Innovation Delivery Lead

<p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Work Location:  Indianapolis, Indiana<br>Shift:  <br>Department:  LS-PS-ZCB Innovation Delivery and Value Management<br>Recruiter:  Stefanie Fried</span></span></p><p><br><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><strong>This information is for internals only. Please do not share outside of the organization.</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><br><div style="border-width: 100%;"><div style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-left: 0.0in; width: 6.6041in;"><div style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-left: 0.0in; width: 6.6041in;"><p style="margin: 0.0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Your Role:</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Innovation Delivery Lead will establish close collaboration partnerships with key strategic customers in the NA region.</p><p style="margin: 0.0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </p><p style="margin: 0.0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">The goal will be to ensure a level of customer intimacy that gains access to external senior leadership sponsorship and key stakeholder engagement in collaboration programs that allow positioning and co development of existing and potential future innovative solutions with Millipore Sigma.</p><p style="margin: 0.0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </p><ul style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 0.0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0.0; margin-bottom: 0.0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">You will take responsibility for creating and developing new formal client collaboration programs including the associated confidentiality framework to ensure sustainable future growth with global and regional partners while maintaining continuity of existing innovation collaboration programs.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0; margin-bottom: 0.0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Capture and ensure relevant market insights are gained by facilitating voice of customer alpha and beta trial feedback to ensure alignment with customer needs and support pipeline development.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0; margin-bottom: 0.0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Assess, create and develop value driven co-innovation business cases based on market viable customer ideation in line with company strategic goals.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0; margin-bottom: 0.0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Facilitate and connect technical discussions between customers and internal senior leadership and Process Solutions teams globally, in order to execute on collaboration projects and long-range innovation delivery plans.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0; margin-bottom: 0.0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Partner with key internal organizations such as Commercial, Global Strategy, Customer Application, Technical & Scientific Solutions, Product Management, and R&D to drive forward business relevant and market driven co-development programs aligned with customer needs and overall business opportunities.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0; margin-bottom: 0.0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Provide program performance metrics to commercial and business leadership to recommend and inform relevant resource allocation.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0.0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </p><p style="margin: 0.0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Who You Are</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </p><p style="margin: 0.0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Minimum Qualifications:</span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 0.0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0.0; margin-bottom: 0.0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">BS with 5-8+ years</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">’</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"> industry experience or MS with 5+ years</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">’</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"> relevant industry experience.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0; margin-bottom: 0.0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Demonstrated knowledge of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing process </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;">Customer-facing or business development experience within the Pharmaceutical environment</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to travel  20-40%, primarily NA region, with occasional international travel to customer locations and Company</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;">’</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;">s facilities across the globe</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0.0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </p><p style="margin: 0.0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Preferred Qualifications:</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0.0; margin-bottom: 0.0; vertical-align: middle;"> </p><ul style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 0.0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0.0; margin-bottom: 0.0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Relevant experience in business case development and presentation and communication to senior C level executives both internal and external.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0; margin-bottom: 0.0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Experience in concept ideation and development and viability metrics assessment.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0; margin-bottom: 0.0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Project Management skills </span></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;vertical-align: middle;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Role can be based anywhere in the US</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;vertical-align: middle;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span data-teams="true">Pay Range for this position: $85,300 - $166,300. The offer range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base pay compensation for this position. The actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level of experience, education, skills, and other job-related factors. Position may be eligible for sales or performance-based bonuses. Benefits offered by the Company include health insurance, paid time off (PTO), retirement contributions, and other perquisites. For more information click <a id="menur1qgr" title="https://careers.emdgroup.com/us/en/benefits" href="https://careers.emdgroup.com/us/en/benefits" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Link here"><strong>here</strong></a>.</span> </span></p></div></div></div><br><p style="text-align:justify"> </p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">The Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. No employee or applicant for employment will be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, transgender status, marital status, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.  This policy of Equal Employment Opportunity applies to all policies and programs relating to recruitment and hiring, promotion, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Any applicant or employee who believes they have been discriminated against by the Company or anyone acting on behalf of the Company must report any concerns to their Human Resources Business Partner, Legal, or Compliance immediately. The Company will not retaliate against any individual because they made a good faith report of discrimination.</span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify"> </p>

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