Enterprise Technology, Architect, and Innovation Lead

Eli Lilly and Company; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare leader in Bengaluru seeks a Technology and Innovation Lead. This strategic role involves shaping and executing the technical strategy for various tech functions, leading innovation, and managing complex programs. Equipped with a Bachelor's degree and over 10 years of IT experience, candidates should possess expertise in cloud strategy, data analytics, and strong communication skills. The position operates in a hybrid model, offering a chance to influence enterprise technology decisions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Information Technology across multiple technical areas.
• Hands-on expertise with Cloud Strategy (AWS/Azure) and Data Platforms.
• Experience in delivering complex programs using various frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural vision and technical oversight.
• Shape, drive, and execute technical strategy.
• Develop and manage long-range plans for AI, Automation, and Analytics.
• Informally lead a small team and coach technologists to deliver complex programs and ensure alignment with business priorities.

Skills

Cloud Strategy (AWS/Azure)

Distributed systems

Data Platforms & Analytics

AI/ML

Strong written and verbal communication

Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related field

Tools

Infor DevOps

Kanban

SAFe

Job description

Overview

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 35,000 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.

Come bring to life technologies to lead in Pharma-tech!

What You Will Be Doing

Reporting to the Senior Director LCCI Tech@Lilly Leader and to the LCCI Tech@Lilly Enterprise Business Architect, you will lead, establish enterprise technologies and capabilities by researching industry innovations and trends, uncovering business use cases, and driving solutions to accelerate business outcomes for the enterprise. There are four primary components to the role for the assigned function: shaping architectural vision and leadership of key initiatives, technical oversight of the functional portfolio, owning business relationships to internally influence, align, and drive business outcomes within our company growth strategy, and external research of use-cases and industry leading technology.

The Tech@Lilly LCCI Architect, Technology and Innovation Lead is a strategic and influential position and is responsible for shaping, driving, and executing the technical strategy and direction for respective tech function. Partnering with Tech@Lilly leadership, business and enterprise architect leadership, the lead Architect will drive forward the technology direction to enable the modernization and enable the delivery of advanced technologies, using cloud, AI/ML, data, advanced analytics, and automation. Thus, this role will facilitate both creating new technology opportunities aligned to business priorities, as well as enable new business opportunities lead by technology.

Working alongside both Enterprise Business Architecture, Global Tech@Lilly Architecture and functional leader in LCCI, the Architect, Technology and Innovation Lead will develop, own and lead the execution of roadmaps, influence the strategic direction and oversee architecture and technology decisions for assigned function enabling functional and central capability development and transformation programs for, advanced analytics, AI transformation, machine learning, productivity and automation.

You will informally lead a small team and work alongside others with technical and information security expertise to deliver these outcomes.

How You Will Succeed

Run the “Office of Architecture” for the assigned function, ensuring the team is working together to build and execute technologies of the future.

Establish and facilitate the planning activities associated with architecture that includes strategic architecture (2-5 year) roadmap development and management (for AI, Automation, Data & Analytics, Application, and Technology), long-range plan inputs, function specific reference architecture definition and management, and application / technology optimization.

Facilitate, participate, and enhance both functional and central level architecture governance that includes project architecture consultation/technical leadership (particularly those that are highly complex, have a high degree of risk, or have multiple affiliate or global dependencies), project triage and as appropriate architecture reviews at a project/solution level from inception through execution, overall portfolio governance (including a functional portfolio view of dependencies, risks, and constraints), and functional level reference architecture governance (principles, reference models, standards, decision frameworks, patterns, implementation guides, etc.).

Lead innovation activities across the function. This includes but not limited to: innovation, research, Proof-of-Value (POV)

Make complex technical decisions in partnership with global Tech@Lilly and Enterprise Business Architecture team balancing business priorities and needs, enterprise business architecture principals and respective regulations.

Implement a technology architecture roadmap and future strategy (Modernization of functional architecture – Platform, Information, and Application).

Lead large scale/highly technically complex / transformational programs across the function (Omni-Channel engagement, AI transformation Technology Modernization, Advanced Analytics etc.)

Actively promote good architectural principles and practices, looking for opportunities to go global where possible and maximize re-use.

Serve as the liaison to Global and enterprise Tech@Lilly Architecture, representing function from both Business and IT perspectives, ensuring appropriate consideration of the functional priorities are factored into the global architecture.

This includes participating on the Global and LCCI Tech@Lilly Architecture Forum

Maintain awareness of industry trends, including threats and exploits, and communicate relevant risk to business and security leaders.

Ensure Enterprise Business and Functional Architecture principles and practices remain appropriate to evolving Lilly business / Tech@Lilly strategies and when differences arise, proactively influence changes as necessary. Where gaps exist, proactively seek to provide guidance and a solution.

Establish a strong network of influence with Enterprise Business Architecture community and global Tech@Lilly architecture community, and with Information Security community.

Establish good vendor relationships with key local and global strategic and innovative vendors in technology.

Provide advice on technical aspects of system development and integration (including requests for changes, deviations from specifications, etc.) and ensures that relevant technical strategies, policies, standards, and practices are applied correctly.

Ensure that business requirements are well mapped /incorporated into system design and the appropriate technology, skill and tool are chosen and aligned.

Proactively identify and determine cases of Proof of Concept/Proof of Value and set the direction and approach to achieve.

Influence the key capability leaders throughout the business and Tech@Lilly in the technical direction and customer experience strategies developed and stewarded through Tech@Lilly Global Shared Service organizations and global architecture.

Maintain an architecture status scorecard (Governance, POC/POV, Modernization, and Alignment with principals), measure, and improve/upgrade the current technical/operational status. Share with stakeholders.

Communicate the technology strategy with local and global leadership and ensure sponsorship and support for the direction.

Informal supervisory responsibility to coach and guide a small team of technologists.

Serves as a coach/mentor to those pursuing a technical career path.

Capture and share best-practices across all business units and geographies.

Serve as the primary point of architectural communication for functional technical resources.

Desired Skills / Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Information Technology or related field 10+ years’ work experiences including Information Technology experience in multiple technical areas and roles/ Deep technical expertise across different business areas and technologies – infrastructure, application domain and engineering
• Hands on expertise with Cloud Strategy (AWS/Azure), Distributed systems and saas applications, Data Platforms & Analytics OR AI&ML, Infor DevOps
• Strong written and verbal communications skills, with the proven ability to develop audience appropriate communications across both business and technical domains. Ability to work autonomously in ambiguous situations.
• Proven track record of delivering complex programs. Proven track record on delivering a technical/architectural roadmap and implementation.
• Validated skills of strong learning agility and relationship building to inspire change using leading Tech.
• Ability to influence change at all levels up to and including AVP (M4) and IO (M5) level. Customer focused and accustomed to ensuring services are designed to meet external customer needs.
• Experiences working across Tech@Lilly ensuring alignment and buy-in. Experience in developing architectural direction and gaining alignment with various architectural teams depending on functional scope.
• Experience with portfolio management and formal project management methodologies, agile frameworks (including Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.) and solid understanding of associated practices and tools. A high level of intellectual curiosity, external perspective, strong learning agility and innovation interest. Operating with a product first mindset.
• Deep understanding of privacy regulations about Information technology and security.
• Position requires up to 10% Travel.
• Position located in Bengaluru, India working in a hybrid model.

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