Associate Director - M&Q Site Learning & Development (L&D) IDAP/IDM

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.
Job Position Overview
The Global Manufacturing and Quality Learning & Development (GMQLD) team is dedicated to delivering learning solutions that empower Lilly's Manufacturing and Quality organizations to achieve our mission: making medicine with safety first and quality always. The Learning Architect (LA) is a platform-specific learning professional responsible for designing and maintaining training that serve an entire manufacturing platform. Located at platform sites or Indianapolis, the LA addresses 90% platform-level and 10% site-level content needs, designing within COE standards and governance frameworks.
Responsibilities
The LA is accountable for platform-specific curriculum design, development, and maintenance within the GMQLD operating model. The LA partners with site SMEs, Platform Leads, and the COE to ensure training content is current, compliant, and aligned to manufacturing process needs.
Platform Curriculum Design & Development
Design and develop platform-specific training content within COE governance frameworks and global standards.
Address 90% platform-level content and 10% site-specific needs, as assigned by the M2/P4 Platform Lead.
Partner with site Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) on curriculum development, ensuring content reflects current manufacturing processes.
Apply process-based curricula principles — organize content by manufacturing process with task-level qualification.
Ensure curriculum aligns to the three-layer content model (Global / Platform / Site).
Content Governance & Quality
Design content within COE standards, governance frameworks, and compliance requirements.
Feed content gaps and site needs up to Platform Lead and COE for resolution.
Pull global content from COE as foundation for platform-specific curriculum.
Support learning equivalency, exception and substitution decisions in alignment with the Quality system.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Partnership
Partner with Platform Lead (M2/P4) on L&D strategy and business priorities across platform site
Interface with COE for standards, governance, and cross-platform alignment.
Collaborate with LEPs to understand site-specific execution needs and inform curriculum updates.
Represent the platform in cross-functional forums, audits, and governance reviews.
Continuous Improvement
Support Time to Qualification optimization initiatives by identifying training burden, content redundancy, and qualification bottlenecks.
Contribute to OJT standardization across platform sites.
Use data to identify improvement opportunities in curriculum effectiveness and qualification outcomes.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree.
Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing without authority
3 years’ experience with customer experience design, curriculum/training design, or learning management systems.
Experience working on large scale project ownership and change management within a matrixed environment.
3 years' experience in a quality-regulated environment.
Additional Skills/ Preferences
Knowledge of manufacturing and qualification practices.
Area or functional specific expertise in Learning & Development, instructional design, organizational change management or Manufacturing/Quality operations.
Strong understanding of GxP and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), regulatory requirements, and compliance training.
Experience with process-based or competency-based training design.
Ability to work across multiple sites and time zones.
Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams (Quality, Operations, Engineering).
Experience with digital learning tools and best practices in learning and development.
Familiarity with Workday, SuccessFactors, or equivalent HR/learning systems.
Additional Information
Position Location: Site-Based
Travel Percentage (%): 10%
Shift Information: Site-based at a platform manufacturing site or Indianapolis hub. Not remote. Preferred locations are guidelines — the LA serves the entire platform (90% platform-level work).
NOTE:
This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the job requirements at the time it was prepared. The job requirements of any position may change over time and may include additional responsibilities not specifically described in the job description. For GMP purposes, the job description should be
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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is
$132,000 - $193,600
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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Salary : $132,000 - $193,600