Associate Director - IT API Site

Role Summary

Associate Director - IT API Site. Responsible for IT leadership and site readiness at Lilly’s new API manufacturing sites in Texas or Virginia, driving IT strategy, operation excellence, and cross-functional collaboration to enable safe and compliant manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure site operational readiness from IT perspective, including startup and integration of IT systems
• Infrastructure, Enterprise Resource Planning, Warehouse management & logistics coordination
• Manufacturing Execution System, Data historian, Real Time Floor Tracking
• Data Integration, Data Analytics, Data Integrity
• Laboratory information management, CAPA systems, Access Security, Building Monitoring
• Risk Management, MES, and other manufacturing IT components
• Serve as a member of the Site Leadership Team and provide IT site functional leadership
• Develop and implement site IT strategic and business plan
• Benchmark innovative solutions and adapt road map to site evolution and trends
• Partner cross-functionally locally and globally to establish and implement site IT roadmap
• Maintain a safe work environment; manage staffing to meet site goals
• Lead, coach, and develop team members; foster Lilly values and operational excellence
• Support diversity, equity and inclusion in recruiting and development
• Lead recognition, pay, and promotion decisions; oversee talent assessment and succession planning
• Support site recruiting to build IT capability
• Provide leadership for cGMP IT improvement plans and inspection readiness
• Ensure IT organization remains functionally strong and operationally focused
• Maintain a solution-focused organization; prioritize and remove barriers
• Oversee technical activities and promote knowledge sharing

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering or related field
• Required: Minimum 7 years of IT leadership experience, with a track record overseeing multiple projects
• Required: Experience managing large-scale, cross-functional projects and programs including MES, Data Integration and Analytics
• Required: Experience in Pharma and GMP manufacturing
• Preferred: Experience leading IT groups in pharmaceutical programs/projects; startup experience at a new facility or clinical development manufacturing site
• Preferred: Proven leadership of cross-functional teams; active participation in industry forums and standards organizations
• Required: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; excellent communication and leadership abilities

Skills

• Analytical and problem-solving skills; risk assessment and decision-making
• Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management
• Strategic IT planning and execution in manufacturing environments
• Knowledge of MES, data integration, data analytics, and data integrity
• gdpr/compliance awareness and cGMP experience

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering or related field

Additional Requirements

• On-site role, Monday through Friday; occasional extended hours or off-hours may be required
• Position based in a new Lilly API manufacturing site in Texas or Virginia
• Travel: approximately 5-10% of business travel