At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.
Senior Director IT- Enterprise Connectivity
Come transform enterprise networking through automation and agentic AI at unprecedented speed & scale!
The Enterprise Cloud & Connectivity organization is actively seeking an experienced leader to transform our enterprise networking capabilities through automation and agentic AI. Do you have experience in enterprise networking and infrastructure? Are you interested in leading an organization of IT professionals to transform and scale capabilities to meet growing data and connectivity demands? If so, please apply!
What You’ll Be Doing:
As a leader in Lilly’s Infrastructure & Operations and a member of the Enterprise Cloud & Connectivity Lead Team, you will be responsible for providing connectivity to Lilly’s network around the globe in a fully supported and secure manner. You will partner with infrastructure and business-facing teams to understand their needs and perspectives while influencing and establishing the direction for the future, transforming how our network is built and operated through modern technologies such as automation, self-healing operations, and agentic AI. You will lead your organization by developing technical talent and leading them in bold new directions that stretch the limits of what is possible with constant emphasis on running reliably, improving efficiency, securing information fully, and improving user experience.
How You’ll Succeed:
Operations Management: Lead global delivery of LAN, WLAN, WAN, Cloud networking, and Data Center Facilities networking, transforming operations to drive reliability and efficiency with automation, self-healing capabilities, and agentic AI
Network Security Management: Lead the operational delivery of network security capabilities such as firewalls and network security monitoring technologies, applying automation wherever possible. Partner with Cyber security to define and implement a cyber roadmap.
Service Management: Establish and maintain an excellent service management ecosystem, including defining, implementing, and improving services through automation and data-driven practices.
People Management: Develop and manage team capabilities, anticipate future staffing and skillset needs (including automation and AI), and develop technical talent in the organization.
Vendor Management: Determine sourcing strategies, establish requirements and SLAs, and lead governance activities.
IT/Business Account Management: Build strong relationships within IT and across the company, translating needs into strategies and actions.
Quality/Compliance: Implement and reinforce company IT quality and compliance practices.
Project/Program Management: Ensure projects and programs are delivered on time, on budget, and with expected outcomes.
Financial Management: Meet financial and headcount targets, optimize spend, and ensure effective service delivery.
Strategy Management: Establish the 3 to 5-year strategic direction, including network automation and AI-enabled operations, aligning with overall IT and Business Unit/Function strategies.
Innovation Management: Stay abreast of technological advancements, especially automation and agentic AI, and incorporate them into current and future services. Promote and reward innovative thinking within the team.
Architecture Management: Participate in establishing and…