Currently tracking 28 active AI roles, down 25% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $58k–$345k (avg $175k).
Eli Lilly currently has 36 active AI-related job listings. The majority of these roles, 56%, are focused on agents, with data-related positions making up another 28%. Engineering is the most frequent function for these hires. The company is primarily hiring in the United States and India. Frequent technology tags include agent orchestration, RAG, and model serving, indicating a focus on building and deploying AI systems.
Eli Lilly currently has 36 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Director, Discovery Bioinformatics Oncology (2), Advisor - Agent Research, Advisor - Antibody Developability Validation & Benchmarking, Advisor - Data Architect, Data Foundry, Advisor - Lab Automation Software Engineer. Most positions are in Engineering and Research.
Eli Lilly's active AI hiring is concentrated in: agents (53%), data (25%), application (8%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Eli Lilly is hiring AI talent in: United States (29 roles), India (7 roles).
Job postings at Eli Lilly most frequently reference: agent orchestration, rag, model serving, llm observability, vector db.
In the past 30 days, Eli Lilly has posted 10 new AI-related roles. That is a -60% change versus the prior 30 days (25 → 10).
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| Sr Scientist - Bioconjugation Lilly Medicine Foundry This role is for a Sr. Scientist in Bioconjugation at Eli Lilly's new Medicine Foundry, focusing on transferring and optimizing chemical processes for bioconjugation (like ADCs) from development to clinical manufacturing. The role involves hands-on chemistry, process evaluation, analytical work, documentation, and troubleshooting within a regulated manufacturing environment. | — | 0 |
| Director - Clinical Design Physician - Cardiometabolic Health Director level role focused on clinical design for cardiometabolic health at Eli Lilly. Responsibilities include translating therapeutic area strategy into clinical development programs and trial optionality, developing study protocols, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring compliance with regulations. The role requires medical expertise and pharmaceutical industry experience in drug development and clinical trial design. | — | 0 |
| Director - Discovery Immunology |
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| Instrumentation Supervisor - Lilly Medicine Foundry This role is for an Instrumentation Supervisor at Eli Lilly's Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development. The supervisor will oversee calibration activities to ensure equipment reliability and compliance with cGMP and other standards, leading a team of instrument technicians. The role involves managing people, ensuring quality and safety, and maintaining process, facility, and utility equipment. Experience in a regulated GMP manufacturing environment is required. | — | 0 |
| In vivo biologist-Immunology Research scientist role focused on developing and utilizing in vivo models to understand immunological mechanisms for drug discovery in autoimmune diseases. Responsibilities include leading research studies, hands-on laboratory work, data analysis, and mentoring junior scientists. | — | 0 |
| Principal Automation Integration Engineer – API Network The Principal Automation Integration Engineer – API Network Integration role at Eli Lilly focuses on enabling data flow between various departments (Manufacturing Science, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations) by integrating IT and Process Automation Technologies. The role supports innovation evaluation and application for Manufacturing Process Automation and IT Systems, with a focus on data historians, advanced analytics, cyber security, and process optimization. The primary responsibility is to integrate data for major capital projects within the API Network, working with systems like process automation platforms, HMI/SCADA, Data Historians, Alarm/Event management, and Manufacturing Execution systems. This role requires expertise in automation architecture, process automation, control systems, safety systems, and cyber security, acting as an "in-house system integrator". | — | 0 |
| Sr. Engineer, Automation Engineering, Controls Hardware - Lilly Medicine Foundry This role is for a Senior Engineer in Automation Engineering at Eli Lilly, focusing on Instrumentation and Control Hardware for pharmaceutical manufacturing. The engineer will provide automation support for operating areas and capital projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure robust control systems. Key responsibilities include design, development, commissioning, and troubleshooting of control systems using DeltaV DCS and Rockwell Allen Bradley PLC, with a strong emphasis on GMP regulated environments and validation. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Principal Engineer, Automation Engineering, Controls System Hardware - Lilly Medicine Foundry This role is for a Sr. Principal Engineer in Automation Engineering, focusing on Instrumentation and Control Hardware for pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities. The engineer will provide automation support for operating areas and capital projects, lead project execution, commissioning, and qualification, and mentor other engineers. Key responsibilities include expertise in DeltaV DCS and Rockwell Allen Bradley PLCs, troubleshooting control loops, and ensuring compliance with GMP and regulatory requirements. | — | 0 |
