Associate - Quality Labs Implementation - Tech At Lilly

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 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.
Organization Overview:
At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. We make a difference for people around the globe by discovering, developing and delivering medicines that help them live longer, healthier, more active lives. Not only do we deliver breakthrough medications, but you also can count on us to develop creative solutions to support communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.
The Global Labs Tech at Lilly team delivers and maintains applications that support the Global Lab organization at Lilly. This team is part of the broader Manufacturing and Quality (M&Q) Information Technology organization that continues to transform as we look to the digital plant of the future and support manufacturing operational excellence and productivity efforts maximizing the use of technology and analytics.
The Global Lab Tech at Lilly team works in partnership with the Global Lab business central and site representatives to define business needs and provide solutions for Lab. This team is responsible for the support and solution delivery of IT tools that support the Global Lab business application portfolio, such as LIMS, LES, ELN, CDS, and Lab intelligence solution.
Responsibilities:
Lilly has embarked on a broad Digital Transformation journey in the Manufacturing Laboratory area and is currently developing / deploying their new global solution to our laboratories at all our manufacturing sites worldwide as part of the NextGen Labs Program. The Deployment Coordinator will support the deployment of the global LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) and LES (Laboratory Execution System) solution to the manufacturing sites. This position acts as the primary technical contact for the site and has principal responsibility for driving all Tech at Lilly related activities to deploy the system including facilitation of local configuration, master data extraction from existing systems, data transformation to meet the requirements of the new solution, data loading, local instrument & system interfacing based on the global developed approach for site implementation.
What You'll Be Doing:
Based on your understanding of laboratory activities and site needs, you will drive the implementation of a global LIMS & LES Solution at sites in collaboration with local Tech at Lilly resources, business partners, Global Services, Tech at Lilly architects & business integrators and subject matter experts. Your role will be to drive the implementation of a simplified future state design, be the bridge between global and local teams and maximize the usefulness of the IT asset to achieve the laboratory transformation.
How You'll Succeed:
Here will be your main Role & Responsibility:

• Lead the implementation of the global LIMS & LES Solution at sites, oversee the project execution, drive delivery to meet timelines and be responsible for the implementation project.
• Work in close partnership with local Business & IT teams as well various global business, IT organizations and architects (SAP, MES, MODA, Empower and Data Analytics) to deploy the Solution.
• Utilize solid understanding of laboratory business processes to anticipate site short term and future needs, ensure that the solution deployed at site fits with site need but also aligns with the global design and templates.
• Leverage deep understanding of how the IT tools are used by the business and how these tools interact to influence the business to think in new ways by providing direction, including alternative options for meeting business outcomes.
• Coordinate and balance activities for a diverse, multicultural team (internal employees and contractors, on-site and remote) while supporting multiple site deployments at a time.

What You Should Bring:

• Experience working in a regulated industry (i.e., GMP), strong understanding and application of corporate policies and procedures, strong understanding of quality processes in IT applying to manufacturing.
• Demonstrated understanding and / or experience in LIMS implementation and design, particularly in the Manufacturing Operations space.
• Good understanding of business process in the Quality Labs space including processes around batch/sample management, test execution, stability, interfaces with laboratory equipment and master data management
• Hands-on experience in all phases of a typical system deployment from Requirement Gathering, Configuration, Data Loading, Go-Live Support and Hypercare.
• Ability to communicate effectively in written and verbal form, with proven success at delivering key messages to both management and peers across multiple business functions.
• Excellent initiative and self-management skills as well as ability to lead teams without having direct authority, influence others and manage conflict.
• Ability to thrive in a complex, changing, virtual environment while supporting multiple manufacturing sites.
• Highly flexible, while anticipating, embracing and adapting to changes in priorities, requirements and processes.
• Project leadership experience
• Strong problem-solving skills. Demonstrated ability to evaluate, facilitate, and drive towards risk-based decision making.
• Demonstrated learning agility both technically as well as business processes and applications.
• Demonstrated ability to proactively identify issues and either resolve or escalate to the appropriate level for resolution.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related technical field
• Fluent in English

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• 3+ years experience in driving project in the Manufacturing Operations space
• Experience supporting site manufacturing operations.
• Knowledge of LIMS & LES Systems (LabVantage, StarLIMS, Darwin, SmartLab)
• Understanding of Agile methodology

Additional Information:

• Position location: will need to be on one of our Manufacturing sites (US, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Puerto Rico) or Technology Centers (India)
• Travel to US or other Lilly entities required. 10 to 30%
• After hours support may be required to support 24/7 manufacturing operations

About the Organization:
Tech at Lilly organization builds and maintains capabilities using cutting edge technologies like most prominent tech companies. What differentiates Tech at Lilly is that we create new possibilities through tech to advance our purpose - creating medicines that make life better for people around the world, like data driven drug discovery and connected clinical trials. We hire the best technology professionals from a variety of backgrounds, so they can bring an assortment of knowledge, skills, and diverse thinking to deliver innovative solutions in every area of our business.
The Manufacturing and Quality Tech at Lilly team leverages technology and analytics to transform and scale manufacturing to the digital plant of the future and support manufacturing operational excellence and productivity. This team helps produce medicines using machine learning and robotic capabilities with some of the most sophisticated manufacturing technologies and rigorous quality standards.
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