Associate Director - Digital Engineering Platforms

Associate Director – Digital Engineering Platforms

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.

Lilly is at a critical juncture as we tool up to realize the potential of our product pipeline. We are building new processing capabilities around the world, and emphasizing emerging, innovative technologies, such as continuous processing, biotech platforms, and advanced data and control systems. Additionally, we are recapitalizing older assets and bringing the operational philosophies in line with current technologies. Lilly places a high value on fully automated manufacturing processes, as the quality and operational benefits are baseline expectations of new process design.

DME is part of the Corporate Engineering Tech Center (ETC). The ETC is a technical resource for training, standards, project implementation, and the center of engineering excellence for the corporation, providing deeply technical resources to solve the most intractable technical problems in manufacturing. DME provides Digital Engineering Platform ownership, OT data integration solutions, engineering data standardization/ownership, and digital manufacturing solutions for Lilly Manufacturing.

Our team focuses on connecting our facilities (securely) and leveraging the data from those facilities to deliver digital manufacturing solutions to improve manufacturing productivity, data integrity / compliance, quality, and operational excellence. Digital Manufacturing Technologies include digital twins, computational modeling, edge/IoT, and analytics solutions. Digital Engineering Platforms include CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System), GECMS (Global Engineering Content Management System) and many other digital platforms leveraged by engineers across Lilly Manufacturing.

Associate Director to lead and support the management of our Digital Engineering Platforms across multiple pharmaceutical production sites globally, including Maximo Computerized Maintenance Management System (GMARS), Global Engineering Content Management System (GECMS), Electronic C&Q System, and more. This role is critical in ensuring the seamless operation of these systems, supporting the startup of new sites, and assisting in the maintenance optimization efforts for existing global sites.

The Associate Director will oversee the business side, support global maintenance operations, improve processes, ensure compliance, and drive the continuous improvement of the digital engineering platforms across the globe.

• Digital Engineering Platform Management
  • Oversee the global deployment, integration, and ongoing business support of GMARS, GECMS, and other digital engineering platforms (Kneat, Batiscript, Traksys, etc.) to ensure effective system usage at all sites.
  • Lead system administration, updates, and enhancements for digital engineering platforms, ensuring systems evolve to meet business needs.
  • Drive cross‑functional collaboration to improve system configurations, user interfaces, and functionalities, ensuring they are optimized for global operations.
  • Ensure the systems’ compliance with regulatory requirements and GQS standards.
  • Maintain data integrity within the systems, ensuring accurate and timely maintenance schedules, asset management, and documentation.
  • Lead collaboration and partnership with Tech@Lilly custodianship of the platforms
  • Own the long‑term strategic vision and roadmap for Digital Engineering Platforms, specifically what capabilities are required from the platforms to meet the needs of the engineering function globally.
• Global Engineering Content…