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.

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.

What You'll Be Doing:

In collaboration with Lilly Research Labs, Tech@Lilly seeks to lead drug development in the cognitive age. We believe using advanced insights, personalized experiences and technical innovation we will bring differentiated products, services and experiences to patients, investigators and regulators.  

Lilly’s portfolio and potential to change the lives of people around the world has never been greater. This role will lead the innovative use of technology to improve experiences, drive business efficiencies, ensure portfolio delivery and resiliency while developing a pipeline of technical talent. This role will partner with CDDA leaders on strategies, develop capabilities and lead teams of people to deliver with a focus on clinical results collection.  

The technical lead role formulates direction for Tech@Lilly strategies, plans, and architectures for their area of responsibility. The technical lead role understands the current state and future direction for the area and for the enterprise and influences leadership (business, technical, and administrative) to deliver Tech@Lilly solutions that are aligned with enterprise Tech@Lilly and business goals. The technical lead role is aware of internal and external standards that are relevant to their area of responsibility, assuring that projects make appropriate use of them in their designs and implementations.

How You'll Succeed: 

Deliver on Clinical Labs strategies using technology with a focus on portfolio delivery, process automation, improved efficiency, and sponsor/investigator/patient experience. Partner with the Clinical Results Architect to develop, steward, and manage current and future-state technology strategy (analysis, planning, evolution, automation, AI/ML), including financial analysis on total cost of ownership and technical debt.Execute on a business aligned technology roadmap and own the technical transformationRepresent accounts’ interests in LRL Tech Forums and identify harmonies and reuse opportunities to achieve business process or account goals.Influence business partners, Tech@Lilly, and leadership in the design and implementation of technical solutions to ensure value creation and reduction in redundancy of technical capabilities.Lead the technology landscape, using best in class internal and external capabilities to drive best in class teams of domain experts and technical leaders. Provide leadership and guidance to coach, motivate, and lead team members and organizations to their optimum performance. Partner across the Tech@Lilly organization to ensure that technologies within portfolio are appropriately supported (risk reduction) and aligned with company future state.Deliver Lilly’s clinical pipeline with security, resiliency, and a focus on speed.Transform operational efficiency to achieve 3NME. 

What You Should Bring: 

Demonstrated experience with AI/ML technology and leading technical teamsDemonstrated experience with creating short-term/long-term strategy and delivery roadmap in a complex areaDemonstrated experience in vendor and service management. Demonstrated experience of creating unique, industry leading technical capabilities.  Demonstrated experience influencing internal and external partners. Demonstrated experience in leading strategic transformation with a focus on the intersection of technology and R&D. Strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills Ability to influence broadly across organizations and work effectively across levels.  Experience in effectively leading organizational change initiatives Knowledge of emerging IT capabilities used for clinical research. Demonstrated track record of successful execution of complex initiatives. 

Minimum Qualification Requirements:  

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Computer Information or related field or equivalent work experience5+ years of experience in technology with expertise in related process, technology and user experience. 

Organization Overview

Lilly IT builds and maintains capabilities using cutting edge technologies like most prominent tech companies. What differentiates Lilly IT is that we redefine what’s possible through tech to advance our purpose – creating medicines that make life better for people around the world, like data driven drug discovery and connected clinical trials. We hire the best technology professionals from a variety of backgrounds, so they can bring an assortment of knowledge, skills, and diverse thinking to deliver innovative solutions in every area of our business.

Research Tech unites science with technology to accelerate the Research and Development of medicines and to deliver therapeutic innovations. The team leverages technology and platforms to streamline scientific experimentation to help Researchers follow the science, to understand the disease and identify potential therapies. They are at the forefront of advanced analytics to enable data driven drug discovery, to innovate so Scientists can rapidly analyze and accelerate the discovery of new medicines.

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

$123,000 - $180,400

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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