| Lead Technician - Engineering (Night Shift) Lead Technician for Engineering (Night Shift) at Eli Lilly, responsible for device assembly and packaging equipment performance, providing technical support, and implementing process improvements in a GMP-regulated healthcare manufacturing environment. | — | 0 |
| Sr Director - Project Management - Global Facilities Delivery This role is for a Sr. Director of Project Management within Global Facilities Delivery at Eli Lilly, focusing on delivering large capital assets for medical innovation and medicine supply chains. The position requires leading cross-functional teams to manage projects from conceptual design through operational qualification, ensuring safety, cost, schedule, and quality. Key responsibilities include stakeholder communication, compliance with company policies, and developing safety/environmental execution plans. The role is based in various locations including the Netherlands and US, with travel flexibility required. | — | 0 |
| Principal Computational Statistician Principal Computational Statistician at Eli Lilly, responsible for statistical analysis in clinical trials, including selecting methods, conducting analysis, writing reports, and responding to regulatory queries. Requires a Master's degree in Statistics or Biostatistics and 2+ years of experience with SAS/R programming. | — | 0 |
| Program Manager - GFD Program Manager for Global Facilities Delivery (GFD) at Eli Lilly, responsible for managing large capital asset programs (>$500MM USD) from planning through operational qualification. Focuses on safety, cost, schedule, and quality assurance in pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, requiring strong project management, communication, and compliance skills. | — | 0 |
| Associate VP for Dry Products/Spray Dried Dispersions Associate VP for Dry Products/Spray Dried Dispersions at Eli Lilly, responsible for scientific and organizational leadership, technical product stewardship, and ensuring the organization provides rigorous support to dry product sites. This role involves managing talent, overseeing control strategy, commercialization, and the technical agenda, fostering functional excellence at manufacturing sites, and ensuring a culture of safety and compliance within a regulated healthcare environment. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Director, Process Chemistry This role is for a Sr. Director of Process Chemistry at Eli Lilly, focusing on synthetic molecule route commercialization, process optimization, and unit operation definition for drug candidates. The position involves leading cross-disciplinary teams, providing technical leadership in scale-up, and collaborating with internal CMC networks and external regulatory bodies. The role requires deep expertise in synthetic organic and process chemistry, with a focus on developing and optimizing manufacturing processes for APIs. Experience with modern synthetic technologies, process modeling, scale-up methodologies, and regulatory requirements is essential. | — | 0 |
| Engineer - Utilities - Lilly Medicine Foundry This role is for a Utilities Engineer at Eli Lilly's new manufacturing site, focusing on the startup and ongoing support of plant utility systems like steam, chilled water, and compressed air. The position requires experience in regulated manufacturing environments and involves commissioning, qualification, validation, and continuous improvement of these critical systems to support pharmaceutical operations. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Scientist - Lab Automation Scientist This role focuses on operating, maintaining, and advancing lab automation equipment and robotic systems in a biopharmaceutical discovery setting. The goal is to support early-stage discovery and screening of protein therapeutics by improving laboratory workflows and digitalization, with a vision towards autonomous discovery systems. | — | 0 |
| Advisor - Program Manager - GFD This role is for a Program Manager in Global Facilities Delivery (GFD) at Eli Lilly, a healthcare company. The primary focus is on managing large capital asset projects (>$400M USD) from planning through operational qualification, ensuring safety, cost, schedule, and quality. The role requires experience in industrial or manufacturing facilities, particularly in pharma manufacturing (GMP), and involves leading cross-functional teams and managing stakeholders. It is not directly AI/ML related but operates within a regulated healthcare environment. | — | 0 |
| Associate Director - Capital Project Procurement Associate Director for Capital Project Procurement at Eli Lilly, focusing on sourcing and managing contracts for manufacturing capital projects, including engineering, construction, and automation services. The role involves leading sourcing strategies, supplier due diligence, negotiation, and contract management to minimize costs and risks for major capital projects. | — | 0 |
| Associate Director - TS/MS - Advanced Therapies Manufacturing Associate Director for Advanced Therapies Manufacturing at Eli Lilly, focusing on technical and people leadership for drug substance and drug product processes in a cGMP late-phase and commercial manufacturing facility. Responsibilities include technology transfer, process validation, control, and improvement, ensuring GMP compliance and partnering with cross-functional teams. Requires experience in gene therapy platforms and regulatory expectations. | — | 0 |
