Associate Director - Functions Learning Lead

Leadership & High-Performance Team Development

• Build and lead a high-performing global functions team by setting a clear standard of excellence, holding accountability to outcomes with directness and care, and addressing performance gaps and talent gaps.
• Bring high emotional intelligence to team leadership — reading individual motivators, team dynamics, and organizational pressure accurately to coach effectively, sustain cohesion through change, and create an environment where strong performers thrive.
• Translate strategic priorities into clear team direction and execution rhythm — removing blockers, maintaining momentum, and closing the gap between what leadership asks for and what the team delivers.
• Develop team members across craft, partner influence, and leadership capacity — coaching individuals to frame problems well, bring solutions, and operate with increasing independence and confidence.
• Operate as a skilled problem-solver and credible cross-functional partner — navigating sophisticated, matrixed relationships across platforms, sites, and senior leadership with substance, influence, and a clear line of sight to business outcomes.

Strategic Leadership & Governance

• Serve as the primary L&D Leader across site and central functions, ensuring alignment with global L&D strategies, policies, and procedures while meeting local operational needs.
• Partner with the global CoE, LA and LEPs to implement future-facing learning solutions that drive performance, compliance, and operational excellence.
• Ensure global governance frameworks are driven for site and central functions, in partnership with Platform Lead, maintaining inspection and audit readiness in real time.
• Act as a champion for a modern learning culture, shifting away from site-based traditional document-based training toward interactive, digital, and experiential global, network and platform-based learning solutions.

Learning Strategy & Execution

• Support the team by providing function-specific L&D initiatives that enable compliance, manufacturing excellence, and employee development.
• Drive learning effectiveness measurement using real-time data and analytics to ensure programs deliver measurable business impact.
• Persist cross-functionally with customers to embed a learning culture across functions and sites.
• Ensure audit and inspection readiness, proactively addressing training gaps and regulatory expectations.
• Advocate for technology-enabled learning, including AI, immersive simulations, digital academies and just-in-time learning solutions.

Learning Effectiveness & Performance Measurement

• Ensure implementation of the GMQLD strategy for measuring learning program effectiveness across functions — including evaluation frameworks, assessment design, and business impact methodologies.

Stakeholder Engagement & Cross-Functional Influence

• Operate as a strategic partner to Senior Director, CoE, CoE, LAs, Site LEPs, Quality, Operations, HR, and Tech@Lilly — influencing decisions and driving alignment across a sophisticated, matrixed global organization.
• Lead without authority across a global network, driving results through collaboration, influence, and a clear line of sight to business outcomes.