Eli Lilly
Pharma · Pharma
- HQ
- Indianapolis, US
- Founded
- 1875
- Size
- 35,000+
- Website
- lilly.com
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.
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 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 12 new AI-related roles. That is a -48% change versus the prior 30 days (23 → 12).
| Title | Stage | AI score |
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| Sr. Principal - Engineer - Process (Critical Utilities) This role is for a Sr. Principal Engineer in Process (Critical Utilities) at Eli Lilly's new API manufacturing facility in Houston, TX. The position focuses on providing engineering support for facility start-up, design reviews, process safety, and operational readiness. Responsibilities include developing and implementing control strategies for utilities systems, supporting initial operations training, and continuous improvement of equipment and processes. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in engineering and 7+ years of experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing operations. | — | 0 |
| Principal - Engineer – Automation (Building Management Systems) This role is for a Principal Automation Engineer focused on Building Management Systems (BMS) for a new API manufacturing facility. Responsibilities include system design, delivery strategy, testing, commissioning, and post-startup support for GMP manufacturing operations. The role requires collaboration with various internal and external teams and experience with automation platforms like Rockwell, JCI Metasys, or Siemens Desigo. | — |
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| Senior Director - Analytical Development and Quality Control Senior Director of Analytical Development and Quality Control for diagnostic radiopharmaceutical products and associated precursors. Responsible for overseeing analytical development and quality control functions, driving strategies, ensuring business goals are met, and providing strategic leadership for the AD/QC organization. Focuses on scientific, operational, and compliance excellence, team leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and operational management. The role involves developing and validating analytical methods, managing QC activities, and authoring CMC documents for regulatory submissions. | — | 0 |
| Associate Vice President - Drug Product Development Associate Vice President role at Eli Lilly focused on technical leadership for biopharmaceutical process and drug product development. Requires extensive experience in drug development, regulatory submissions, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in the healthcare sector. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Director - Global Regulatory Lead - Neuroscience/Immunology The Senior Director Global Regulatory Affairs, Global Regulatory Lead (GRL) role is responsible for developing and implementing innovative global regulatory strategies for products in the neuroscience and immunology therapeutic areas. This role acts as the accountable decision-maker for global regulatory strategies from portfolio entry to end-of-life, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regional requirements. The GRL leads the Global Regulatory Team, creates and maintains the Regulatory Strategy Document (RSD), and serves as the primary interface with the Global Brand Development (GBD)/global program team, representing regulatory affairs and managing risks. For early-stage programs, the GRL leads US and Canada submissions and agency interactions for IND, IDE, and CTA. | — | 0 |
| Clinical Research Physician - Development, Neuroscience Clinical Research Physician role focused on late-phase and marketed compounds in Neuroscience at Eli Lilly. Responsibilities include clinical trial monitoring, patient safety oversight, protocol development, scientific data dissemination, and ensuring compliance with regulations and company policies. This role acts as a scientific resource for study teams and external healthcare professionals. | — | 0 |
| Process Safety Lead This role is a Process Safety Management technical resource within the Engineering Technology Center at Eli Lilly, providing expertise on mechanical integrity, pressure relief hazards, and process hazard reviews to support manufacturing and capital projects in the pharmaceutical industry. | — | 0 |
| Advisor/Senior Advisor Biophysical Characterization Develop, optimize, and execute analytical methods for characterization of raw materials, RNA drug substances, and LNP products. Role involves testing non-GMP samples to support development studies and serving as a CMC representative on project teams. Requires hands-on experience with various analytical techniques and assay development for gRNA, mRNA, and LNPs, with familiarity of ICH regulations. | — | 0 |
| Utilities Operator (Night Shift) Eli Lilly is seeking a Utilities Operator for their new Gene Therapy manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Indiana. This role is responsible for ensuring the uninterrupted generation and distribution of utility services (gray, clean, and plant utilities) to support manufacturing operations. The position involves operating and maintaining various utility systems, adhering to SOPs and regulatory requirements (cGMP), and collaborating with other teams during startup and post-startup phases. The role requires mechanical aptitude, basic computer skills, and the ability to work in a regulated environment. | — | 0 |
| High Voltage Electrician - Instrument Technician – Maintenance – LP1 Eli Lilly is seeking a High Voltage Electrician - Instrument Technician for their new API manufacturing facility in Lebanon, IN. The role involves servicing, troubleshooting, and maintaining electrical equipment (4160V, 480V) and process instrumentation, ensuring cGMP compliance and safety. This is a hands-on role critical to the startup and operation of a greenfield manufacturing site. | — | 0 |
