Sr. Manager - Process Control & Automation Engineering

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 currently constructing an advanced manufacturing facility for production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) molecules located in Lebanon, Indiana, USA. This facility is Lilly's largest investment in manufacturing capacity and is intended to provide APIs for current and future products. This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the team for the startup of a greenfield manufacturing site, and the successful candidate will help to build the organization, the facility, and the culture to enable a successful startup into GMP manufacturing operations.

The Senior Manager - Process Control and Automation Engineering provides tactical, technical, and people leadership Node-level automation and process control systems in a regulated GMP manufacturing environment. This role is accountable for automation operations, and alignment of continuous improvement initiatives.

The Senior Manager leads multi-disciplinary automation teams, hired automation shift support contractors, ensures compliance with corporate engineering, quality, cybersecurity, and data integrity standards, and partners closely with Manufacturing, Quality, IT, Engineering, and Site Automation organizations to deliver safe, compliant, and reliable automated systems.

Safety, Quality & Compliance

* Champion safety-first culture in all automation activities; ensure safe design, installation, operation, and maintenance of automated systems.

* Ensure automation solutions comply with cGMP, Data Integrity, CSV, and corporate engineering standards.

* Provide leadership for audits, inspections, and periodic system assessments; drive timely remediation and continuous improvement.

* Ensure alignment with SDLC, validation strategies, and lifecycle management expectations.

Automation Strategy & Technical Leadership

* Define and execute site or program-level automation and process control strategy, aligned with enterprise standards and future manufacturing needs.

* Support Automation Platform roadmap development.

* Own Node automation platform roadmap implementation (DCS, PLC, PAT, MES interfaces, data historians, integration layers).

* Implement Node standardization, replication, and reuse of proven solutions.

* Serve as senior technical authority for complex automation topics and critical issue resolution on his operational node.

People & Organizational Leadership

* Lead, coach, and develop automation engineers, and technical specialists.

* Build high-performing teams through talent development, succession planning, and capability growth.

* Establish clear roles, responsibilities, and performance expectations.

* Foster collaboration across Central Automation, Operations, Quality, IT, and Engineering partners.

Governance, Standards & Continuous Improvement

* Own and implement automation engineering standards, master specifications, and best practices.

* Drive consistency in automation design, documentation, and execution.

* Promote shared learning, lessons learned, and community-of-practice participation across Nodes.

* Evaluate emerging technologies and lead innovations aligned with business value and compliance.

Basic Requirements

* Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Controls, Chemical, Mechanical), Computer Science, or related technical field.

* 7+ years of experience in process automation and control systems within a regulated manufacturing environment.

Additional Skills/Preferences :

* Demonstrated leadership experience managing engineers and technical leads.

* Strong working knowledge of automation platforms (e.g., DCS, PLC, historian, integration technologies).

* Proven experience with cGMP, CSV, Data…