CTI MD - Enterprise Technology and Architecture Lead

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. Lilly’s Purpose 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! CTI MD Tech Team is actively looking for a motivated and experienced Enterprise Architect, Technologist and Innovation lead who likes to strategize and design enterprise tech platforms for business scale, speed, and innovation – contributing to the respective tech core or business function and to the broader Enterprise Tech@Lilly organization. Are you a change agent who can shape strategy and decisions, influence leaders and organizations? Are you passionate about being at the heart of technical innovation? If so, please apply to jointly shape the future of our industry, powering our growth and redefining what is possible through Tech in pharma to enable Lilly purpose of creating more medicines to make life better! What you will be doing: Reporting to the Senior Director CTI MD Tech@Lilly Leader directly and to the Senior Director Tech@Lilly Enterprise Business Architect dotted, 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. This 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 CTI MD, 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 Analytic