| Lead Technician - HVAC Lead Technician - HVAC role at Eli Lilly, a global healthcare leader, focused on maintaining and repairing HVAC systems in a new, advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Lebanon, IN. Responsibilities include leading a team, ensuring compliance with GMP and safety regulations, troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and documentation for critical equipment like chillers and air handling units. Requires strong mechanical and electrical knowledge, leadership experience, and EPA certification, with a preference for experience in regulated environments. | — | 0 |
| Lead Operator, Operations - Lilly Medicine Foundry Lead Operator for a new pharmaceutical manufacturing facility (Lilly Medicine Foundry), focusing on bringing equipment into service, training teams, and providing on-the-floor leadership for API production. Ensures adherence to safety, quality, and environmental compliance, operates processes according to batch records, and troubleshoots production issues. | — | 0 |
| Discovery Toxicology Project Leader This role leads discovery toxicology project strategy and execution for new pharmaceutical products at Eli Lilly. It involves designing toxicology plans, overseeing studies, analyzing data, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and address toxicity risks for compounds moving into development. The role requires a PhD in Toxicology or related field with relevant experience, strong project management, communication, and data analysis skills, and knowledge of drug discovery, development, and regulatory guidelines. | — | 0 |
| Engineer - Automation Engineering – Laboratory and Analytical Equipment - Lilly Medicine Foundry This role focuses on automation engineering for laboratory and analytical equipment within a pharmaceutical manufacturing setting. The engineer will provide automation support, mentor a team, and ensure reliable and compliant control applications and systems. Responsibilities include technical leadership, overseeing design and implementation of control systems (DCS, SCADA, MES, LIMS), commissioning, validation, and troubleshooting. The role emphasizes operational excellence, organizational capability, and adherence to GMP and regulatory requirements. | — | 0 |
| Senior/Principal Process Engineer This role is for a Senior/Principal Process Engineer at Eli Lilly, focusing on the startup and operation of an advanced manufacturing facility for ATMPs. The responsibilities include supporting facility start-up, defining operational readiness plans, developing control strategies, leading tech transfer, and providing process engineering support for API production. The role also involves integrating modeling and simulation into processes and identifying continuous improvement opportunities. It requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering field and 3+ years of manufacturing experience, preferably in pharmaceuticals. | — | 0 |
| Lead Technician- QA PAR (Day Shift) This role provides QA oversight to GMP operations, supporting the start-up and qualification of a manufacturing site, and escalating issues from manufacturing to the site-based process team. Responsibilities include on-the-floor manufacturing support, GMP documentation review, SOP creation support, troubleshooting quality systems, and evaluating product quality impact. | — | 0 |
| Engineering Technician – Day Shift Engineering Technician role focused on supporting Parenteral Operations by ensuring efficient setup, operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of Pre-Filled Syringe and Isolator Equipment in a manufacturing setting. Requires hands-on mechanical aptitude and adherence to GMP and quality standards. | — | 0 |
| Warehouse Technician – Night Shift This role is for a Warehouse Technician at Eli Lilly, responsible for receiving, storing, and shipping raw materials and packaging components to support manufacturing operations. The position requires adherence to cGMP and regulatory requirements, accurate inventory management, and safe handling of materials. It is not directly related to AI/ML development. | — | 0 |
| Engineer - Automation Engineering – Utilities, Warehouse, Building Management System-Lilly Medicine Foundry The Engineer - Automation Engineering will provide automation support for manufacturing operations and capital projects at Eli Lilly's new Medicine Foundry. This role involves technical leadership, mentoring, and implementing control applications and systems to ensure reliable and compliant manufacturing. The engineer will work on design, development, commissioning, and validation of automation systems, collaborating with various teams to optimize processes and maintain validated states in a GMP environment. | — | 0 |
| Associate, Supply Chain Master Data Steward-Lilly Medicine Foundry Associate, Supply Chain Master Data Steward for the Lilly Medicine Foundry, responsible for maintaining master data in SAP and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) for materials, BOMs, recipes, and warehousing. Focuses on data quality, integrity, documentation, and continuous improvement within a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. | — | 0 |
| Associate Director - CMC Development Program Management Associate Director of CMC Development Program Management for radiopharmaceutical programs within Lilly Avid, focusing on leading cross-functional teams to execute development and manufacturing programs, manage risks, and ensure delivery of CMC milestones for clinical development. | — | 0 |
| Director - Oligonucleotide Analytical Chemistry Director level role in oligonucleotide analytical chemistry at Eli Lilly, focusing on technical leadership, method development, and team management within the biopharmaceutical sector. This role involves ensuring the integrity and compliance of analytical characterization for novel drug modalities. | — | 0 |
