Sr Director - Tech at Lilly Manufacturing & Quality

Role Summary

Sr Director - Tech at Lilly Manufacturing & Quality leads the IT strategy and operations for a new Lilly manufacturing site. You will report to the M&Q IT VP and the Manufacturing Site Head, shaping the digital agenda and transformation for turnkey facilities built with advanced, highly integrated and automated systems. This leadership role involves building and operating a new site and ensuring IT readiness across infrastructure, data, and manufacturing systems.

Responsibilities

• Ensure site operational readiness from IT perspective. Site start up and integration of IT systems including infrastructure, warehouse management & logistics, data historian, Real Time Floor Tracking, Digital Plant, Laboratory information management, CAPA systems, Access Security, Building Monitoring, Risk Management, MES.
• 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

Responsibilities (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

Responsibilities (Operational Excellence)

• Ensure IT organization is functionally strong and operationally centered
• Ensure solution focused organization
• Provide prioritization and barrier removal
• Provide oversight of technical activities within the group
• Effectively encourage knowledge sharing and education

Qualifications

• Required: A Bachelor's Degree in IT, Engineering, or a related technical field
• Required: 10+ years of leadership in Pharma IT, with a focus on API Manufacturing
• Required: 10+ years expertise in MES, Data Integration, and Advanced Analytics
• Preferred: Strong experience with MES system implementations, Data Integration and Advanced Analytics
• Preferred: Flexibility to localize in any part of US
• Required: Based in Indianapolis, IN site with ability to travel to other US and global Lilly sites as required (up to 50% of the time)

Skills

• Depth knowledge of regulatory compliance (cGMP)
• Proven leadership prowess and team-building excellence
• Agile management of simultaneous projects, with a knack for adapting to shifting priorities
• Collaborative spirit with cross-functional teams
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
• A creative and analytical mindset, equipped to resolve complex issues
• Deep Technical Knowledge on Pharmaceutical manufacturing and IT/OT footprint to support the site
• Demonstrated creativity, analytical thinking, and the ability to troubleshoot and solve problems

Education

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

Additional Requirements

• On-site role; Monday through Friday with flexibility to accommodate production schedules, shutdowns, etc.; occasional extended hours may be required
• Position will be based in one of Lilly’s API manufacturing sites across the US (Indianapolis, IN; Lebanon, IN; Houston, TX; North Carolina, Virginia) with ability to travel to other global Lilly sites as required
• Travel to other US and global Lilly sites as required (up to 50% of the time)