Associate Vice President – Integrated Risk Analytics and Technology Strategy

Location: Indianapolis
Posted on: June 23, 2025

Job Description:

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. What We’re Looking For: We are seeking an experienced, proven analytics and technology strategy leader who will report directly to the Associate Vice President, Assistant General Counsel – Integrated Risk Management. This position will lead the development of the analytics and technology strategy for our new Integrated Risk Management (IRM) program and have a central role in unifying Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) data across the enterprise, delivering meaningful insights that inform decisions and approaches across IRM and related risk and assurance functions. The IRM program has been created to oversee our organization's readiness and resilience against known and emerging risks. The IRM team is an essential component in enhancing processes for overseeing our organization's readiness and resilience to risks, coordinating with other risk functions and business leads to ensure proper business continuity, crisis readiness, and risk mitigations. IRM will be anchored in to-be-developed GRC technology platforms that will provide front end controls and leadership visibility into key risk indicators. The Associate Vice President – Analytics and Technology Strategy will be responsible for defining the technical roadmap, managing data analytics programs, and partnering with senior leadership stakeholders across the organization. As the program matures, responsibilities will expand to building enterprise predictive analytics capabilities, enabling shared technology platforms for multiple risk functions, and designing and presenting executive-facing dashboards and related IRM reporting that surface key risk trends and performance indicators. Key Responsibilities : Data Engineering and Analytics : Leads global strategy and execution for IRM data and technology, including: Collection and integration of data from multiple sources and functions throughout the enterprise Development and execution of data analysis Leads the development of predictive models and risk assessment tools, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) as appropriate, to enhance risk forecasting and decision-making processes for IRM as well as other enterprise assurance functions. Ensures data accuracy, consistency, and integrity across all risk management technologies and activities. Provides data-driven recommendations to improve risk management practices. Develops, analyzes, and translates Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and Key Risk Indicators (KRI) in a digestible and actionable manner. Technology Strategy: Owns the implementation and optimization of GRC technology platforms for integrated risk analyses, insights, and reporting. Leads the strategy for broader ecosystem of IRM-related technology systems, working closely with data owners and functional senior leadership (M5) across the entire enterprise, to optimize approach and execution of risk functions’ tasks. Collaborates with global assurance group leadership as well as technical teams, using expertise to influence and bring cohesion between functional system strategy and enterprise-level IRM technology strategy. Drives continuous improvement and excellence across enterprise assurance functions’ planning and operations through coordinated use of IRM program’s advanced analytics and AI insights. Ensures seamless integration of data from various internal and external sources into the IRM ecosystem, overseeing the entire Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) pipeline and semantic model creation. Designs and maintains reporting frameworks within the GRC platform to provide consistent real-time risk insights. Actively monitors and evaluates GRC platform performance compared to latest innovative solutions and external risk management benchmarking, identifying and leading improvements to enhance capabilities. Acts as technical liaison for business stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical reporting specifications. Data Visualizations and Reporting: Generates and presents reports and dashboards for senior leadership to effectively communicate risk data, trends, and insights. Utilizes advanced data analytics tools and techniques to present complex risk data in a clear and concise manner to influence and optimize leadership’s attention to risk management strategies and tracking. Collaborates with global cross-functional leaders to identify and prioritize data analysis needs for risk management. Supports leadership stakeholders in the use and interpretation of data visualizations, reports, and dashboards, developing their capabilities to visualize and optimally respond to risk insights, including KPIs and KRIs. Continually assesses and improves data visualization practices to align with best practices and stakeholder needs. Continuous Innovation : Champions a forward-thinking mindset with a passion for driving innovation and continuous improvement in the GRC platform and accompanying data analytics, visualizations, and reporting. Embraces change through technological innovation and adoption. Participates and leads in external industry networks and conferences to ensure visibility to evolving landscape and identify opportunities for technological improvements. Frequently evaluates external technology developments for opportunities to further enhance our risk detection tools. Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Business Analytics, Statistics, Data Science, or related field. Advanced degree preferred (e.g., MSIS, MSCS, MSDS, MBA). 7 years of relevant professional experience leading data analytics, technology strategy, and reporting. Experience in Compliance, Strategy, Audit, Law, or other enterprise risk function preferred. Experience with forecasting, predictive models, and dashboards. Will consider remote candidates willing to travel to Indianapolis (or other locations) as needed. Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization and/or visas for this role. Additional Skills/Preferences: Leadership: Ability to influence and drive change across the enterprise through strategic vision for technology opportunities and insights derived from advanced analytics, coupled with technical expertise. Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience presenting to executive leadership as well as precise, thoughtful documentation skills, particularly with respect to complex risk statements and deliverables. Collaboration : Strong interpersonal skills to work with and lead data owners, cross-functional senior leadership, and other business partners to identify unmet data integration opportunities throughout the enterprise, as well as analytics or process improvement needs. Synthesis: Proficiency in proactively identifying leadership’s business needs, leading strategies to generate relevant data and analytics insights, and translating data into clear and effective visualization tools and reports for end users. Agility: Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, including demonstrated skills standing up new programs or initiatives. Problem Solving : Adept in identifying, navigating, and creatively resolving issues related to GRC technology integration, analysis, and reporting. GRC Reporting Expertise : Proficiency in developing, implementing, and managing GRC reporting. GRC Technology Experience: Experience working with large-scale enterprise GRC technology reporting mechanisms with the ability to develop and maintain complex reporting frameworks. Proficiency with ServiceNow preferred. Risk Analytics: Outstanding risk-based analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex information and generate insights. Data Analysis : Strong skills in statistical analysis and data modeling with large and complex datasets to generate risk insights, including experience utilizing AI tools to further analyses as well as mastery at integrating various data sources. Data Visualization: Proficiency with data visualization tools (e.g. PowerBI, Tableau, Qlik), including AI-enabled applications. Reporting : Exemplary capacity to translate complex data sets into visually compelling and easy-to-understand reports with an eye toward leadership-level end users. Global Perspective : Experience working in a global environment and managing enterprise-wide projects with demonstrated success. Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form ( https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation ) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response. Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups. Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $222,000 - $325,600 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. WeAreLilly

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