Summary

Elanco Animal Health Incorporated is a global leader in the animal health pharmaceutical industry, dedicated to improving the health and well-being of both pets and farm animals worldwide. Founded in 1954 as a division of Eli Lilly and Company, Elanco became an independent public company in 2018 and has since grown to become the world's second-largest independent animal health company. With approximately 9,000 employees globally, the company operates with a clear purpose: 'making life better for animals, makes life better.' Elanco develops innovative medicines, vaccines, and health solutions that empower veterinarians, farmers, and pet owners to advance animal care. The company maintains a balanced portfolio between pet health and farm animal products, offering over 200 brands that address critical health challenges ranging from companion animal diseases to livestock productivity. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Elanco is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: ELAN) and continues to drive innovation in animal health through strategic acquisitions and dedicated research and development efforts.

Job description

Your day-to-day will include:

Leverage Elanco's Enterprise Data and PaaS/SaaS Platforms to deliver mission-critical product safety solutions.
Directly accountable for re-imagining the digital backbone of global Pharmacovigilance (PV) systems, transitioning legacy platforms into a modern, automated, and AI-driven ecosystem.
Provide technical leadership in the design and execution of systems engineering solutions, driving standards across the R&D landscape to ensure a balance of modern innovation and pragmatic stability.
Partner with enterprise architects to shape the technical roadmap for next-generation safety platforms, ensuring scalability, compliance, and seamless integration with the broader enterprise landscape (e.g., SAP ERP, Veeva RIM, Ennov).
Act as a lead mentor and coach, fostering a culture of engineering excellence and decentralized command within product squads.
Drive a continual modernization plan to bring legacy systems and data products in line with new enterprise standards.
Partner with core engineering and security groups to ensure application integrity and safety.
Use modern product approaches, such as rapid prototyping and continuous discovery, to influence and shape the business through partnership with Product Management, ensuring reliable and consistent delivery of solutions that end-users love.

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:

Education requirement – Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, a related field, or a foreign equivalent
Relevant experience requirement – 5 years of progressively responsible post-baccalaureate experience in job offered or any related engineering/data science roles. Applicants must possess at least 5 years of experience in the following: (1) PaaS/SaaS including R&D SaaS platforms (Veeva RIM, PV, Aegis, and Ennov) and their application in life science drug research and product safety; (2) ensuring systems are 'audit-ready' through necessary controls in a regulated pharmaceutical GxP environment; (3) Public Cloud platforms (Microsoft Azure, GCP) and associated automation/integration services (Logic Apps, Databricks); (4) Engineering and delivering enterprise scale data solutions, with examples in the cloud (Azure based, GCP based, Oracle); (5) Software development practices including Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Test-Driven Development (TDD), and DevSecOps tooling; (6) Programming & Scripting including Python (OOP, Classes/Methods, custom packages) and Javascript; and (7) Data architecture and engineering methodologies (Domain driven data architecture, Scalable data pipelines, API-Centric Design, SQL/NoSQL, FAIR data principles).
10% domestic travel required for support site-based product discovery and implementation.
Must live within a commutable distance to the assigned Elanco Office location to meet 30 days per quarter work from office requirement.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, a related field, or a foreign equivalent
5 years of progressively responsible post-baccalaureate experience in engineering/data science roles
5 years of experience with PaaS/SaaS including R&D SaaS platforms (Veeva RIM, PV, Aegis, Ennov) in life science drug research and product safety
5 years of experience ensuring systems are audit-ready through controls in a regulated pharmaceutical GxP environment
5 years of experience with Public Cloud platforms (Microsoft Azure, GCP) and automation/integration services (Logic Apps, Databricks)
5 years of experience engineering and delivering enterprise scale data solutions in the cloud (Azure, GCP, Oracle)
5 years of experience with CI/CD, TDD, and DevSecOps tooling
5 years of programming and scripting experience with Python (OOP, Classes/Methods, custom packages) and Javascript
5 years of experience with data architecture and engineering methodologies (Domain driven data architecture, Scalable data pipelines, API-Centric Design, SQL/NoSQL, FAIR data principles)
Must live within commutable distance to assigned Elanco Office location
10% domestic travel required

Company overview

Elanco Animal Health Incorporated is a global leader in the animal health pharmaceutical industry, dedicated to improving the health and well-being of both pets and farm animals worldwide. Founded in 1954 as a division of Eli Lilly and Company, Elanco became an independent public company in 2018 and has since grown to become the world's second-largest independent animal health company. With approximately 9,000 employees globally, the company operates with a clear purpose: 'making life better for animals, makes life better.' Elanco develops innovative medicines, vaccines, and health solutions that empower veterinarians, farmers, and pet owners to advance animal care. The company maintains a balanced portfolio between pet health and farm animal products, offering over 200 brands that address critical health challenges ranging from companion animal diseases to livestock productivity. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Elanco is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: ELAN) and continues to drive innovation in animal health through strategic acquisitions and dedicated research and development efforts.