Lilly Medicine Foundry – Senior Technical Lead – Quality Systems, Automation & AI

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve.

This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

Lilly recently announced a $4.5 billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development. The first-ever facility of its kind, combining research and manufacturing in a single location, the Medicine Foundry will allow Lilly to further develop innovative solutions to optimize manufacturing processes and increase capacity for clinical trial medicines, while also reducing costs and environmental impact.

As a Senior Technical Leader at the Lilly Medicine Foundry, you will serve as both a hands-on technical practitioner and the functional lead for service management, test automation, technology and business quality process automation, GMP readiness, compliance and AI enablement. This role sits at the intersection of systems configuration, GxP compliance, and operational collaboration requiring someone who can drive alignment across Technology at Lilly, process science, engineering, operations, and quality stakeholders.

At the Lilly Medicine Foundry, you will be the key technical resource for the quality systems and processes for Technology at Lilly and the business. In addition, you will prototype, evaluate and implement emerging AI/ML and generative AI use cases relevant to quality process automation, documentation, and similar workflows.

You will be instrumental in delivering IT automation and AI solutions that meet stringent quality standards and facilitate the site’s mission and vision.

• Own the technical roadmap and architecture standards for the digital transformation and Quality process automation at Medicine Foundry.
• Expanding subject matter expertise in core systems including Digital Forms, Global QMS system(s), and Global Quality AI and Analytics solutions, partnering with Global and PRD Quality teams.
• Leading test automation strategy and owning CI/CD automated pipelines and automated code management practices, leveraging tools such as JIRA, ALM, and Git Hub.
• Driving digital innovation into the Business Quality space through the adoption and implementation of Global and local Quality AI and automation efforts
• Soliciting and coordinating innovation across Technology at Lilly teams operating in the Quality space, including cross-functional engagements primarily across CTI and M&Q

• Establish yourself as the go-to technical authority for digital solutions across the Business Quality space, shaping architecture, design, and implementation decisions.
• Build and continuously expand SME-level knowledge of Digital Forms, Global QMS system(s), and Global Quality AI and Analytics solutions, partnering closely with Global and PRD Quality teams.
• Champion test automation and robust CI/CD pipeline practices, ensuring reliable, well-governed automated code management across JIRA, ALM, Git Hub, and related tooling.
• Proactively solicit innovation ideas and collaboration opportunities across Technology at Lilly teams operating in the Quality space, forging cross-functional partnerships across CTI and M&Q.
• Communicate technical strategy and solution…