Advisor - Corporate Architect

Eli Lilly Eli Lilly · Pharma · Indianapolis, IN

This role is for an Advisor - Corporate Architect at Eli Lilly, focusing on managing the architectural process for global facility delivery. The responsibilities include integrating with engineering teams, developing facility assessments, programming, and designs, contributing to site master planning, and representing Lilly as the lead architect in design phases. The role also involves developing workplace strategies, ensuring architectural design consistency and compliance, coordinating information flow, leading architectural design governance, and supporting value engineering. The position requires a Registered Architect with a minimum of 10 years of experience in architecture and construction project management within pharmaceutical processes.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage the architectural process within GFD, integrating with Corporate and Local Engineering to evaluate, consult on, and deliver facility assessment, programming, and design.
  2. Contribute to Site Master Planning processes; develop conceptual design studies for Lilly facility projects.
  3. Represent Lilly as lead architect in Concept, Basic, and Detailed Design phases, making final decisions on look, form, and function.
  4. Serve as SME for architecture and planning/design of Manufacturing Exteriors and full Non-Manufacturing environments like laboratories, administrative office etc.
  5. Develop workplace strategies supporting business needs including ergonomics, aesthetics, space utilization, and business transformation.

Skills

Required

  • Undergraduate or graduate degree in Architecture
  • Registered Architect licensure
  • 10 years of relevant architecture and building construction project/program management experience in pharmaceutical processes
  • Ability to work in environments with limited or conflicting direction
  • Strong networks within architectural design, construction, and workplace consulting fields
  • Ability to communicate complex options to cross-functional/multi-company teams and gain consensus
  • Strong leadership, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills with ability to influence all levels of the project and site personnel
  • Project management experience leading internal and external resources

Nice to have

  • Experience in administrative, R&D, manufacturing, warehouse, and site master planning facility types
  • Comfortable maintaining an in-office presence 3-4 days per week
  • Willingness to travel domestically and internationally

What the JD emphasized

  • Registered Architect licensure required
  • Minimum 10 years of relevant architecture and building construction project/program management experience in pharmaceutical processes
  • Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis