About this role
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. The Technical Lead Architect is a senior technology leader, responsible for technical architecture, design, development and integration of a broad range of advanced technology solutions for the Patient Safety organization.
This role acts as the primary technical authority across Safety systems and their integrations with adjacent platforms (e.g., Quality, Regulatory, Clinical, and Data platforms), ensuring solutions are scalable, compliant, and aligned with business and regulatory requirements. Partnering tightly with Software Product Engineering, Cyber Security, and Infrastructure & Digital Core, the lead architect drives shared strategies and architectures, while researching and applying emerging technology—including AI and agentic engineering—to advance capability and drive adoption. Key Responsibilities Own the technical direction of complex initiatives across Global Patient Safety, shaping modern, resilient, secure solutions.
Lead data and solution integration across the ecosystem, ensuring reliable, performant connectivity between Global Patient Safety systems, data products, and other platforms and systems. Develop and maintain architecture roadmaps, technical standards, and reference architecture for the Patient Safety technology landscape. Research and apply emerging technology—AI/ML, agentic workflows, intelligent automation—driving adoption.
Champion modernization and resilience, reducing technical debt and improving fault tolerance, observability, and recoverability. Embed secure and AI-assisted engineering (code generation, automated testing, anomaly detection, threat-aware design) to accelerate delivery and improve operational quality. Serve as a recognized expert, defining integration patterns and engineering standards adopted across Global Patient Safety teams.
Elevate technical colleagues by sharing data, integration, and security knowledge to broaden team impact. Assume the role of Technical System Owner for GPS systems, accountable for the technical lifecycle, validated state and compliance. Serve as the technical lead across multiple concurrent projects, providing hands-on guidance to developers, configuration analysts and integration and support teams.
Partner with Software Product Engineering, Cyber Security, and Infrastructure & Digital Core to drive aligned strategies, shared standards, and secure-by-design architectures. Basic Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field. 8+ years of experience in IT architecture, systems integration, or technical lead roles, of which at least 5+ years of software/systems engineering experience delivering complex, enterprise-scale solutions for Patient Safety Organization, with clear technical ownership.
Additional Qualifications Strong communication and cross-functional influencing skills. Experience in Good Pharmacovigilance Practices (GVP), Good Clinical Practice (GCP), or a regulated (GxP) environment within pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare. Hands-on experience developing and integrating AI/agentic capabilities into operational systems.
Strong understanding of system integration patterns (APIs, middleware, ETL, data mapping) and enterprise architecture principles. Hands-on experience with Safety systems (e.g., Veeva Safety, Oracle Argus). Experience across integrations, APIs, event-driven architecture, and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $126,000 - $224,400 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. #WeAreLilly