Process Automation and SaaS Architect

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your Role:

As the Process Automation and SaaS Architect at Elanco, you will be the strategic thought leader responsible for designing and governing our enterprise-wide automation ecosystem.

In addition, you will provide technical oversight regarding solutions that leverage Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), providing holistic architecture positioning, principles and standards covering scale, reliability, security and interoperability.

You will join a forward-thinking engineering team and be empowered to define the vision, tools, and standards that enable us to automate complex business processes at scale.

This role is perfect for a seasoned architect who is passionate about building robust, scalable, and efficient automation solutions that drive significant business value, with experience governing SaaS solutions.

This includes four strategic priorities:


* Pipeline Acceleration: Optimize the search and approval of high impact medicines with a focus on speed, cost and precision.


* Manufacturing Excellence: Improve the efficiency, quality and consistency of core manufacturing processes, specifically execution and equipment effectiveness.


* Sales Effectiveness: Simplify the process to find, trust and consume relevant customer insights that drive sales growth and improved engagement.


* Productivity: Expand operating margin through efficiency by systematically reducing our operating expenses across the company, improving profitability.

Your Responsibilities:


* Automation and SaaS Strategy and Roadmap: Develop and own the enterprise-wide strategy and technical roadmap for process automation and the usage of SaaS, aligning with both engineering principles and business objectives.


* Architectural Design: Design a cohesive, scalable, and secure architecture for our automation and SaaS platforms, encompassing Agentic AI, workflow orchestration, and integration technologies.


* Technology Governance: Evaluate, select, and govern the suite of automation tools and platforms.

Establish and enforce best practices, design patterns, and development standards for the engineering team.


* Solu...