Tech@Lilly Sr. Director(m/w/x)

# Tech@Lilly Sr. Director – Alzey **Location:** Germany, Alzey | **Type:** Full time --- **Background:** Lilly is designing and building a Next\-Generation Parenteral and Device Assembly/Packaging Facility in Alzey, Germany. This is an exciting opportunity to help build and operate a state\-of\-the\-art manufacturing site from the ground up. Our new Alzey facility will be one of Lilly’s most technically advanced manufacturing sites and will include next\-generation manufacturing technologies and advanced data collection and analysis platforms that will result in safety and quality improvements, increased productivity, and variability reduction. The Tech@Lilly Sr. Director will serve as the leader for the IT function across our new Alzey Site. This role will have a dual reporting line to both the Tech@Lilly Associate VP and the Alzey VP Site Head. **Key Objectives/Deliverables:** Ensure site operational readiness from IT perspective.  Site start up and integration of IT systems including: Enterprise Resource Planning Warehouse management \& logistics coordination Manufacturing Execution System Biometric enrolment \& authentication Data historian, Real Time Floor Tracking Data Integration Data Analytics Data Integrity Digital Plant Strategy Laboratory information managements CAPA systems Access Security Building Monitoring Risk Management Member of the Site Leadership Team and provide IT site functional leadership: * Develop and implement site IT strategic and business plan * Benchmark on innovative solutions (external and internal to Lilly) * Dynamically adapt road map to site evolution/strategic directions, and new trends/issues * Partner cross functionally locally and globally to establish and implement site IT roadmap * Responsible for maintaining a safe work environment People: * Ensure staffing to meet the site and functional agenda * Lead, coach, and develop members of the team * Establish a strong site culture based in Lilly values, expectations, and operational excellence standards * Support diversity, equity and inclusion in recruiting and development of team members * Lead recognition, pay and promotion decisions * Lead talent assessment and succession planning activities * Support site recruiting building IT capability Compliance: * Provide leadership in the development and execution of cGMP and/or improvement plans within the IT function and in support of site cGMP improvement plans * Define and execute IT inspection readiness activities Operational Excellence: * Ensure IT organization is functionally strong and operationally centred * Ensure replication of standardize practices within the Parenteral network * Ensure best practices across Lilly are quickly replicated * Ensure solution focused organization * Provide prioritization and barrier removal * Provide oversight of technical activities within the group * Effectively encourage knowledge sharing and education **Minimum Requirements:** * 10\+ years IT leadership experience working in regulated science\-based industry * Regulatory compliance knowledge and experience (cGMP) * Fluent in English * On\-site presence required * Effective people and team leadership skills * Ability to manage and contribute to multiple concurrent activities and adapt to changes in priorities * Ability to cross functionally collaborate * Excellent written and oral communication skills * Demonstrated creativity, analytical thinking, and the ability to troubleshoot and solve problems **Additional Preferences:** * Previous AGILE experience **Education Requirements:** * Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Engineering, or related field **Why work for Lilly?:** **Pioneering Spiri**t: Become part of a growing team of specialized professionals in Alzey that will grow to up to 1,000 colleagues over the next three years. **Innovation:** You will work in a high\-tech production facility that will be equipped with the most advanced technology. **Individual Contribution:** Right from the start, you will have the freedom to contribute your ideas and implement them in cross\-functional teams. **Career \& Development**: We attach great importance to supporting our employees individually in their career development and guarantee fair access to professional training worldwide via our “Corporate Lilly University”. **Financial benefits**: In addition to your attractive salary, we offer you the option of an excellent company pension scheme and other individual benefits. Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. 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. \#WeAreLilly