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Eli Lilly is seeking a Business Transformation Lead for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) to join its Manufacturing and Quality Technical Hub in Hyderabad, India. This hub represents a strategic $1B+ investment to establish a world-class manufacturing and quality technical center overseeing contract manufacturing of starting materials and intermediates for API manufacturing, as well as technical services managing the scientific agenda for manufacturing and quality.
In this role, you will lead PLM deployment initiatives across pharmaceutical R&D, manufacturing, and quality domains globally. You will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing business transformation projects related to PLM systems (such as QbDVision), ensuring successful deployment and adoption across global and site teams. Your core responsibilities include:
• Lead PLM deployment project management, including planning, scope/schedule/risk tracking, reporting, and cross-functional coordination
• Facilitate project management calls with site leadership and core teams; ensure milestone delivery
• Develop playbooks, templates, best practice documentation, and conduct lessons learned reviews
• Support site impact assessments, change control processes, SOP/protocol updates, and business process documentation
• Track and report deployment progress, risks, and issues to leadership and stakeholders
• Manage stakeholder relationships across PLM Global, TSMS, site SMEs, and external partners
• Support governance processes: decision tracking, meeting facilitation, and issue escalation
• Ensure alignment with regulatory timelines, data integrity, and business priorities
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery with QA, CMC, Regulatory, IT, and other functions
• Lead or support change management activities: impact assessments, communications, and training coordination
• Partner with Training Coordinators and Deployment Leads for onboarding and upskilling
• Monitor adoption KPIs, gather user feedback, and drive continuous improvement
• Author and maintain deployment protocols, SOPs, work instructions, and user guides
• Collaborate with technical teams to resolve data gaps and support validation
• Leverage reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau, PLM dashboards) for insights and tracking
• Maintain feature request processes, SharePoint sites, and knowledge repositories
• Identify and implement process improvements for deployment and transformation initiatives
You will work in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment where every decision impacts patients waiting for life-changing medicines. Lilly's 50,000+ global employees are united by a culture of excellence, integrity, and respect for people.
REQUIREMENTS:
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Business, Information Systems, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in project/program management, business transformation, or digital deployment in the pharmaceutical or life sciences industry
• Understanding of pharma R&D, CMC, or manufacturing processes
• Skilled in project planning, tracking, reporting, and governance support
• Experienced in stakeholder management and pharma compliance
• Highly skilled in meeting facilitation, decision tracking, documentation, and report writing
• Knowledgeable in regulatory timelines and document reviews
• Understands CMC product lifecycle, PLM data structures, and workflows
• Familiar with PLM systems, MS Project, Smartsheet, Power BI, and Tableau
• Change-oriented, analytical, detail-focused, and proactive
• Strong communicator with global team experience preferred
• Experience with PLM systems (QbDVision or similar) desirable
