Advisor Clinical Tech Systems Engineering for CT Design and Operations

BioSpace; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 162,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Pension plan

Vacation benefits

Well-being program

Job summary

Lilly is seeking an Advisor to lead technical direction for Clinical Tech Design & Operations in Indianapolis. You will shape modern, resilient solutions, drive secure-by-design architectures, and collaborate with Product Eng, Cyber Security, and Infrastructure to scale design and operational systems.

The role emphasizes AI-enabled engineering, agentic workflows, and reducing technical debt while delivering high-quality, observable systems across a large ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or related field.
• Extensive software/systems engineering experience delivering enterprise-scale solutions.
• Experience in integrations, APIs, event-driven architecture, and cloud platforms.
• Experience applying AI in day-to-day engineering.
• Experience solving technical problems affecting operations at scale.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction of complex initiatives across clinical design and operations.
• Lead data and solution integration across the ecosystem for reliable connectivity.
• Partner with engineering, cyber security, and Infra & Digital Core to drive standards.
• Research and apply emerging technology including AI/agentic workflows.
• Champion modernization, resilience, observability, and recoverability.
• Embed secure and AI-assisted engineering to accelerate delivery.
• Define integration patterns and engineering standards across teams.
• Elevate technical colleagues via knowledge sharing.
• Improve engineering processes and guide organizational change.
• Gain support for initiatives spanning clinical design, engineering, cyber, and infra.
• Provide authoritative troubleshooting on complex integration and design-system challenges.

Skills

Data and solution integration

AI/ML in engineering

Integrations & APIs

Event-driven architecture

Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)

Secure-by-design mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IT or related field

Advanced degree (Preferred)

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Infrastructure as code

Job description

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

Position Summary

The Advisor is a senior technical leader supporting Clinical Tech Design & Operations, responsible for tackling the toughest problems and shaping modern, resilient solutions that power clinical design and operational delivery across a large and fast-evolving ecosystem. At the R8 level, the Advisor owns the technical direction of initiatives in partnership with business owners to maximize value, bringing deep data and solution integration expertise to connect design and operational systems reliably at scale. Partnering tightly with Software Product Engineering, Cyber Security, and Infrastructure & Digital Core, the Advisor drives shared strategies and secure-by-design architectures, while researching and applying emerging technology—including AI and agentic engineering—to advance capability and drive adoption.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction of complex initiatives across clinical design and operations, shaping modern, resilient, secure solutions.
• Lead data and solution integration across the ecosystem, ensuring reliable, performant connectivity between design and operational systems, data products, and services.
• Partner tightly with Software Product Engineering, Cyber Security, and Infrastructure & Digital Core to drive aligned strategies, shared standards, and secure-by-design architectures.
• Research and apply emerging technology—AI/ML, agentic workflows, intelligent automation—driving adoption.
• Champion modernization and resilience, reducing technical debt and improving fault tolerance, observability, and recoverability.
• Embed secure and AI-assisted engineering (code generation, automated testing, anomaly detection, threat-aware design) to accelerate delivery and improve operational quality.
• Serve as a recognized expert, defining integration patterns and engineering standards adopted across design and operations teams.
• Elevate technical colleagues by sharing data, integration, and security knowledge to broaden team impact.
• Improve engineering processes and guide the organization through change.
• Gain support for and influence initiatives spanning clinical design and operations, engineering, cyber, and infrastructure.
• Provide authoritative troubleshooting leadership on complex integration, operational, and design-system challenges.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Extensive software/systems engineering experience delivering complex, enterprise-scale solutions with clear technical ownership.
• Data and solution integration experience across large, complex, evolving ecosystems.
• Experience in one or more technologies, able to set integration standards and guide other engineers.
• Experience in applying AI in day-to-day engineering.
• Experience across integrations, APIs, event-driven architecture, and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Experience designing resilient solutions in partnership with engineering, cyber, and infrastructure teams.
• Experience in solving the toughest technical problems affecting operations at scale.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong communication and cross-functional influencing skills.
• Experience in clinical development, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), or a regulated (GxP) environment within pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare.
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Cyber-security aware and skilled: secure-by-design principles, threat modeling, identity and access management, and zero-trust patterns.

Hands-on Experience Integrating AI/agentic Capabilities Into Operational Systems.

• Experience driving integration and modernization strategies with software product engineering, infrastructure, and digital core teams.
• Familiarity with clinical operations tooling and clinical data pipelines.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Relevant cloud, security, or AI/ML certifications.

Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia (AMECA), Black Employees at Lilly (BE@Lilly), Chinese Culture Network (CCN), EnAble, Evolve, Lilly Indian Network (LIN), Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), Pride (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN) and Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL).

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $162,000 - $268,400

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance).

In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities). Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.