Associate Director - IT

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.
This is an opportunity you don’t want to miss!
Lilly is entering an exciting period of growth, and we are committed to delivering innovative medicines to patients around the world. Lilly is investing to create several new state-of-the-art manufacturing sites. These brand-new facilities will utilize the latest technology for Drug Substance Manufacturing. This is an exciting once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help build and operate a new site. These new sites will be built using the latest high-tech equipment, advanced highly integrated and automated manufacturing systems, and have a focus on minimizing the impact to our environment.
What You’ll Be Doing:
You will be part of Tech@Lilly MQ (Manufacturing and Quality), an organization that drives manufacturing operational excellence and productivity efforts through utilization of technology. Tech@Lilly MQ strives to enable the making of medicine “with safety first and quality always”.
The Associate Director for MQ Tech@Lilly will be part of the IT Leadership team for the new Dry Product site in Leiden, NL. This role will report to the MQ IT Sr Director This role will work hand by hand with both project and operational readiness activities for the facility.
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How You’ll Succeed:
Ensure site operational readiness from IT perspective. Site start up and integration of IT systems including:
Infrastructure
Enterprise Resource Planning
Warehouse management & logistics coordination
Manufacturing Execution System
Data historian, Real Time Floor Tracking
Data Integration
Data Analytics
Data Integrity
Laboratory information managements
CAPA systems
Access Security
Building Monitoring
Risk Management
MES (Manufacturing Execution System)
Member of the Site Leadership Team and provide IT site functional leadership.
Develop and implement site IT strategic and business plan.
Benchmark on innovative solutions (external and internal to Lilly)
Dynamically adapt road map to site evolution/strategic directions, and new trends/issues.
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 members of the team.
Establish a strong site culture based in Lilly values, expectations, and operational excellence standards.
Support diversity, equity and inclusion in recruiting and development of team members
Lead recognition, pay and promotion decisions.
Lead talent assessment and succession planning activities
Support site recruiting building IT capability.
Compliance
Provide leadership in the development and execution of cGMP and/or improvement plans within the IT function and in support of site cGMP improvement plans.
Define and execute IT inspection readiness activities.
Operational Excellence
Ensure IT organization is functionally strong and operationally focus.
Ensure solution focused organization.
Provide prioritization and barrier removal.
Provide oversight of technical activities within the group
Effectively encourage knowledge sharing and education
Basic Requirements:
Education: Bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering or related field
Experience: Minimum 7 years of experience in IT Leadership, with a experience of successfully overseeing multiple projects
Knowledge: Experience managing large-scale, cross-functional projects and programs. Including MES, Data Integration and Analytics
Experience in Pharma and GMP Manufacturing
Additional Preferences
Experience: Experience leading IT groups in programs/projects in the pharmaceutical business. Previous experience in the startup of a new facility or clinical development manufacturing site.
Leadership Skills: Proven leadership experience in managing cross-functional teams.
Industry Engagement: Active participation in industry forums and standards organizations.
Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess risks, manage trade-offs, and make sound decisions. Excellent communication and leadership skills to interact with stakeholders at all levels of the organization
Other Information:
Role is Monday through Friday and based on-site. Must be flexible in providing support to accommodate other inputs (production schedules, shutdowns, etc.). Occasional extended hour and / or off-hour work may be required.
Position will be based out of a new Lilly Manufacturing site in the Netherlands
5-10% of Business Travel time.
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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is
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Full-time equivalent employees may also 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 pension plan; vacation benefits; eligibility for healthcare benefits; flexible benefits (if applicable) 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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