Lead Engineer - ELN Transformation

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!

This role sits within Elanco's Lab Informatics Product Team, part of the Global R&D Product Tower, supporting the rollout of a new electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) platform for Small Molecule R&D.

As Technical Lead, you will act as the subject matter expert for the ELN platform, driving its configuration and integration across Elanco's wider R&D technology ecosystem.

This is a high-impact opportunity to shape a major digital transformation programme within a global animal health research organisation.

Your Responsibilities:


* Act as the Technical Subject Matter Expert for the new ELN SaaS platform, driving its configuration and owning build-and-run responsibility across the product lifecycle.


* Architect and develop API integrations (REST, GraphQL, JSON) connecting the ELN platform with upstream and downstream systems across R&D, Manufacturing and Regulatory, ensuring GxP and GDPR governance is respected across all data flows.


* Partner with the Product Manager and Principal Engineer to shape and size the product backlog, define engineering approaches, and ensure the platform adopts Elanco's engineering standards.


* Coach and upskill engineers on the product to build a highly competent engineering unit, sharing best practice across the wider Engineering community.


* Manage stakeholder relationships and documentation across business, technology and regulatory functions, embedding security, privacy and quality assurance throughout the solution.

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):


* Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Microbiology or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.


* 5+ years' experience with modern application architecture methodologies (Service-Oriented Architecture, API-Centric Design, Twelve-Factor App) and Cloud Native design patterns, ideally on Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud.


* 5+ years' experience designing and delivering digital solutions using product-mindset delivery methodologies within a DevSecOps culture, including Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) and Test-Drive...