Manager - Human Resources

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 45,000+ 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.

Lilly is currently constructing an advanced manufacturing facility for production of API molecules located in Houston, TX. This facility is intended to provide APIs for current and future products, including new modalities. This is an unique opportunity to be a part of the team for the startup of a greenfield manufacturing site, and the successful candidate will help to build the organization, the facility and the culture to enable a successful startup into GMP manufacturing operations.


The Manager - Human Resources role for Lilly Houston is responsible for helping implement initiatives that directly impact employees, leaders and the organizational culture of the site. Many of these will be from the ground up. This role is crucial in achieving both short-term and long-term objectives for the site and the broader Manufacturing and Quality organization. Key responsibilities include helping to ensure the organization has the right capabilities, leadership, talent, culture, and engagement. You will collaborate across the site and the Manufacturing and Quality organization to drive business results while working closely with peers and subject matter experts in Human Resources to ensure that the policies, programs and plans effectively meet the business's needs.

The Manager - Human Resources is expected to understand the business, bring HR competence, lead within the Lilly HR community, and balance the interests of leadership, employees and the company. This role will help the Lilly Houston site deliver the mission and make an impact in the lives of patients and will have direct exposure to the site leadership team in driving HR strategies.

What you'll do in the role:

• Partner with the site HR Senior Director to design and execute the people strategy and HR initiatives.
• Provide HR Strategic Business Partner support and serve as a resource for leadership and employees.
• Own HR data analysis and reporting on key metrics for the site. Deeply understand the HR data about the site, analyze and report on information, prepare and present to the site leadership team.
• Help lead HR processes including talent management and succession planning, Pulse and Leadership Compass, recruiting, compensation, and the technical ladder promotion process. This includes helping communicate the agenda across the organization, measuring progress and outcomes, and collaborating with HR COE colleagues supporting these processes.
• Support global staffing initiatives including short- and long-term assignments, permanent international transfers, and collaborative training initiatives with other sites inside and outside the United States.
• Design and deliver effective employee onboarding and new employee orientation programs.
• Shape culture and leadership development strategies that drive improved engagement and performance of the employees and leaders at the site.
• Contribute to global or network M&Q HR projects and processes aligned with the HR strategy, provide input to design and implementation plans, and share best practices across the network, M&Q and HR organizations.
• Identify and act on opportunities for continuous improvement in HR and site processes, systems and tools.
• Support change management efforts across the site, helping leaders communicate effectively, supporting employees through periods of growth and transition, and keeping the organization grounded as the site scales.
• Maintain a visible presence in the organization, building relationships with employees, and engaging directly where and when they work to understand the pulse of the organization.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 2 years of HR Business Partnership and/or supporting HR COE or relevant business areas
• This position will require onsite work in Houston, TX
• Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role, including but not limited to
  
  
  F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, J-1, H-1B, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, or L-1.

Additional Preferences:

• Human Resources and/or Manufacturing site experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated effectiveness in building rapport and influencing others
• Project management and organizational skills; flexibility and versatility in managing projects and workload
• Change management
• Ability to use analytics to diagnose problems and evaluate the effect of changes implemented
• Technical knowledge: Experience with Workday in an HR environment, comfort using Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint), and curiosity and fluency with AI tools and emerging technologies

Other Information:

• This is an onsite position in a manufacturing facility with limited remote working, typical workdays will be - Monday through Friday, but there will be times of evening/weekend work to ensure the full site is supported
• Minimal travel required

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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
$58,500 - $137,500

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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