| Associate Director - Capital Project Procurement Associate Director for Capital Project Procurement at Eli Lilly, focusing on sourcing and managing contracts for manufacturing capital projects, including automation, construction, and engineered equipment. The role involves developing sourcing strategies, negotiating agreements, managing supplier relationships, and identifying cost/risk reduction opportunities within the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector. | — | 0 |
| Senior Director TSMS - Components and Materials Senior Director role leading global network for Primary Packaging Components, Container Closure Systems, Process Contact Materials, and Excipients in a pharmaceutical manufacturing setting. Focus on standardization, compliance, and operational excellence. | — | 0 |
| Associate Director - QMS Lifecycle Management (R&D) Associate Director role focused on Quality Management System (QMS) Lifecycle Management within R&D at a pharmaceutical company. The role involves partnering with Global Process Owners to support the integrity and evolution of QMS processes, monitor health, report on metrics, identify improvements, and ensure alignment with global regulatory standards and internal requirements for R&D processes. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Director, Process Engineering & Automation (Process Controls) Senior Director of Process Engineering & Automation responsible for leading site's process-facing engineering functions, including process engineering, automation, and process controls, to support startup and long-term manufacturing goals for monoclonal antibodies, bioconjugates, and aseptic drug product manufacturing. Role involves organizational development, functional strategy, safety leadership, project support, and ensuring system readiness for GMP operations. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Director - Engineering (Facilities, Utilities & Maintenance) Senior Director of Engineering responsible for leading facilities, utilities, and maintenance operations for a new advanced manufacturing facility. This role involves building the organization, defining strategies for site startup and long-term GMP manufacturing, ensuring system readiness, and driving operational excellence, asset reliability, and compliance with cGMP standards. The position requires leadership in developing and implementing maintenance strategies, managing capital projects, and ensuring a safe and qualified operational environment. | — | 0 |
| Systems Engineer (R4-R6) Systems Engineer to design, develop, and maintain Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software applications, integrating production processes with business systems to optimize manufacturing efficiency, quality, and safety. Responsibilities include testing, troubleshooting, ongoing maintenance, ensuring system reliability and data accuracy, and ensuring compliance with FDA guidelines and GMP requirements. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Scientist – TS/MS Visual Inspection This role provides technical guidance for visual inspection operations and projects for parenteral drug products. It involves teaching, mentoring, and coaching personnel on visual inspection processes, defect classification, and ensuring scientific understanding. The role also participates in troubleshooting, continuous improvement, and technical project support, interacting with peers and regulatory guidance. | — | 0 |
| Engineering Technician - Night shift Engineering Technician role focused on supporting Parenteral Operations by ensuring efficient setup and operation of Pre-Filled Syringe and Isolator Equipment, including hands-on maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs in a healthcare manufacturing setting. | — | 0 |
| Director - Statistics This role is for a Director-level Project Statistician in the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on leading the statistical aspects of clinical trial design, analysis, and interpretation of results. The role requires a Ph.D. in Statistics or Biostatistics with at least 7 years of experience in clinical research and development. Responsibilities include developing clinical plans, designing studies, performing statistical analysis, communicating results to regulatory bodies and stakeholders, and applying innovative statistical methodology. The role emphasizes collaboration, influencing teams, and ensuring regulatory compliance within a healthcare setting. | — | 0 |
| Engineer - Facilities and Site Services Lead This role is for an Engineer - Facilities and Site Services Lead at Eli Lilly, a global healthcare company. The position is based in Concord, NC, and focuses on managing facility operations, campus security, utilities, and site services for a 24x7 manufacturing facility. Responsibilities include developing and sustaining technical systems, managing third-party contractors, ensuring site compliance with corporate standards and regulations, and leading emergency response for facilities and infrastructure. The role requires a BS in Engineering or equivalent experience with at least 5 years in facilities or site services, and experience with GMP, CAPA, and managing service providers is preferred. | — | 0 |
| Associate Vice President, Regulatory Strategy Associate Vice President, Regulatory Strategy role at Eli Lilly (Verve Therapeutics) focused on providing strategic regulatory leadership for gene editing therapies. Responsibilities include overseeing global regulatory strategies, managing regulatory activities (clinical trial applications, IND amendments, safety reporting), providing strategic regulatory input, resolving regulatory issues, advising product teams, and mentoring direct reports. Requires advanced degree, 15+ years of industry experience, and strong regulatory expertise in a fast-paced, innovation-focused environment. | — | 0 |
