Lilly Posted July 31, 2026

Advisor Clinical Tech Systems Engineering for CT Design and Operations

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America FULL_TIME
Information Technology Associate

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About this opportunity

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.

Position Summary

The Advisor is a senior technical leader supporting Clinical Tech Design & Operations, responsible for tackling the toughest problems and shaping modern, resilient solutions that power clinical design and operational delivery across a large and fast-evolving ecosystem. At the R8 level, the Advisor owns the technical direction of initiatives in partnership with business owners to maximize value, bringing deep data and solution integration   expertise   to connect design and operational systems reliably at scale. Partnering tightly with Software Product Engineering, Cyber Security, and Infrastructure & Digital Core, the Advisor drives shared strategies and secure-by-design 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 clinical design and operations, shaping modern, resilient, secure solutions.

Lead data and solution integration across the ecosystem, ensuring reliable, performant connectivity between design and operational systems, data products, and services.

Partner tightly with Software Product Engineering, Cyber Security, and Infrastructure & Digital Core to drive aligned strategies, shared standards, and secure-by-design architectures.

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 design and operations teams.

Elevate technical colleagues by sharing data, integration, and security knowledge to broaden team impact.

Improve engineering processes and guide the organization through change.

Gain support for and influence initiatives spanning clinical design and operations, engineering, cyber, and infrastructure.

Provide authoritative troubleshooting leadership on complex integration, operational, and design-system challenges.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science , Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related   field.

Extensive software/systems engineering experience delivering complex, enterprise-scale solutions with clear technical ownership.

Data and solution integration experience across large, complex, evolving ecosystems.

Experience in one or more technologies, able to set integration standards and guide other engineers.

Experience in applying AI in day-to-day engineering.

Experience across integrations, APIs, event-driven architecture, and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).

Experience designing resilient solutions in partnership with engineering, cyber, and infrastructure teams.

Experience in solving the toughest technical problems affecting operations at scale.

Preferred Qualifications

Strong communication   and cross-functional influencing skills.

Experience in clinical development, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), or a regulated ( GxP ) environment within pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare.

Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or   a related   field.

Cyber-security   aware   and skilled: secure-by-design principles, threat modeling, identity and access management, and zero-trust patterns.

Hands-on experience integrating AI/agentic capabilities into operational systems.

Experience driving integration and modernization strategies with software product engineering, infrastructure, and digital core teams.

Familiarity with clinical operations tooling and clinical data pipelines.

Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code.

Relevant cloud, security, or AI/ML certifications.

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 (AMECA), Black Employees at Lilly (BE@Lilly), Chinese Culture Network (CCN), EnAble, Evolve, Lilly Indian Network (LIN), Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), Pride (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN) and Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL).

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

$162,000 - $268,400

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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Job details

Seniority
Associate
Function
Information Technology
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Information Technology role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 190 comparable Associate Information Technology roles across 25 biopharma companies.

190Comparable roles tracked
179Currently active
25Companies hiring similar roles
15Countries represented

Salary context

29 of 190 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject $162,000/yr – $268,400/yr
Lowest disclosed · Associate Software Engineer I · AbbVie $58,656/yr – $103,500/yr
Highest disclosed · Advisor Clinical Tech Systems Engineering · Lilly $162,000/yr – $268,400/yr
Peer group range $81,078 – $215,200 (median $168,090)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 190 comparable roles

India94
United States55
Spain11
Portugal7
Japan4
China4

+ 9 more countries

Seniority mix

190 of 190 peers have a known seniority level

Manager135
Associate51
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc4

Therapeutic area mix

0 of 190 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.

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How we calculate "similar"

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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.