Associate Director - Digital Labs

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’s Purpose

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 35,000 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 are looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

This is an opportunity you don’t want to miss!

Lilly is entering an exciting period of growth, and we are committed to delivering innovative medicines to patients around the world. LRL has increasing needs for in-house manufacture of material for clinical supplies and will therefore construct a new campus to manufacture Clinical Trial (CT) Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) to meet needs for an expanding portfolio (more and new areas), to accelerate development timelines, and to enhance supply chain robustness.

The brand-new facility also known as Lilly Medicine Foundry (LMF) will utilize the latest technology to augment the current clinical supply chain for small molecules (SM), oligonucleotides, peptides, and Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs), monoclonal antibodies and bioconjugates, and add new capabilities including mRNA.

New site will be built using the latest high-tech equipment, advanced highly integrated and automated manufacturing systems, and have a focus on minimizing the impact to our environment.

Position Description:

You will be part of LRL Tech@Lilly an organization that drives innovation through utilization of technology.

This Associate Director position is responsible for engaging Lilly Medicine Foundry business and technical leaders, scientists, external suppliers, and strategic partners to manage the portfolio of applications and development roadmaps.

Key responsibilities include recruiting, leading and developing a group of dedicated technology professionals and delivering a range of vendor provided or custom solutions and critical platforms; aligning the team to business goals; driving agile transformation; managing solution prioritization, financial management and governance; and advancing information architecture practices.

This position will report to Senior Director Medicine Foundry Tech@Lilly team and will be based out of Indianapolis initially and then Lebanon Indiana.

Key Objectives:

• Manage technical team (develops staffing strategy, performance management, development, recruiting and hiring) and budgets to meet those objectives.
• Communicate direction by prioritizing work within portfolio of projects and services with key focus on LIMS implementation, Digital Forms and lab system integrations
• Direct release schedule for assets, based on business needs and available capacity.
• Embrace emerging digital technologies and identify opportunities for extending among the team.
• Adopt and drive best project and program management practices in the pursuit of maximized business value.
• Understand, anticipate, elicit and influence customer demand for information services.
• Leverage external resources to increase digital and competitive awareness.
• Maintain strong relationships with key suppliers in delivery of solutions.
• Outline and approve Statements of Work, appropriately engaging Procurement, and other Tech@Lilly organizations.
• Measure and maximize performance of key suppliers to stated SoWs and verify all contractual obligations are met.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree (Science or Engineering)
• Minimum 4 years of experience in Lab Systems or Information Management Systems.

Additional Preferences:

• Master’s degree in business administration
• Business Relationship Management skills to enable deep business integration and strategy development.
• Demonstrated delivery of sustainable capabilities and services within the budget, timeline, and scope constraints.
• Experience in providing technical coaching and feedback to technology professionals.
• Experience in developing budgets, forecasts, and plans.
• Experience in vendor management to provide solutions and services.
• Experience with Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and GxP practices
• Experience managing large capital programs/projects in the pharmaceutical business. Previous experience in the startup of a new facility or clinical development manufacturing site.
• Proven leadership experience in managing large cross-functional teams.
• Active participation in industry forums and standards organizations. Knowledge of CMC Labs, eLNs, LIMS, Manufacturing pharma processes and technology platforms

Remote employees will not be allowed to post for this role as need to be based in Indianapolis / Lebanon

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 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

$132,000 - $193,600

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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