Associate Director - Digital Engineering Solutions

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