Detailed Description:
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 39,000 employees 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 globe.
Competency:
The Eli Lilly and Company Capability Center, India (LCCI) is creating a team under Tech at Lilly, as part of LCCI s broader IT strategy, to support current and future Cloud Platform needs across the enterprise.
The Associate Director - Cloud Platforms will lead and manage a team or portfolio of Cloud Foundation Capability along with the project execution and hands-on implementation for the same.
This individual will work closely with the Leadership Team to create and implement robust IT plans and strategies, track progress against key milestones and program goals, and ensure effective communication with cross functional teams and stakeholders. Knowledge of custom development technologies and cloud solutions is required.
The primary objectives of the Leader is to provide leadership related to people management, technology management, strategy development and roadmaps that can be used to realize Lilly s strategic goals and objectives towards the enterprise level automation services.
Key Responsibilities:
Manage team(s) focused on delivering high quality project results within one or more major technology disciplines: strategy, software development, operations, engineering, Quality Assurance, development services, information security, and compliance.
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Manage a team - responsible for staff performance evaluations and management (e.g., disciplinary); training and development; and have authority to hire.
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Identify and hire talent to foster innovation and excellence
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Provide deep leadership and coaching in the project delivery lifecycle. Focus on shared learning, continuous improvement, and drive adoption of best practices.
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Demonstrated interpersonal skills, team work and people development.
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Apply comprehensive technical and domain knowledge of data integration platforms to diagnose root cause and resolve complex data integration issues faced by business systems.
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Provide mentorship to accelerate the development of solution architecture and technical expertise, specific to the Lilly TechLilly environment.
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Knowledge of architectural options and the ability to select based on needs and budget.
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Understand the business processes being supported by the team.
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Coach and develop team members through performance management, development planning, promotion, and career plans; represent those team members in talent discussions.
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Resourcing - continue the team growth through selection techniques, testing and interviews.
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Organize your work within an Agile team Knowledge on Sprint ceremonies (Planning, Estimation, Execution, Reporting highlight Risks Impediments).
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Collaborate with business and IT leaders to develop a strategic roadmap for enterprise information and platform management, aligning it with organizational goals.
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Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation, leveraging technology to
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enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness.
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Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices Cloud Technology landscape and platforms, recommending innovative solutions and approaches.
Required Experience:
Minimum 5+ years of management of a technical team or teams.
Minimum 10 -14+ years of total experience
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Collaborate with operational areas and business teams on the selection of the optimal systems to meet business needs, while ensuring security, controls, business continuity, avoidance of redundancy and general alignment with the IS/IT strategic vision and policies
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Manage various projects to their successful completion by interacting with business stakeholders, operational areas and various other interdisciplinary teams
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Hire, coach and strategically lead a team of automation development team, business systems analysts and developers toward the effective configuration, development, maintenance and support of Automation solutions
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Develop and maintain positive relationships with the business stakeholder and operational areas that results in a very positive user experience for the organization.
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Proven track record in capacity management and project estimation
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Strong background having breadth of experience and technical knowledge
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Lead teams to rationalize, optimize and support applications for maximum speed andscalability with industry best practices.
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Proven experience leading a team in a regulated industry including but not limited to understanding regulations, SOPs, computer systems validation, and change control.
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Preferred to have experience / interest related to Pharma domain
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Trained/ Certified in one of fields PMP, PMI, PRINCE II, Safe , CSM, SEI etc
Essential Skills:
You will be a key driver on the strategy ,roadmap and implementation for Cloud Foundation and Modernization projects across business and IT platforms.
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Demonstrate excellent communication, leadership, critical thinking, collaboration and decision making skills
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Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to build professional networks with diverse groups of individuals and to work effectively within geographically dispersed teams and partners
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Focus on shared learning and best practices, team player , Provide leadership and mentoring to a team of technical analysts
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Oversee architecture, design and integration of solutions to be used by sales, medical and training and content management teams
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Collaborating in an Agile / Scrum development environment to provide oversight and strategic planning for a multi-tenant application architecture and design
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Responsible for end to end Capability delivery
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Mentoring the development team in creating solutions for the challenges that arise when implementing a multi-tenant, distributed platform
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Designing and building out a new multi-tenant, serverless solution in AWS Lambda and solutioning using services like S3, EBS, EFS, Route 53, API gateway, CloudFront etc
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Architecting data partitioning for multi-tenant data storage, with Amazon DynamoDB
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Hands on experience with DevOps/Automation tools including AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, Jenkins,GitHub actions, EventBridge etc
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Serving in a technical lead and advisory capacity for all areas related to AWS, Azure etc.
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Knowledge of all components of an technical architecture ,Solution architecture, reference architecture, logical/physical architecture for designing solutions
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Strong knowledge using AWS, Azure etc services and recommending best practices
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Strong understanding of network architecture and application development methodologies ,Cloud Migration and Application Modernization related projects
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Experience on managing end to end delivery.
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Strong knowledge of using Cloud Native AWS and /or Azure services for developing and deploying solutions as per request
Minimum Requirements:
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Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or relevant field
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10+ years of experience designing, executing and supporting IT cloud solutions and at least 5 yearsvof experience managing teams of 7 - 10 members.
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Positive attitude and a strong commitment to delivering quality work
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Excellent knowledge of cloud computing technologies and current computing trends.
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Effective communication skills (written and verbal) to properly articulate complicated loud reports to management and other IT development partners
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Certification in AWS, Azure etc Preferred
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Providing guidance to high-performing engineering teams
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