Associate Director - Solution & Data Architect External Manufacturing

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.

Position Brand Description:

At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. We make a difference for people around the globe by discovering, developing, and delivering medicines that help them live longer, healthier, more active lives. Not only do we deliver breakthrough medications, but you also can count on us to develop creative solutions to support communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. Lilly is entering an exciting period of growth, and we are committed to delivering innovative medicines to patients around the world. This is an opportunity you don’t want to miss!

What You’ll Be Doing:

You will be part of Tech at Lilly MQ (Manufacturing and Quality), an organization that drives manufacturing operational excellence and productivity efforts through utilization of technology. Tech at Lilly MQ strives to enable the making of medicine “with safety first and quality always”.

As a Solution & Data Architect within the IT organization that supports the External Manufacturing organization at Lilly, you will play a critical role in designing and implementing integrated, scalable, and secure IT and Data solutions to optimize processes with external manufacturing partners. You will be responsible for developing a comprehensive technical architecture that includes system integration and robust data infrastructure to support real-time decision-making, compliance, and process efficiency. This role will require close collaboration with cross-functional teams, business stakeholders, and external vendors to ensure the seamless flow of data and system functionality, while adhering to pharmaceutical industry regulations.

How You’ll Succeed:

• Design and implement end-to-end technical solutions that address the business needs of the External Manufacturing organization at Lilly.

• Lead the integration of IT systems and data flows between Lilly’s internal platforms and external manufacturing partners, ensuring smooth communication across operations, technical services, quality, and supply chain systems.

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive data architecture, ensuring data accuracy, security, and availability for decision-making, analytics, and reporting. Implement data governance practices to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

• Develop and provide expertise in enterprise data domains; this includes data relationships, data quality, understanding of business data needs and the associated technology toolsets and methodologies. 

• Develop understanding how the enterprise data strategies, platforms, and technologies enable business execution. Use this knowledge to appropriately challenge status quo and drive business and Tech at Lilly collaborations.  

• Facilitate efficient and scalable data exchange between Lilly and its external partners using industry standards and data integration methodologies. 

• Ensure that all solutions adhere to regulatory, compliance, and security standards, including GxP, ensuring data and system integrity.

• Work closely with internal teams (IT, manufacturing, quality, supply chain) and external partners to gather requirements, create designs, and deliver IT and data solutions that enhance operational efficiency.

• Continuously evaluate and implement new technologies and methodologies to enhance system functionality, data flow, and overall operational efficiency. Drive continuous improvement initiatives across both solution and data architectures.

• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to cross-functional teams on both IT system design and data architecture best practices.

What You Should Bring:

• Strong experience designing and implementing IT and data architectures in a highly regulated, manufacturing or pharmaceutical environment, including systems like MES (e.g., Pharmasuite, Syncade, Werum PAS-X) and ERP (e.g., SAP).

• Proven experience with system integration tools and technologies to connect internal and external partner systems.

• Expertise with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and big data technologies for managing data flows and building scalable, compliant data architectures.

• Proficiency in database management systems and experience with data integration, modeling, and governance tools.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to design efficient architectures, troubleshoot system and data flow issues, and optimize performance.

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work with cross-functional teams, leadership, and external vendors effectively.

• Experience as an autonomous IT leader leading large scale portfolios and sophisticated high demanding customers.

• Demonstrated ability to influence IT and business strategies to drive large-scale outcomes.

• Validated skills of strong learning agility and relationship building to influence change using knowledge and relationships.

• Successful record of high quality, user focused, on-time & budget IT service and project delivery.

• Experience with formal project management methodologies, agile frameworks and working knowledge of associated practices and tools.

• A high level of intellectual curiosity, external perspective, and innovation interest.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related technical field.

• OR

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred.

Additional Preferences:

• 8 plus years of experience in IT solution architecture and data architecture roles within a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. 

• Experience in cloud technologies: AWS and/or Azure. 

• Experience with multiple database technologies and solutions. 

• Demonstrated ability to analyze large, complex data domains and craft practical solutions for subsequent data exploitation via analytics.  

• Demonstrated ability to communicate with a geographically dispersed group of business and technical colleagues 

• Strong knowledge of GxP, FDA, and other regulatory requirements.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, global, and regulated environment, with a focus on operational excellence.

• Previous Agile experience. Experience with Agile Development, CI/CD, Jenkins, Github, Automation platforms.  

• AWS Solution Architect. 

Other Information:

• Role is Monday through Friday. Must be flexible in providing support to accommodate other inputs (production schedules, shutdowns, etc.).  Occasional extended hour and / or off-hour work may be required.

• Position will require to travel to Indianapolis and other global Lilly sites as required.

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