Associate Director - Digital Engineering Solutions
Eli Lilly and Company
Full-time
Remote friendly (Indianapolis, IN)
United States
$118,500 - $173,800 USD yearly
Corporate Functions
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Role Summary
Associate Director – Digital Engineering Solutions. Lead a team within Digital Manufacturing Engineering to deliver digital engineering solutions, including computational modeling, analytics, and digital twins, while aligning with Lilly’s DME strategy and global governance.
Responsibilities
- Lead HR processes for the team, including performance management, compensation management, recognition, talent assessment, promotion, recruiting, and succession planning. Coach and develop team members; support diversity initiatives.
- Support DME team strategy, business planning, and team-building activities.
- Lead and champion the Digital Engineering Governance Framework to oversee solutions development, deployment, and change management across sites globally.
- Provide digital manufacturing engineering discipline and technical leadership; partner with manufacturing sites on solution assessments, reuse opportunities, and concept development; manage tools, standards, master specifications, and best practices.
- Provide technical coaching and mentoring; document learning through peer-reviewed documents; facilitate learning forums such as conferences and user groups.
- Monitor external industry trends for digital manufacturing technologies and solutions; influence benchmarking efforts.
- Support and own global DME sponsored programs and initiatives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related science field
- Minimum 5 years’ pharmaceutical manufacturing experience in engineering or related function
- Minimum 3 years’ experience with digital manufacturing engineering technologies (digital twin, computational modeling, data analytics, etc.)
- Previous supervisory experience with direct reports
Skills
- Knowledge in data systems, historians, and reporting platforms
- Knowledge of project management and vendor management
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- cGMP regulatory knowledge in process or automation engineering
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related science field
Additional Requirements
- Travel up to 15% (US and OUS); may require off-hour meetings due to time zone differences
- Day shift, Monday through Friday