changes, and implement safely with quality speed and value.

Effective communication skills both written and verbal.

Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective partnerships with personnel at all levels, both Lilly and external partner organizations.

Experience in most of the following disciplines:  Automation, construction, construction quality, project controls, the engineering disciplines, safety, scheduling.

Competency in a foreign language(s).

Professional Engineer or equivalent technical certification.

Past experience in working and/or living outside the U.S.

Demonstrated willingness to embrace the concept of Operational Excellence and be an agent for change ).

Additional Information: 

Travel required (50%)

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 (AMECA), Black Employees at Lilly (BE@Lilly), Chinese Culture Network (CCN), EnAble, Evolve, Lilly Indian Network (LIN), Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), Pride (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN) and Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL).

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

$241,500 - $354,200

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.

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Job details

Seniority
Executive/VP
Function
Manufacturing & CMC
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, 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 46 comparable Executive/VP Manufacturing & CMC roles across 18 biopharma companies.

46Comparable roles tracked
44Currently active
18Companies hiring similar roles
11Countries represented

Salary context

22 of 46 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 $241,500/yr – $354,200/yr
Lowest disclosed · Engineering Senior Director, Site Expansion · Lilly $147,000/yr – $215,600/yr
Highest disclosed · Executive Director, CMC Regulatory Science · ModernaTX, Inc. $224,900/yr – $404,600/yr
Peer group range $181,300 – $314,750 (median $248,875)

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Netherlands6
Switzerland2
Denmark1
India1
United Kingdom1

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Seniority mix

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Senior Director38
Executive/VP8

Therapeutic area mix

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No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.

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