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Job Title: Sr Manager, Global Digital Engineering Platforms

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Director of Digital Engineering, the Sr Manager, Global Digital Engineering Platforms provides operational leadership and supports the strategic direction of key digital systems that enable engineering and maintenance functions across the organization. This role leads Tier 1 support teams for the Global Maintenance and Reliability System (GMARS)—the company’s Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)—and the Global Engineering Content Management System (GECMS). The individual also serves as the System Owner for GECMS, ensuring its validated implementation and ongoing maintenance across all global sites.

Additionally, the manager provides global oversight of Drawing Coordinators and contributes to continuous improvement, talent development, and change management initiatives. The role collaborates closely with Quality, aligns with Tech @ Lilly, and engages in external benchmarking to drive digital innovation and system excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

+ Lead global GMARS (IBM Maximo) Tier support team to ensure performance, enhancements, and support.

+ Serve as System Owner for GECMS, overseeing validated implementation, governance, and compliance globally.

+ Guide business and IT teams to maintain GECMS in a validated state and resolve cross-site issues.

+ Drive alignment and collaboration with broader Digital Manufacturing Engineering organization

+ Oversee GECMS integration with engineering workflows and drawing management.

+ Lead Drawing Coordinators to standardize and control engineering drawing quality and lifecycle.

+ Ensure drawing practices align with document management standards and compliance requirements.

+ Develop and implement team objectives supporting enterprise and customer priorities.

+ Promote best-in-class digital engineering practices to influence organizational change.

+ Collaborate with Quality teams to align system capabilities and future platform directions.

+ Benchmark with customers and industry peers to adopt best practices and enhance systems.

+ Build strategic partnerships with Tech @ Lilly for system alignment and support.

+ Manage performance reviews, coaching, and development for direct reports.

+ Lead internal and contract resources with effective planning and management.

+ Monitor system processes and business metrics for operational effectiveness.

+ Present KPIs and trends to senior leadership to identify improvement opportunities.

+ Develop processes to enhance customer collaboration and capability development.

+ Manage vendor relationships and contracts for GMARS and GECMS services.

+ Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including Quality, IT, and Operations.

Qualifications:

Required:

+ Bachelor’s degree or 10+ years’ equivalent experience in engineering, IT, or related fields.

+ Proven leadership of global teams, vendor management, and system validation.

+ Expertise in maintenance/reliability systems (GMARS/Maximo, SAP PM) and document management.

+ Knowledge of engineering docs, CAD, and drawing management.

Preferred:

+ Experience in the pharmaceutical, biotech, or manufacturing industries.

Key Competencies:

+ Strategic Planning & Execution

+ Digital Platform Leadership

+ Compliance, Validation & Quality Integration

+ Engineering Documentation Governance

+ Stakeholder & Vendor Relationship Management

+ Performance & Talent Development

+ External Benchmarking & Continuous Improvement

Travel:

+ Global travel required to vendor and site locations (up to 20%).

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 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

$96,000 - $140,800

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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