Senior Director - Data Architecture,Data Foundry

Role: Senior Director, Data Architecture within Lilly's Data Foundry for Molecular Discovery, leading the scientific information architecture strategy to enable AI-native drug discovery. Responsibilities: define and execute data architecture standards, develop roadmaps for scientific data platforms, oversee ontologies and knowledge graphs, and lead a team of architects. Provide technical leadership on data modeling, semantic interoperability, and AI-ready data ecosystems; influence architecture strategies and ensure adoption of best practices; drive the evolution of the scientific data ecosystem. Requirements: Ph.D. or M.S. in Computer Science, Data Science, Bioinformatics, or related STEM; 8+ years (Ph.D.) or 12+ years (M.S.) in scientific informatics, data architecture, or data engineering; deep expertise in scientific data modeling, knowledge graphs, semantic web technologies, and cloud-native platforms. Preferred: experience leading large-scale scientific data platforms, knowledge of discovery workflows (chemistry, biology, genomics), and familiarity with tools like Databricks, Snowflake, Neo4j, and laboratory informatics systems. HighValue: focus on AI-enabled discovery, semantic architectures, scientific knowledge graphs, and enabling machine learning or generative AI through data infrastructure. Collaboration: cross-functional leadership across research informatics and AI teams. WorkSetup: not explicitly stated, but likely hybrid or remote based on industry trends.