Associate Director - Digital Engineering Solutions

Role Summary

Associate Director – Digital Engineering Solutions leads the DME Digital Engineering Solutions team within the Engineering Tech Center, overseeing supervision, safety, performance, and development of direct-reporting employees. The role focuses on digital engineering solutions such as computational modeling, analytics, digital twins, and digitized engineering processes, delivering governance, strategy alignment, and technical leadership across sites globally.

Responsibilities

• People Leader - Lead HR processes, including performance management, compensation management, reward and recognition, talent assessment, promotion, recruiting, and succession planning. Coach and develop team members. Support and lead diversity initiatives.
• Support DME team strategy, business planning, and team building activities.
• Lead and champion the Digital Engineering Governance Framework to oversee DME solutions development, deployment, and adoption / change management across M&Q sites globally
• Digital Manufacturing Engineering Discipline and Technical Leadership – Partner with peer groups and manufacturing sites on solution assessments, reuse/replication opportunities, and concept development. Manage tools, engineering standards, master specifications and best practices.
• Knowledge Sharing – Provide technical coaching and mentoring to Lilly engineers. Document learning through peer-reviewed technical documents. Facilitate shared learning forums such as conferences and user groups.
• External Influence and Benchmarking - Monitor and influence external industry trends for digital manufacturing technologies and solutions.
• 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 functional area.
• 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

• This position may require US and OUS travel (up to 15%) as well as off-hour meetings due to time zone differences.
• Monday through Friday, Day Shift