Associate Director - Site Infrastructure Architect

BioSpace; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

401(k) plan

Comprehensive health benefits

Job summary

Lilly in Richmond, Virginia is building a state-of-the-art IT infrastructure site supporting API manufacturing. The Infrastructure Architect will steer strategy, implementation, and direction for site IT infrastructure across manufacturing operations, quality, and engineering. The role emphasizes cybersecurity, scalability, and cross-group collaboration.

Based on-site, Monday–Friday, with possible extended hours. Requires 10+ years in IT infrastructure and GMP knowledge.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or higher in IT/engineering or related field.
• Minimum 10+ years in IT/infrastructure roles, with GMP manufacturing exposure preferred.
• Experience designing and delivering manufacturing IT infrastructure at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and direction for IT site infrastructure including workstations, peripherals, printers, telecom.
• Ensure alignment with cybersecurity practices and enterprise standards.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing Operations, Quality, Engineering and Technical Services to enable operations.
• Analyze business processes and translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Provide leadership in development and integration of IT solutions supporting processes.

Skills

GMP knowledge

Cybersecurity fundamentals

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering, or related technical field

Tools

Enterprise networking hardware

Cybersecurity tooling

Storage systems

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.

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

Lilly is entering an exciting period of growth and we are committed to delivering innovative medicines to patients around the world. Lilly is investing to create a new state-of-the-art manufacturing site, in Richmond, Virginia. The brand-new facility will utilize the latest technology for API Manufacturing and will include several platforms including Next Generation Biotechnology and Bioconjugates. This is an exciting once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help build and operate a new site. The Lilly will be built using the latest high-tech equipment, advanced highly integrated and automated manufacturing systems, and have a focus on minimizing the impact to our environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

You will be part of Tech at Lilly MQ (Manufacturing and Quality), an organization that drives manufacturing operational excellence and productivity efforts through utilization of technology. Tech at Lilly MQ strives to enable the making of medicine “with safety first and quality always”.

As an Infrastructure Architect your main function is the strategy, implementation and direction for IT managed site infrastructure including but not limited to business and manufacturing workstations, peripherals, printers, telecom, and others. The role will support multiple business groups such as Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, Technical services/Manufacturing Science. The resource will also participate in ad-hoc site infrastructure projects and ensure enterprise and organizational cybersecurity practices are followed.

How You’ll Succeed

• Be a hands-on technical leader of technical specialists, focusing on service excellence,
• continued learning and innovation.
• Advocate for the advancement, innovation, and simplification of infrastructure services.
• Provide input to Business Plan and site strategic exercises to evolve and appropriately
• lifecycle infrastructure components and capabilities.
• Design and implement standard processes to enable operational excellence in the delivery
• of services.
• Understand and translate business operational requirements holistically with other
• technology partners to ensure the appropriate infrastructure foundation is capable, resilient,
• and scalable.
• Develop an in-depth understanding of business processes on site, applying this knowledge
• to technical solutions that support and enhance these processes.
• Work with representatives across the site to analyze possibilities and implement solutions
• that improve business value.
• Critically evaluate user requests, using technical and process knowledge to determine
• underlying business needs.
• Provide leadership and expertise in the development and integration of IT solutions that
• support systems and business processes, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
• Stay updated on the latest trends and technologies in cybersecurity, networking, storage,
• and compute, continuously seeking openings to innovate and improve existing systems.

Perform technical requirements analysis of IT managed peripheral devices used at the facility – printers, barcode scanners, etc

Coordinate with other Lilly groups and vendors regarding requirements, operating system requirements, additional hardware requirements and costs

Assist with validation of new and existing systems by providing technical design information to assure GMP data integrity

What You Should Bring

• GMP knowledge and training
• Extensive knowledge of enterprise networking, cybersecurity, and connected devices (workstations/PCs/peripherals) including hands-on experience with configuring connected devices for operation in enterprise segmented network environments.
• Demonstrated experience in the design, development, and delivery of manufacturing/clinical development IT infrastructure capabilities.
• Knowledge of enterprise compute and storage architecture, patterns, and solutions.
• Expertise cybersecurity risk assessment and cybersecurity best practices.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity best practices for securing and enabling resilient infrastructure components and solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on process optimization and innovation in lab and manufacturing environments.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with IT and business partners, providing guidance on problem resolution and solution design and implementation.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to lead and influence others through sophisticated processes.

Your Basic Qualifications (with No Sponsorship)

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Engineering, or related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience in a related field.

Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position.

Additional Preferences

• Experience in Pharmaceutical GMP Manufacturing
• Experience supporting Process Automation systems infrastructure.

Other Information

Role is Monday through Friday and based on-site. Must be flexible in providing support to accommodate other inputs (production schedules, shutdowns, etc.). Occasional extended hour and / or off-hour work may be required.

Position will be based out of Richmond Virginia.

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

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 $129,000 - $189,200

• 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
• 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.

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