Director - Data Platforms And AI Systems Architect

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Lilly’s Purpose

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our 35,000 employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Come bring to life technologies to lead in Pharma-tech!

Lilly Bengaluru Technology Team is actively looking for a motivated and experienced Enterprise Architect, Technologist and Innovation lead who likes to strategize and design enterprise tech platforms for business scale, speed, and innovation – contributing to the respective tech core or business function and to the broader Enterprise Technology at Lilly organization. Are you a change agent who can shape strategy and decisions, influence leaders and organizations? Are you passionate about being at the heart of technical innovation? If so, please apply to jointly shape the future of our industry, powering our growth and redefining what is possible through Tech in pharma to enable Lilly purpose of creating more medicines to make life better!

Responsibilities/Qualification

We are seeking a forward-thinking Data Platforms & AI Systems Architect to bridge the gap between robust data engineering and advanced AI/ML capabilities. You will design scalable architectures that not only manage massive datasets but also serve as the high-performance backbone for AI-driven insights and model deployment.

Key Responsibilities & Skills

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent in Information Technology or related field.
• Minimum 14 years’ work experiences including Information Technology experience in multiple technical areas and roles.
• AI-Ready Data Architecture: Design and implement data modeling and warehousing strategies optimized for both traditional analytics and AI/ML training workflows.
• Intelligent Pipelines: Orchestrate automated data integration and transformation pipelines, ensuring high-fidelity data quality required for model accuracy and reproducible AI.
• Strategic Cloud & AI Infrastructure: Evaluate cloud constructs to build cost-effective environments for Big Data and AI workloads, balancing compute intensity with operational efficiency.
• Security & Responsible AI: Enforce rigorous data security, privacy standards, and access controls to maintain governance over sensitive data used in AI applications.
• Ownership here is absolute. From first sketch to production battle-testing, you own the service, the outcomes, and the uptime in partnership with the engineering teams. You’ll partner across product, AI, function and platform teams, break cosmic-scale problems into executable systems, and turn raw signals into instant insight for the business.
• You’ll mentor, influence, and elevate the team—not by titles, but by example. You’ll spot the next wave of technology before it hits, share what you learn, and raise the bar for what “great engineering” actually means.
• If you want to be the Avenger behind the scenes—the one who keeps the universe running while others take the spotlight—this is your moment. No capes. No noise. Just robust systems that never fail.
  
  
  

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