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.

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Lilly’s Purpose

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 35,000 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.

Come bring to life technologies to lead in Pharma-tech!

The IBU (International Business Unit) is Lilly’s business vertical that covers the entire world, except for the US. A wide range of sales, marketing, and value & access functions across the world are supported by the IBU Tech@Lilly team, and the LCCI team based in Bengaluru is a fully integrated part of this team.

The Director, BU Tech@Lilly LCCI-IBU will lead all aspects of people, process and technology delivery from LCCI; this role will report into the Senior Director - Business Units (BU) Tech@Lilly LCCI.

The primary objective of this role is to ensure that the sub-functions under Business Units (BU) LCCI TECH@LILLY for IBU (International Business Unit) are strongly positioned to scale existing services within the LCCI TECH@LILLY portfolio and to develop and operationalize the rapidly increasing new services with a high degree of consistency, security/quality compliance, and scalability.

Key Responsibilities:

Act as a member of the LCCI TECH@LILLY Lead Team and IBU Tech Lead Team to ensure governance, process and compliance consistency across the various LCCI TECH@LILLY service areas.Lead a team of 50-100+ full-time employees for various sub-functions of BU TECH@LILLY spread across:IBU DataIBU AutomationIBU Web and MCTOIBU GeographiesIBU Solution ServicesContribute to the strategy and roadmap for the sub-function of the business units TECH@LILLY and key investment programs that are aligned to the strategic priorities of the information officer’s office.Direct the development and operationalization of new services as they are added to the LCCI TECH@LILLY portfolio for the sub-function, including partnering with technical leaders within the LCCI TECH@LILLY and global functional TECH@LILLY areas to ensure appropriate architectural patterns, governance and quality process, and service scalability objectives are achieved and maintainedProvide supervision / people management to Associate Directors and Senior Managers within their organizationPartner with Business Units architects, technologists, and service area leadership to establish and execute against an ongoing engineering excellence program focusing on continuous improvementProvide coaching and mentorship to others within the sub-function to enhance the team’s ongoing technical development and understanding of LCCI TECH@LILLY technologies, services, quality and security compliance standards, and methodologies.

Required Experience:

Strong background and breadth of IT experience across technical domainsTotal of 15-20 years of relevant post qualification experience in IT and related areas, of which minimum 5+ years of proven technology leadership experienceExperience with systems development life cycle and structured programming methods (both traditional and agile), including requirements definition, solution design, program development, testing, documentation, training, deployment, operations, support and maintenance.Solid experience in implementing new age technologies including Cloud Computing (ex: AWS, Google Cloud, Azure), Robotic Process Automation (Ex: Automation Anywhere), Core Development, Technology Operations and Maintenance.Working knowledge of Agile, DevOps, DevSecOps, Site Reliability Engineering, ITIL & ITSM is mandatory.Ability to drive partnership between multiple geographically separate organizations, groups and business partners to scale existing IT services as well as deliver new enterprise class servicesExperience leading a team of enterprise class technologists designing and delivering new IT services leveraging modern cloud platforms and patterns. Proven experience in building IT strategies and services to meet critical business requirementsAbility to communicate proactively, and manage and influence a diverse set of IT and business stakeholders in a geographically distributed organizationAbility to appropriately and effectively challenge to reduce complexity of strategies and solutions

Essential Skills:

Excellent verbal and written communication skillsExcellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to build professional networks with diverse groups of individuals and to work effectively within geographically dispersed teams and partnersFocus on shared learning and best practices. Experience across a broad range of IT domains, includingExperience in software development on modern PaaS technologies such as AWS, Azure, or Google CloudExperience in cloud-based data services, cloud-based infrastructure services and patternsPossess a positive and energetic attitude, with a view to moving the business forward. Strong self-management and ability to work in ambiguity

Additional preferences:

Certifications in the area of Cloud, Software Architecture, IT Service Management, Agile etc., preferred.Willingness to travel (15%)

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 does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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