Sr Director - MQ Tech@Lilly at Eli Lilly and Company

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.

Lilly is entering an exciting period of growth, and we are committed to delivering innovative medicines to patients around the world. This role will provide leadership for the Tech@lilly organization at BB manufacturing facility. 

What You’ll Be Doing

The Manufacturing & Quality (MQ) Tech@Lilly Sr. Director will serve as the leader for the IT function at BB Manufacturing Facility. This role will have a dual reporting line to both the M&Q IT AVP and the Manufacturing VP Site Head at BB. This leader will be responsible: for

• Defined digital strategy, implement global programs and solutions, identified new opportunities where digital capabilities can solve a problem. 
• Responsible of people development and recruitment. 
• Be a cross-functional leader a collaborated and contributed as part of the LT in topics outside the IT Agenda.
• Ensure always stated of quality and compliance.
• Ensure reliable, secure, and resilient IT infrastructure is in place to support the plants mission.
• Ensure the IT teams are focused on providing solutions and services that harvest value, advance productivity, and enable Operational Excellence through the implementation of global programs and turning data into information.
• Ensure strong lifecycle management processes are in place for all IT systems from conceptual design and development through delivery, maintenance, and retirement.
• Represent the MQ IT roadmap, business plans, and priorities to site heads and site lead teams.
• Act as an interface between the local and corporate IT organization and the assigned site organizations.
• Provide timely communication of project progress and issues and personnel issues to site heads, site lead teams, global site IT peers, and central MQ IT organizations.
• Partner with Managers to ensure effective and consistent communication to the sites.

What You Should Bring (preferred skills)

• Regulatory compliance knowledge and experience (cGMP).
• Effective people manage/development and team leadership skills.
• Ability to manage and contribute to multiple concurrent activities and adapt to changes in priorities.
• Ability to cross functionally collaborate.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated creativity, analytical thinking, and the ability to troubleshoot and solve problems.

Your Basic Qualifications (with no sponsorship)

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Engineering, or related technical field.
• 10+ years IT leadership experience working in Pharma and Manufacturing and Quality, especially API Manufacturing.
• 7+ years of strong experience with MES system implementations, Data Integration and Advance Analytics.
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position.

About the Organization

Lilly IT builds and maintains capabilities using innovative technologies like most prominent tech companies. What differentiates Lilly IT is that we create new possibilities through tech to advance our purpose – creating medicines that make life better for people around the world, like data driven drug discovery and connected clinicals. We hire the best technology professionals from a variety of backgrounds so they can bring an assortment of knowledge, skills, and diverse thinking to deliver innovative solutions in every area of our business.

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 an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and 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.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and help our company develop talented individuals for future leadership roles. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, African American Network, Chinese Culture Network, Early Career Professionals, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinos at Lilly, PRIDE (LGBTQ + Allies), Veterans Leadership Network, Women’s Network, Working and Living with Disabilities. Learn more about all of our groups.

#WeAreLilly