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# Associate Director - MQ IT

- **Company:** Eli Lilly and Company
- **Location:** Huntsville, AL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $132,000.0 - $193,600.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Data Integration, Data Integrity, Digital Electronics, Laboratory Information Management Systems, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b127bea27f3a0863

## About the Role

* Bachelor's Degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering
 * Minimum 7 years IT Technical Leadership experience working in Pharma and Manufacturing and Quality.

Preferences

 * Experience delivering IT for a greenfield capital project, including construction phase, commissioning and qualification, and site start up.
 * Experience with API small molecule and/or peptide manufacturing and the associated automation landscape.
 * Strong experience with MES system implementations, Data Integration and Advanced Analytics.
 * Regulatory compliance knowledge and experience (cGMP).
 * Demonstrated creativity, analytical thinking, and the ability to troubleshoot and solve problems.
 * Excellent written and oral communication skills.

## Description

The Manufacturing & Quality (MQ) IT Associate Director - IT for the Huntsville Site will have responsibilities for different areas of the agenda like MES and Labs. This role will report to the Sr Director for Tech at Lilly MQ. They will ensure that the IT portfolio enhances the organizational strategy for the site through successful, consistent, and predictable delivery of programs, projects and applications that benefit the internal organizations and aligns with overall global IT strategy for Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain.

Key Objectives/Deliverables:

 * Ensure site operational readiness from IT perspective. Site start up and integration of IT systems including:
 * Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
 * Data historian, Real Time Floor Tracking
 * Data Integration
 * Data Integrity
 * Laboratory information management
 * Provide IT site functional leadership.
 * Implement site Digital Tech strategic and business plan.
 * Partner with the site capital project team and Global Facilities Delivery to ensure IT and OT requirements are embedded in facility design, construction, and commissioning.
 * Dynamically adapt road maps to site evolution/strategic directions, and new trends/issues.
 * Partners cross-functionally locally and globally to establish and implement site IT roadmap.
 * Responsible for maintaining a safe work environment.
 * Define and execute IT inspection readiness activities.

People

 * Ensure staffing to meet the site and functional agenda.
 * Lead, coach, and develop members of the team.
 * Support diversity, equity and inclusion in recruiting and development of team members.
 * Lead recognition, pay and promotion decisions.

Operational Excellence

 * Ensure IT organization is functionally strong and operationally focused.
 * Ensure solution focused organization.
 * Provide prioritization and barrier removal.
 * Provide oversight of technical activities within the group.
 * Effectively encourage knowledge sharing and education., * The 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 hours and/or off-hour work may be required.
 * Position will be based out of Huntsville, Alabama, with ability to travel to Indianapolis and other Lilly sites as required.
 * The site is actively construction; the role may initially operate from temporary project facilities.

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