Associate Director-MQ IT LP2

JOB DESCRIPTION

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

This is an opportunity you don’t want to miss!

Lilly is entering an exciting period of growth, and we are committed to delivering innovative medicines to patients around the world. Lilly is investing over half million to create a new state-of-the-art manufacturing site, in Lebanon, Indianapolis. The brand-new facility will utilize the latest technology for Gene Therapy Manufacturing. This is an exciting once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help build and operate a new site.  The Lilly LP2 Lebanon site will be built using the latest high-tech equipment, advanced highly integrated and automated manufacturing systems, and have a focus on minimizing the impact to our environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

The Manufacturing & Quality (MQ) IT Associate Director-IT for LP2 will serve as the leader for the IT function for LP2 Site. This role will have a dual reporting line to both the M&Q IT Associated VP and the LP2 Site Head.  This role will work hand by hand with the LP2 project lead.

Key Objectives / Deliverables :

• 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 focus.
• Ensure solution focused organization.
• Provide prioritization and barrier removal.
• Provide oversight of technical activities within the group
• Effectively encourage knowledge sharing and education

Your Basic Qualifications (with no sponsorship)

Other Information :

About the Organization

Lilly IT builds and maintains capabilities using innovative technologies like most prominent tech companies. What differentiates Lilly IT is that we create new possibilities through tech to advance our purpose – creating medicines that make life better for people around the world, like data driven drug discovery and connected clinicals. We hire the best technology professionals from a variety of backgrounds so they can bring an assortment of knowledge, skills, and diverse thinking to deliver innovative solutions in every area of our business.

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (

Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include : Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

$132,000 - $193,600

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and / or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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