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Associate Director, Technical - Legal

Posted Sep 16
Full Time
Indianapolis, Indiana

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.

We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

What You’ll Be Doing

The Associate Director for the Tech Legal team plays a critical role in collaborating with Legal colleagues and enterprise Tech teams to set strategy, allocate resources, enable delivery of the innovation portfolio, and optimize delivery of technical services. The position holds direct accountability for the Global Tech Legal team and is responsible for developing a highly engaged, high performing, collaborative team culture. The position also serves as the primary point of contact between Tech and Legal colleagues.

How You Will Succeed

  • Coaching, developing and leading the team by example.
  • Demonstrated professional agility.
  • Taking initiative to build new relationships and learning business processes.
  • Through active listening and by communicating your ideas in a clear, compelling manner.
  • Able to excel in a multi-cultural environment.
  • Being clear and decisive in decision making.
  • Partnering with business partners on prioritized outcomes and delivery of process improvements.
  • Being highly accountable and holding others to the same standard.
  • Delivering operational excellence in everything you do.
  • Influencing the various IT service providers/vendor products, services to enable and support the Legal strategic vision.
  • Ensuring the alignment of operational and project resources to deliver commitments.
  • Eliminating project hurdles and escalating appropriately.
  • Collaborating with Tech enterprise teams.
  • Simplifying and optimizing operations.

Your Basic Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
  • At least 3 years of prior supervisory experience in IT solution delivery.
  • Experience developing and executing transformation strategies.

What You Should Bring

  • Experience with delivering projects on the cloud (Microsoft Azure or AWS).
  • General skills in employee coaching and development.
  • Experience with project planning, execution, implementation, and support.
  • Experience developing budgets, forecasts and demonstrated ability to manage to financial plans.
  • Strong verbal communication and presentation skills.
  • Prior experience managing multi-vendor relationships.
  • Experience working with geographically and culturally diverse teams.
  • Experience leading or influencing complex business outcomes.
  • Be a self-starter with experience driving through areas of ambiguity.
  • Experience presenting, communicating complex concepts, and influencing across varying levels of leadership and experience levels.
  • Experience delivering in a high-production, deadline driven environment.
  • Demonstrated success working effectively with external suppliers and vendors.

Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly USA, LLC and our wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively “Lilly”) are committed to help individuals with disabilities to participate in the workforce and ensure equal opportunity to compete for jobs. If you require an accommodation to submit a resume for positions at Lilly, please email Lilly Human Resources ( Lilly_Recruiting_Compliance@lists.lilly.com ) for further assistance. Please note This email address is intended for use only to request an accommodation as part of the application process. Any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, 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 help our company develop talented individuals for future leadership roles. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, African American Network, Chinese Culture Network, Early Career Professionals, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinos at Lilly, PRIDE (LGBTQ + Allies), Veterans Leadership Network, Women’s Network, Working and Living with Disabilities. Learn more about all of our groups.

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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 (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) 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 an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, 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 help our company develop talented individuals for future leadership roles. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, African American Network, Chinese Culture Network, Early Career Professionals, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinos at Lilly, PRIDE (LGBTQ + Allies), Veterans Leadership Network, Women’s Network, Working and Living with Disabilities. Learn more about all of our groups.

#WeAreLilly