Manager – Technical Platform Integrator

<p style="text-align:left">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.</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p><b><span>Organization Overview:</span></b></p><p>You will be an integral part of a global team responsible for developing and supporting key applications and processes that are part of the Lilly Clinical Trial process.  You will lead the delivery and execution of projects that will meet current and future needs of our business partners.  This will include developing and maintaining critical business relationships and being a key contributor towards developing long-range strategic plans.  You will be a visible and respected team member in the Tech@Lilly function with the ability to drive and influence software providers and our Lilly colleagues in the business areas we support.  The goal is to keep Lilly in the forefront of cutting-edge solutions with first-in-industry and best-in-industry aggregation solutions to help deliver our portfolio with speed, consistency, and quality.</p><p></p><p><b><span>Responsibilities:</span></b></p><ul><li><b>Partner with Product Owners and business stakeholders across Clinical Results to develop strategy and roadmap to meet their needs. </b></li><li><b>Translate complex business needs into clear, actionable technical requirements and solution designs. Partner with peer organizations such as Quality, Cybersecurity to ensure compliance requirements are captured and translated appropriately.</b></li><li><b>Own end-to-end delivery</b> of software implementations and system upgrades, including planning, architecture alignment, execution, and release, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and aligned to quality and compliance standards.</li><li><b>Ensure compliance with GxP, validation, and cybersecurity requirements</b><b>, </b>including ownership of validation strategy, documentation, and audit readiness.</li><li><b>Proactively manage delivery risks, dependencies, and issues</b>, providing clear communication and mitigation strategies across stakeholders.</li><li>Learn and maintain a strong knowledge of business processes to understand opportunities for improvement in the current technology tools and provide insights on improving current and future solutions.</li><li>Triage project proposals and technology changes by leading impact assessments, ROI assessment and technical feasibility.</li><li>Understand, anticipate, and communicate how technical limitations and decisions may impact business needs and project timelines and be able to guide the cross-functional team accordingly.</li><li>Investigate opportunities to take full advantage of Artificial Intelligence and Automation and propose ways to implement both into the solution.</li></ul><p></p><p><b><span>Basic Qualifications:</span></b></p><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in a technology or clinical field, or equivalent work experience.</li><li>Minimum 5 years experience in a technical field</li><li>3+ years experience with API design/development, AWS, .JSON, Power BI, and/or Azure</li><li>Experience working in a regulated industry (i.e., GCP).</li></ul><p></p><p><b><span>Additional Preferences:</span></b></p><ul><li>Understanding of, and appreciation for, IT Quality Processes, Cyber Security, and Patient Privacy.</li><li>Experience with Clinical Data Flow Systems and Processes.</li><li>Demonstrated experience<b> <b>leading end-to-end technology delivery</b> </b></li><li>Proven experience with leading small to mid-sized teams.</li><li>The ability to manage multiple, and disparate activities simultaneously.</li><li>Ability to influence broadly across organizations and work effectively across levels.</li><li>Strong written and verbal communications skills.</li><li>Ability to self-manage and comfort with making decisions with potential of long-term impact.</li><li>Highly flexible, able to adapt to changes in priorities, requirements and processes.</li><li>Ability to be flexible in working hours to work with a global team and accommodate global business needs.</li></ul><p><br /><b>Additional Information:</b><br />• Travel: <10%<br />• Shift information: Core US hours<br />• Position location:On-site Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis IN, USA</p><p style="text-align:left">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 (<a target="_blank" href="https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation"><span><span><span class="WCO0">https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation</span></span></span></a>) 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.</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left">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.</p><p style="text-align:left"><br />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.</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left">Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is</p>$64,500 - $151,800<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><h3></h3><p style="text-align:left">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.</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left">#WeAreLilly</p>

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