Laboratory Informatics Scientist Lilly Medicine Foundry

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.

Organization and Position 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.  

In the Project Delivery Phase and Startup Phase of the project (2025 to 2028), roles will be fluid and dynamic as we endeavor to support the project delivery, build a new organization, develop and implement the necessary systems and business processes required to support GMP operations. This will require significant collaboration, creativity and resilience as the Lilly Medicine Foundry goes from design, to start-up, and to steady-state operations.  

The Laboratory Informatics Scientist role, a technical-track position, seeks a collaborative, inclusive, and energetic individual who will be responsible for monitoring laboratory performance to ensure that the Lilly Medicine Foundry laboratories maintain a state of control regarding the generation and reporting of analytical data. The role will initially involve interacting with global and local IT support functions to populate master data, configure systems, and assist with installing and qualifying laboratory IT systems such as LIMS/LES, MODA, ELN, CDS, and other lab systems. The role will evolve into monitoring, execution, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the Laboratory IT Systems for the Lilly Medicine Foundry laboratories with an emphasis on continuous improvement, focused on data integrity. This role will serve as a representative for laboratory IT systems and will be responsible for mentoring and educating peers on the use of lab systems, supporting audits, and oversight for management reviews, laboratory metrics, laboratory equipment, and laboratory documentation. 

Responsibilities: 

• Performs and/or supports the laboratory with the validation of laboratory equipment and software systems. 

• Supports the establishment and maintenance of the validated state of software-based computerized systems in use in the lab. 

• Assists with Site Deployment and upgrade of Lilly Medicine Foundry Laboratory IT Systems. 

• Acts as a contact SME for Lilly Medicine Foundry Laboratory IT Systems. 

• Collects data and authors management review documents for the laboratory quality system. 

• Supports continuous improvement of quality systems as they relate to the Lilly Medicine Foundry laboratories. 

• Develop training materials for laboratory informatics systems. 

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