Sr Director - Tech at Lilly Manufacturing & Quality

Sr Director - Tech at Lilly Manufacturing & Quality

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 worldwide work to discover and bring life‑changing medicines, improve disease understanding and management, and give back through philanthropy and volunteerism. We put people first and are seeking leaders who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Lilly is on the cusp of a transformative expansion, investing over $15 billion in cutting‑edge manufacturing facilities worldwide. We’re on a mission to revolutionize patient care with groundbreaking medicines. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this exhilarating journey!

As the MQ Tech Sr. Director at our new site (Houston, TX or Richmond, VA), you’ll spearhead the IT landscape, reporting to both the M&Q IT VP and the Manufacturing Associate VP Site Head. Your leadership will be instrumental in shaping the digital agenda and transformation for these facilities. This is a once‑in‑a‑lifetime opportunity to help build and operate a new site equipped with the latest high‑tech equipment, sophisticated, highly integrated and automated manufacturing systems.

• 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.
• A creative and analytical mindset, equipped to resolve complex issues.
• Deep technical knowledge on pharmaceutical manufacturing and IT/OT footprint to support the site.
• Demonstrated creativity, analytical thinking, and the ability to troubleshoot and solve problems.

Ensure site operational readiness from an 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 providing IT site functional leadership.

• Develop and implement site IT strategic and business plan.
• Benchmark innovative solutions (external and internal to Lilly).
• Dynamically adapt roadmap to site evolution, strategic directions, and emerging trends.
• 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 team members.
• 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 to build IT capability.

Operational Excellence:

• Ensure IT organization is functionally strong and operationally focused.
• Ensure solution‑focused organization.
• Provide prioritization and barrier removal.
• Provide oversight of technical activities within the group.
• Effectively encourage knowledge sharing and education.

• A bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of leadership in Pharma IT, with a focus on manufacturing IT/OT leadership experience.

• 10+ years of experience with MES system implementations, data integration, and advanced analytics.
• Flexibility to localize in any part of the US.
• Position will be based at one of Lilly’s new API manufacturing sites with ability to travel to other US and global Lilly sites as required, up to 50% of the time.

• Role is Monday through Friday and based on‑site. Must be flexible in providing support to accommodate production schedules, shutdowns, etc. Occasional extended or off‑hour work may be required.
• Position will be based in one of Lilly’s new API manufacturing sites across the US – Houston, TX or Richmond, VA – with…