| Principal Scientist — Synthetic Chemist / Peptide Therapeutics (Indianapolis) Principal Scientist role focused on synthetic chemistry, specifically peptide synthesis and optimization for therapeutic drug discovery in a healthcare setting. Requires strong organic chemistry background and ability to contribute to structure-activity relationship campaigns. | — | 0 |
| Post-Doctoral Scientist or Engineer - TSMS This role focuses on developing technical solutions for spray drying in pharmaceutical particle manufacturing. It involves operating pilot scale equipment, designing and executing experiments to understand the impact of parameters on particle size and morphology, developing analytical techniques for measurement, and refining models for atomization and drying. The goal is to identify and solve manufacturing needs, present findings, and publish research. | — | 0 |
| Scientist - TS/MS Parenteral - Visual Inspection The Scientist - TS/MS Parenteral role at Eli Lilly focuses on technical transfer, process validation, and maintaining the validated state of parenteral operations, specifically in visual inspection. This role involves establishing and monitoring metrics, harmonizing control strategies, evaluating process improvements, and serving as an escalation point for operational issues. It requires authoring and executing protocols, conducting root cause investigations, and providing technical leadership for the Parenteral Process Team. The role also involves supporting manufacturing components, equipment, and operations, representing the team in communications, leading risk management activities, and providing technical support for investigations and quality/stability issues. Key deliverables include preparing technical documents, developing and reacting to statistically based metrics, identifying opportunities for process improvement, driving stability strategy, and providing audit support. | — | 0 |
| Corporate Automation Program Lead – API Drug Substance This role leads the design and delivery of automation for major capital projects in pharmaceutical manufacturing, specifically for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) production. It involves managing workstreams, suppliers, and ensuring compliance and qualification within a global engineering team. | — | 0 |
| Director, Clinical Pharmacology and Translational Modeling This role focuses on clinical pharmacology and translational modeling for gene editing therapeutics in the cardiovascular space. It involves leading the development and execution of strategies across preclinical and clinical development, including dose selection and regulatory filings. The role utilizes advanced modeling techniques like PBPK, population PK/PD, QSP, and exposure-response analysis to inform drug development decisions and regulatory submissions. | — | 0 |
| Senior Director - API Operations Senior Director of Operations for a new API manufacturing facility, responsible for leading manufacturing operations, building the organization, developing GMP systems, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements during the startup and post-startup phases. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Principal Engineer - Bioprocess Seeking a Sr. Principal Bioprocess Engineer to support a new monoclonal antibody manufacturing facility. Responsibilities include facility start-up (design reviews, process safety, C&Q support, SOP development, tech transfer) and post-start-up support (continuous improvement, root cause analysis, equipment performance monitoring, control strategy development). | — | 0 |
| Director Engineering - Synthetic Molecule Design and Development Director of Engineering role focused on synthetic molecule design and development for pharmaceutical drug substances and products. Responsibilities include leading teams in unit operation development, process optimization, scale-up, and technology transfer, with a focus on clinical trials, regulatory submission, and commercialization. Requires strong chemical engineering background and experience in process development from mid-cycle to commercialization. | — | 0 |
| Engineer - Automation Engineering – Control System Data Analyst- Lilly Medicine Foundry This role is for an Engineer - Automation Engineering – Control System Data Analyst at Eli Lilly's Medicine Foundry. The individual will provide data engineering and analytics solutions for the Automation Engineering organization, focusing on maintaining, configuring, and troubleshooting automation control systems and interfaces. Responsibilities include developing analytics strategies, creating visualizations and dashboards, supporting system qualification, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements (GAMP, 21 CFR Part 11, Data Integrity), and collaborating with various teams to optimize manufacturing processes. | — | 0 |
| Engineer - Project Engineer-Design Lead Project Engineer-Design Lead role at Eli Lilly, focusing on leading the design delivery for capital projects within the Global Facilities Delivery organization. Responsibilities include ensuring designs meet standards, coordinating with A/E firms, managing design schedules, and resolving design-related issues in pharmaceutical manufacturing environments. | — | 0 |
