Sr Director - Tech at Lilly Manufacturing & Quality

Role Summary

As the MQ Tech at Lilly Sr. Director for our new site, you’ll spearhead the IT landscape, reporting to the M&Q IT VP and the Manufacturing Site Head. Your leadership will shape the digital agenda and transformation for these facilities, helping to build and operate a new site equipped with the latest high-tech, highly integrated and automated manufacturing systems. This on-site leadership role will be based at one of Lilly’s API manufacturing sites in the US (Indianapolis, IN; Lebanon, IN; Houston, TX; North Carolina; Virginia) with travel to other Lilly sites as required, up to 50%.

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 (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
• 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
• Lead recognition, pay and promotion decisions
• Lead talent assessment and succession planning activities
• Support site recruiting building IT capability
• Ensure IT organization is functionally strong and operationally centred
• 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, Computer Science, 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
• Preferred: Position will be based at one of our API manufacturing sites with the ability to travel to other US and global Lilly sites as required and up to 50% of the time.

Skills

• Deep 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.
• Creative and analytical mindset, able to resolve complex issues.
• Deep technical knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing and IT/OT footprint to support the site.
• Strong problem-solving skills.

Additional Requirements

• Role is on-site; Monday through Friday; must be flexible to support production schedules, shutdowns, etc. Occasional extended hours and/or off-hours work 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 the ability to travel to other global Lilly sites as required.