Sr. Principal Architect - MES (R1 -R4)

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.

Sr. Principal Architect - MES

This is an opportunity you don’t want to miss!

At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. We make a difference for people around the globe by discovering, developing, and delivering medicines that help them live longer, healthier, more active lives. Not only do we deliver breakthrough medications, but you also can count on us to develop creative solutions to support communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. Lilly is entering an exciting period of growth, and we are committed to delivering innovative medicines to patients around the world. Lilly is investing around the world to create new state-of-the-art manufacturing site’s and continue expanding our existing facilities to created capacity required to continue with our mission. The brand-new facilities will utilize the latest technology, advanced highly integrated and automated manufacturing systems, and have a focus on minimizing the impact to our environment.

The Tech@Lilly MQ team at the Indianapolis Parenteral Manufacturing site is actively looking for a Senior Architect for Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). Are you passionate about manufacturing excellence and applying technology to make reliable and life-saving medicines? Are you wanting to work in to work in a diverse and inclusive, fast-paced and dynamic environment? If so, bring YOUR skills and talents to Lilly where you’ll have the chance to create an impact on the lives of patients with “Safety First and Quality Always”.

What You’ll Be Doing:

As the Senior MES Architect, your main responsibility will be to craft and develop robust IT architecture solutions tailored to sophisticated business challenges within the pharmaceutical manufacturing domain. This role demands a deep technical expertise in creating integrated process, application, data, and technology architectures, ensuring conformity with enterprise standards and strategic goals.

At the Indy Parenteral Manufacturing (IPM) you will help lead the implementation of complex MES, driving the transition from PMX to PharmaSuite. Your role will involve deploying innovative technologies, while ensuring sustainability and robustness of existing manufacturing and warehouse systems, as well as collaborating multi-functionally to uphold the Manufacturing Strategy for Operational Excellence. You will be instrumental in delivering IT solutions that meet exacting quality standards and facilitate the site’s mission and vision.

How You Will Succeed:

• Bring your deep technical knowledge and experience to design and develop product architecture for MES and Digital Execution solutions.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for manufacturing systems, including MES, automation, and IT infrastructure.
• Diagnose and resolve issues related to equipment, software, and network connectivity to minimize production downtime.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, operations, and quality, to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Must ensure the compatibility, integration, interoperability, stability, scalability and usability of products/services proposed as standards to ensure an integrated architecture across interdependent technologies.
• Must serve as a technical expert on solutions design, development, and implementation requirements to address business needs.
• Must consider security, privacy and data integrity risks and design IT systems that are secure and protect company data and ensure compliance.
• Possess the capability to communicate sophisticated technical information to both technical and non-technical partners and influence decision making at senior leadership level.
• Develop an in-depth understanding of the business processes at IPM. Apply knowledge to assigned solutions to support the operational workflow. Work with Process Engineers, Operations, Quality, and Scientists to resolve any issues reported on the solutions implemented.
• Drive the site adoption of assigned solutions, ensuring consistency with Site and IT strategy, and using awareness of internal and external trends in collaboration with the Business SMEs.
• Collaborate with developers and subject authorities (global and local) to establish the technical vision and ana