Data & Platform Architect - Lilly Value & Access

Platform Strategy & Vendor Influence

• Define and lead the strategic data & architectural vision & direction for Lilly's contract management and rebate platform, ensuring alignment with LVA business objectives and enterprise technology standards.
• Serve as Lilly’s primary technical voice with IntegriChain, actively influencing the vendor’s product roadmap and pushing for capabilities that advance Lilly’s operational and AI/automation goals.
• Partner with LVA business collaborators, T@L product managers, and product owners to turn complex contract and payment challenges into clear technical requirements, platform enhancements, and long-term roadmap priorities.
• Lead architecture reviews, risk assessments, and governance forums for the platform, ensuring solutions are SOX-audit-compliant, scalable, resilient, and secure.

AI & Automation Leadership

• Partner with key business collaborators to identify and prioritize AI and automation opportunities across LVA processes, from contracts and formulary analysis to rebate reconciliation.
• Architect and be responsible for the implementation of AI-powered solutions and integrations with the ICyte platform, SAP, and other Lilly systems.
• Integrate Lilly agentic AI workflows with IntegriChain workflows that accelerate interpretation of complex contract and government pricing data, reducing manual effort and supporting Lilly's growing sales volume.
• Champion adoption of AI-driven features across adjacent LVA systems; influence vendor development investments toward intelligent automation priorities.

Architecture & Delivery

• Define and govern application, integration, data, security, and infrastructure architecture across the LVA platform ecosystem, including cloud-native integrations with upstream and downstream enterprise systems.
• Establish and enforce architectural standards, patterns, and best practices; drive continuous improvement through modernization, cloud optimization, and technical debt reduction.
• Provide architectural guidance throughout the product lifecycle; anticipate and resolve complex technical, operational, or business problems that impact LVA's contract management capability.
• Translate business needs and automation opportunities into a coherent technical roadmap that can be communicated clearly to engineering teams, data engineers, policy experts, and senior leadership.