Learning and Development Associate - LRL

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Organization Overview:

Lilly recently announced a $4.5 billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development. The first-ever facility of its kind, combining research and manufacturing in a single location, the Medicine Foundry will allow Lilly to further develop innovative solutions to optimize manufacturing processes and increase capacity for clinical trial medicines, while also reducing costs and environmental impact.

Position Overview

The Lilly Research Laboratories (LRL) Learning and Development (L&D) Associate will report to the Lilly Research Laboratories (LRL) Learning and Development (L&D) Director.

This position provides L&D operational support for the Lilly Medicines Foundry site. This role ensures personnel are qualified and capable of performing their job responsibilities, fulfilling compliance requirements, and continually increasing their contribution to the business. Additionally, the Manager will leverage performance consulting for business partners to assess critical business needs and recommend learning solutions that address capability and competency gaps. The role is responsible for cross-functional collaboration and consulting where appropriate with other Lilly learning leaders, key business partners, Lilly suppliers and other L&D partners to ensure alignment between the learning strategy, curriculum architecture and implementation of the learning portfolio.

To ensure state-of-the-art best training practices, this position will support other site L&D training initiatives, as required (such as, facilitation, onboarding). The LRL L&D site account manager is responsible for ensuring Lilly Medicine Foundry employees are trained and capable in technical, leadership, and operational tasks.  

Responsibilities:

Learning and Performance Support

• Performance Consulting

  • Build relationships with functional leaders and business partners, leveraging organizational knowledge to support business results

  • Provide instructional design expertise, feedback, and guidance to ensure adherence to adult learning and instructional design principles

  • Anticipate and resolve complex problems

  • Serve as a key resource within a business area

• Strategy Development and Execution

  • Develop and execute comprehensive performance strategies to:

• Ensure site employees are trained, qualified, and capable

  • Develop, maintain and improve business processes and metrics to ensure the training systems are in control and capable to meet customer and regulatory requirements.

  • Create controls/reports/structures to ensure that all employees and contract workers are qualified and trained to execute their roles

• Support audit, inspections and business issues as required

• Learning Solution Analysis, Design, and Development

  • Conduct needs and target audience analysis to identify learning and performance gaps

  • Develop innovative deliverables that provide meaningful and learner-centric solutions, as appropriate

  • Apply effective project management to ensure timely delivery of the performance solution

  • Effectively utilize technology to support development of learning and performance solutions (e.g., IT tools, video technology, etc.) and ensure they can be integrated with Lilly systems

  • Partner with Lilly select supplier and manage procurement activities, when needed

  • Manage budget for small- to medium-size projects or programs

  • Manage Transfer of Training to external partners, as appropriate

  • Implementation

    • Develop and lead plan to ensure timely implementation of learning solutions in cooperation with other L&D personnel and business partners

  • Evaluation

    • Develop appropriate evaluation plans for learning and performance solutions, when appropriate

  • Curriculum Management

    • Consult with business partners to establish and maintain a curriculum architecture

    • Lead efforts