Associate Director-MQ IT LP2

Role Summary

Associate Director-MQ IT LP2

Responsibilities

• Ensure site operational readiness from IT perspective. Site start up and integration of IT systems including 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 managements, CAPA systems, access security, building monitoring, risk management, MES (Manufacturing Execution System).
• Member of the Site Leadership Team and provide IT site functional leadership.
• Develop and implement site IT strategic and business plan.
• Benchmark on innovative solutions (external and internal to Lilly).
• Dynamically adapt road map to site evolution/strategic directions, and new trends/issues.
• Partner cross functionally locally and globally to establish and implement site IT roadmap.
• Responsible for maintaining a safe work environment.
• People: ensure staffing to meet the site and functional agenda; lead, coach, and develop members of the team; establish a strong site culture based in Lilly values, expectations, and operational excellence standards; support diversity, equity and inclusion in recruiting and development of team members; lead recognition, pay and promotion decisions; lead talent assessment and succession planning activities; support site recruiting building IT capability.
• Compliance: provide leadership in the development and execution of cGMP and/or improvement plans within the IT function and in support of site cGMP improvement plans; define and execute IT inspection readiness activities.
• Operational Excellence: ensure IT organization is functionally strong and operationally focused; ensure solution-focused organization; provide prioritization and barrier removal; provide oversight of technical activities within the group; effectively encourage knowledge sharing and education.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Engineering, or related technical field.
• 7+ years IT Technical Leadership experience working in Pharma and Manufacturing and Quality.
• 7+ years of strong experience with MES system implementations, Data Integration and Advance Analytics.

Skills

• IT leadership in pharmaceutical/manufacturing environments
• MES implementations and data integration
• Data analytics and data integrity
• Regulatory compliance and cGMP
• Strategic IT planning and roadmapping
• People leadership and change management

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Engineering, or related technical field.

Additional Requirements

• Role is on-site, Monday through Friday; may require occasional extended hours or off-hours to accommodate production schedules.
• Position based out of Lebanon, Indiana.