| Director - Statistics This role is for a Director-level Project Statistician at Eli Lilly, focusing on providing statistical leadership for the Verve Gene-editing program and Lilly Research Laboratory. The role involves leading the assessment and introduction of new statistical technologies and methodologies, developing clinical plans, protocol designs, and statistical analysis plans, and providing statistical direction on clinical projects. The position requires a Ph.D. in Statistics or Biostatistics and at least 7 years of experience in clinical research and development. | — | 0 |
| Advisor/Senior Advisor - Oligonucleotide Chemistry This role focuses on leading the oligonucleotide synthesis scale-up team within Lilly Genetic Medicines to accelerate RNAi Therapeutics from pre-clinical to clinical development. It involves expertise in oligonucleotide synthesis methodologies, collaborating with chemistry teams, and supporting the discovery of lead drug candidates by providing essential materials for key studies. The role requires a PhD or MS in a relevant scientific discipline with significant experience in oligonucleotide synthesis and solid-phase synthesis. | — | 0 |
| Associate Director – Process Control & Automation Engineering Associate Director for Process Control & Automation Engineering at a new advanced manufacturing facility for ATMPs. Responsibilities include supervising engineers, ensuring reliable control applications, and supporting the technical agenda and business plan. The role involves leadership during project delivery and startup phases, focusing on building processes, systems, and culture for GMP manufacturing. | — | 0 |
| Associate Director-Engineering Associate Director-Engineering role focused on managing and optimizing Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), specifically the Maximo platform, within pharmaceutical operations. Responsibilities include leading platform consolidation, developing analytics dashboards, ensuring data integrity and regulatory compliance (GMP/GLP), and providing technical support for global maintenance teams. | — | 0 |
| Engineering Senior Director, Site Expansion This role is for an Engineering Senior Director focused on leading site expansion projects within a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. It involves project delivery, operational excellence, and effective communication to ensure seamless integration of new facilities into existing operations. The role requires strong engineering and project management experience, particularly in parenteral manufacturing. | — | 0 |
| Advisor - TS/MS Lab - Lebanon API Manufacturing This role is for an Advisor in Technical Services and Manufacturing Science (TSMS) within a pharmaceutical API manufacturing facility. The focus is on laboratory operations, process development, analytical expertise, and ensuring compliance with cGMP regulations. It involves experimental design, data analysis, troubleshooting, and mentoring. The role requires expertise in small molecule and peptide manufacturing, advanced analytical techniques, and regulatory knowledge. | — | 0 |
| Associate Director - TS/MS - Lebanon API Associate Director for Technical Services/Manufacturing Science (TSMS) at a new API manufacturing facility. Responsibilities include managing technical staff, overseeing technical projects, process optimizations, ensuring cGMP compliance, and collaborating cross-functionally. The role involves building the organization and systems for a greenfield startup into GMP operations. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Director - Strategic Alliances (SMDD) Senior Director role focused on managing and developing strategic alliances with external Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs) for synthetic molecule design and development (SMDD) in drug substance and drug product. The role involves ensuring capabilities, capacity, and agility in external partnerships to support the development and supply of materials for toxicology and clinical trials, driving novel technologies, operational excellence, and relationship management within a regulated healthcare environment. | — | 0 |
| Director - Neuroscience Seeking a scientific laboratory leader with a solid background in Neuroscience to join the Psychiatry, Pain and Neuronal Health Team within Neuroscience Discovery Group. The role involves leading a laboratory, developing preclinical in vivo biomarker assays, and contributing to cross-functional teams focused on developing novel medicines for neurological and psychiatric disorders. | — | 0 |
| ADME Project Leadership for Genetic Medicines This role focuses on ADME (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion) and DMPK (Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics) studies to support the preclinical and clinical development of genetic medicines at Eli Lilly. The scientist will lead studies, interpret data, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and contribute to regulatory communications. The role requires a Ph.D. and experience in ADME or PK/PD within the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry. | — | 0 |
| Senior Scientist – BioAnalytical Research | — | — |
| Process Automation and Control Engineer - Peptides API | — | — |
| Senior Principal Process Control & Automation Engineer | — | — |
| Operation Associate (Manager) | — | — |
| Principal Scientist - Molecular Biology, Cell Culture Upstream Process Development | — | — |
| Instrument Technician | — | — |
| High Voltage Electrician | — | — |
| Analytical Chemistry Technician – QC | — | — |
| Sr. Director - Manufacturing Operations | — | — |
| Associate Director - Medical Science Liaison GI/Thoracic Oncology New England | — | — |
| Associate Director - Technical Services/Manufacturing Science (TSMS) - API External Manufacturing (Peptides) | — | — |
| GPS Medical Review Therapeutic Area Senior Director | — | — |
| Principal Engineer – Filling | — | — |
| Scientific Director, Process Chemistry - Oligonucleotides | — | — |
| Scientific Lead, Generative AI Engineer, Applied Intelligence for Discovery | — | — |
| Operator, Packaging (Night Shift) | — | — |
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