Senior Associate Director – Tech@Lilly LRL

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.

Position Summary
The Senior Associate Director – Tech@Lilly LRL is a pivotal leadership role in Lilly Bangalore, responsible for overseeing people, processes, portfolios, and technology delivery at Lilly Bangalore. This role requires a strong blend of strategic vision, technical acumen, and leadership skills to manage end-to-end capabilities, scale services, and execute strategic initiatives. The leader will foster innovation and operational excellence across key domains, including Research R&D, and Engineering, while ensuring solutions are secure, compliant, scalable, and aligned with organizational priorities.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Define and deliver a multi-year strategy and capability roadmap aligned with global LRL and Lilly Bangalore priorities.
• Unlock the potential of AI across Research domains to enhance decision-making and innovation.
• Lead highly strategic portfolios such as Mergers & Acquisitions, enabling seamless integration of acquired organizations into Lilly’s technology and research ecosystem.
• Collaborate with global and local teams to influence and shape the broader IT agenda, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Provide thought leadership and create a culture of innovation, exploring advancements in radical, incremental, and architectural technologies.

Portfolio & Process Excellence

• Oversee governance, ensuring consistency in processes, compliance, and shared consciousness across service areas.
• Drive portfolio delivery excellence with an “Outcome over Ownership” approach, balancing short-term achievements with long-term scalability.
• Implement best practices for delivery, strategy, and engineering KPIs to ensure success in investment programs.

Team Leadership & Development

• Build, manage, and mentor high-performing product and engineering teams across LCCI, ensuring seamless operations and delivery.
• Attract and retain top talent, focusing on leadership development and succession planning.
• Foster a collaborative environment that promotes high integrity, performance, and shared learning across global and local teams.

Technical Expertise

• Oversee the design and implementation of modern technologies, including Cloud Computing (AWS, Azure, GCP), DevOps, MLOps, SaaS, and microservices architectures.
• Guide advanced technology areas, including AI and Quantum Computing, ensuring alignment with Lilly’s research and business strategies.
• Ensure systems are designed and deployed with scalability, security, and efficiency in mind.
• Collaborate with architects, technologists, and service leaders to drive engineering excellence and innovation.

Innovation & Collaboration

• Champion tech-enabled transformation, driving impactful solutions across LRL Tech@Lilly and beyond.
• Establish strong partnerships with global business units and other stakeholders to drive a united vision and cohesive strategy.
• Influence strategic decision-making through effective challenge and constructive debate, ensuring alignment with enterprise goals.

Delivery Excellence

• Ensure delivery of enterprise-class IT services leveraging Agile, DevOps, ITIL, and ITSM frameworks.
• Act as a role model in driving process excellence, governance, and adherence to quality and compliance standards.
• Optimize resource allocation and manage risks to deliver timely, high-quality outcomes across portfolios.

Influencing

• The candidate must demonstrate exceptional influencing skills to effectively engage and align a diverse set of stakeholders across the Org. 

• This includes the ability to communicate complex technical concepts in a clear and compelling manner, b