Sr Director - Tech at Lilly Manufacturing & Quality

Role Summary

Sr Director - Tech at Lilly Manufacturing & Quality. Lead IT landscape for new Lilly site, shaping the Digital agenda and transformation across facilities; report to M&Q IT VP and Site Head; build and operate a new, high-tech, automated manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure site operational readiness from IT perspective, including site startup and integration of IT systems such as infrastructure, warehouse management and logistics, data historian, real-time floor tracking, digital plant, laboratory information management, CAPA systems, access security, building monitoring, risk management, and MES.
• Be a member of the Site Leadership Team and provide IT site functional leadership.
• Develop and implement the site IT strategic and business plan; benchmark innovative solutions; adapt road map to site evolution and trends; collaborate cross-functionally to implement the site IT roadmap; maintain a safe work environment.
• Lead staffing to meet site and functional needs; coach and develop team members; foster Lilly values and operational excellence; oversee recognition, pay, and promotion decisions; lead talent assessment and succession planning; support site recruiting to build IT capability.
• Ensure IT organization is functionally strong, operationally centered, solution-focused, with clear prioritization and barrier removal; oversee technical activities and promote knowledge sharing and education.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.
• Required: 10+ years of leadership in Pharma IT, with a focus on API manufacturing.
• Required: 10+ years of expertise in MES, data integration, and advanced analytics.
• Preferred: Strong experience with MES implementations, data integration, and advanced analytics; flexibility to localize in any part of the US; willingness to travel up to 50% to US and global Lilly sites.

Skills

• Deep regulatory compliance knowledge (cGMP).
• Proven leadership and team-building excellence.
• Agile management of multiple projects with adaptability to changing priorities.
• Collaborative cross-functional style; exceptional written and verbal communication.
• Creative and analytical mindset with strong problem-solving abilities.
• Deep technical knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing and IT/OT footprint.

Education

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

Additional Requirements

• Role is on-site, Monday through Friday, with flexibility for production schedules, shutdowns, and occasional extended or off-hour work; based at one of Lilly’s API manufacturing sites (Indianapolis, IN; Lebanon, IN; Houston, TX; North Carolina; Virginia) with travel to other sites as required.