| Associate Vice President - Global Facilities Delivery Projects Associate Vice President - Global Facilities Delivery Projects at Eli Lilly, responsible for leading and managing multibillion-dollar capital projects in the healthcare sector, from planning through operational verification. The role involves managing staff, ensuring safety and environmental compliance, and representing Lilly to external partners. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Computational Statistician This role focuses on statistical analysis for clinical trials within the healthcare domain, requiring expertise in statistical methods, programming (SAS, R), and collaboration with study personnel and regulatory bodies. It is not directly involved in building AI/ML models but uses statistical tools for data analysis and reporting. | — | 0 |
| Advisor– API/DS Network Contamination & Bioburden Control Strategy This role focuses on overseeing and harmonizing technical programs for contamination control strategies in pharmaceutical API manufacturing. It involves direct network oversight, influencing peers and external manufacturers, and ensuring control strategies align with technical, quality, and regulatory guidance. The position also supports building technical capability, engaging with R&D, and providing technical support for new product introductions and external manufacturing transfers. Key responsibilities include understanding contamination control requirements across diverse platforms, influencing industry and regulatory expectations, providing technical support during design and start-up, and supporting regulatory applications. | — | 0 |
| Advisor - Technical Steward - TSMS This role at Eli Lilly is for an Advisor - Technical Steward in their TSMS function, focusing on the stewardship and site transfer of commercial molecules for API manufacturing. The position requires extensive experience in cGMP small molecule, peptide, or oligonucleotide API commercial-scale manufacturing, with responsibilities including technical oversight, process troubleshooting, authoring technical reports, and ensuring compliance with GMP and regulatory requirements. The role supports the startup and validation of new facilities and drives continuous improvement in manufacturing processes. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Director - API Manufacturing Quality Assurance This role is for a Sr. Director of Quality Assurance in API manufacturing at Eli Lilly. The primary focus is on ensuring compliance with cGMP standards, managing the QA team, overseeing quality systems, and preparing for regulatory inspections in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. It does not involve AI/ML development or research. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Director - Quality Control Laboratories This role is for a Sr. Director of Quality Control Laboratories at a new Eli Lilly manufacturing facility. The position involves administrative leadership for quality laboratories, ensuring appropriate capabilities and business processes are developed, and leading an organization that supports quality control and analytical laboratories. The facility will utilize automation for analytical capabilities, including in-process testing, stability, and process monitoring. The role requires expertise in analytical operations, quality systems, and leadership experience. | — | 0 |
| Director/Sr. Director—Immunology Research Cutaneous Biology This role is for a Director/Sr. Director in Immunology Research focused on Cutaneous Biology within the healthcare domain. The primary responsibilities involve providing scientific guidance, leading research projects for skin and hair disorders, contributing to external innovation and business development due diligence, identifying and validating novel targets, guiding the design and implementation of preclinical models, and managing a research team. The role requires a PhD with 10+ years of experience in biotech or pharma, with preferred qualifications including experience leading discovery programs, knowledge of the dermatology therapeutic landscape, and expertise in cutaneous biology. | — | 0 |
| Engineer - Design Lead Lead the design delivery for capital projects in pharmaceutical manufacturing, ensuring compliance with engineering standards, regulatory requirements, and project specifications. Coordinate with A/E firms, manage design schedules, and resolve design-related issues. | — | 0 |
| Director - Analytical Chemistry Director of Analytical Chemistry at Eli Lilly, focusing on the development of synthetic drug substances and drug products from pre-clinical to commercialization. This role involves leading analytical efforts within multidisciplinary teams, managing a small team of analytical scientists, developing analytical methods, justifying specifications, designing stability studies, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. The position requires strong technical expertise in analytical chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences, along with people leadership and collaboration skills. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Specialist - Engineering - Warehouse The Sr Specialist- Warehouse - Engineering is responsible for on-shift monitoring and response for warehouse automation systems, including ASRS, conveyors, and AGVs, supporting manufacturing processes. The role involves first-line support, maintenance, commissioning, qualification, validation, and engineering initiatives focused on improving equipment reliability and operational effectiveness within a cGMP environment. | — | 0 |