Associate Director - Solution Architect – Integration (QMS)

Associate Director - Solution Architect – Integration (QMS)

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Associate Director - Solution Architect – Integration (QMS)

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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.
Lilly’s Purpose
At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. As a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, we are committed to discovering and delivering life-changing medicines, improving disease management, and giving back to our communities. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.
About The Role
Lilly has launched a multi-year QMS transformation program to enable:

• Simplified, standardized, and optimized QMS processes
• Innovation and agility to support growth across new sites, modalities, and partnerships
• Modernization of solution infrastructure through cloud-based platforms and advanced technologies
  
  

As a Solution Architect – Integration, you will play a strategic leadership role in the Integration and Data Workstream of the QMS Program. You will define and guide the architecture for data solutions and integrations, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust, future-ready solutions that support business transformation.
What You’ll Be Doing

• Define and evolve the integration and data architecture for the QMS ecosystem, including Veeva QMS and related platforms.
• Lead the design and governance of scalable, secure, and reusable integration patterns and data pipelines.
• Partner with enterprise architects, vendors, and delivery teams to ensure alignment with Lilly’s architectural standards and long-term strategy.
• Translate complex business requirements into technical architecture and integration blueprints.
• Lead all aspects of the implementation of data ingestion, transformation, and delivery frameworks that support analytics, reporting, and operational workflows.
• Ensure compliance with data integrity, privacy, and security standards across all integrations.
• Serve as a thought leader in integration modernization, data architecture, and cloud-native design.
• Coach/guide team and leaders on architecture considerations relevant to their area of responsibility.
  
  

How You’ll Succeed

• Demonstrate architectural leadership in designing and implementing enterprise integration solutions.
• Operate with a quality-first mindset, ensuring long-term maintainability and performance.
• Influence and align stakeholders across business and IT to drive architectural decisions.
• Stay ahead of emerging technologies and industry trends to inform strategy and innovation.
• Champion reuse, automation, and simplification across the integration landscape.
  
  

What You Should Bring

• Proven experience architecting integration and data solutions in complex, regulated environments.
• Deep expertise in data modeling, Mulesoft or other ETL/ELT frameworks, and API-based integration.
• Strong knowledge of AWS, (Redshift, GLUE, Athena, Lambda, Kenesis and other AWS integration stack) or Azure Techstack.
• Experience with integration platforms such as Mulesoft or similar.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and Agile development.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with a geographically dispersed group of business and technical colleagues.
• Excellent, business-oriented analytical, problem solving, and investigative skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in data engineering, integration, or solution architecture roles.
• Experience working in regulated environments and with internal systems quality policies and procedures.
  
  

Additional Preferences

• Knowledge of GxP, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and automation systems.
• Experience with Veeva QMS or similar quality management platforms.
• Depth in understanding of technical design best practices including, Cyber, Privacy, Legal, Quality, TCO, serviceability, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new technology areas.
  
  

Lilly is entering an exciting period of growth and we are committed to delivering innovative medicines to patients around the world. Lilly is investing around the world to create new state-of-the-art manufacturing site’s and continue expanding our existing facilities to created capacity required to continue with our mission. The brand-new facilities will utilize the latest technology, advanced highly integrated and automated manufacturing systems, and have a focus on minimizing the impact to our environment.
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 ( 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 Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups.
Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is
$123,000 - $180,400
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; and 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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