Agentic AI Solutions Lead (Sourcing)

100 Eli Lilly and Company; United States; On-site; USD 119,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

Lilly is seeking an experienced AI Engineer to join the PRD ESCO team in Indianapolis, IN. The role focuses on building agentic AI tools, knowledge extraction, and decision-support workflows for a global supplier network.

The position emphasizes responsible AI, MLOps practices, and cross‑functional collaboration across ESCO, PRD Strategy, and Procurement to transform sourcing processes through AI‑driven insights.

Qualifications

• Earned Master's degree and a minimum of 5 years of post‑degree experience in Computational/Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, or closely related STEM field.
• 2+ years of applied technical work building AI or machine learning solutions in Python or R, with knowledge of NumPy, pandas, PyTorch, scikit‑learn.
• 3+ years of strategic thinking, problem framing, and translating ambiguous business needs into tractable AI, modeling, or automation workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to frame ambiguous sourcing or supply‑chain business needs as tractable AI, modeling, or computational workflows.
• Strong communication of technical recommendations with clearly stated assumptions, uncertainty, and limitations to business audiences.

Responsibilities

• Identify and scope high‑value opportunities where agentic AI can improve speed and decision quality across ESCO network.
• Translate stakeholder needs into practical AI tools, designs, acceptance criteria, and delivery plans.
• Build and deploy AI-enabled applications and workflows that integrate data sources and user interfaces for decision support.
• Create reusable agent skills, validators, run ledgers, and reproducibility controls for long‑running tasks.
• Develop validation, monitoring, and model‑risk approaches aligned with responsible AI and regulatory expectations.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Communication

Ambiguity management

Education

Master's degree in CS/Engineering

PhD preferred

Tools

Python

R

NumPy

pandas

PyTorch

scikit-learn

Git

containers

CI/CD

Experiment tracking

Job description

Lilly is seeking an experienced AI Engineer to join the PRD ESCO team in Indianapolis, IN. The role focuses on building agentic AI tools, knowledge extraction, and decision-support workflows for a global supplier network.

The position emphasizes responsible AI, MLOps practices, and cross‑functional collaboration across ESCO, PRD Strategy, and Procurement to transform sourcing processes through AI‑driven insights.