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: Associate Director - IT
Elanco is seeking a dynamic and technically strong Associate Director to lead our Infrastructure Operations team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing a talented team that oversees our hybrid cloud environment, spanning on-premises VMware and public cloud platforms like Azure and GCP. The ideal candidate is a self-driven leader with a passion for automation, a solid understanding of DevOps culture, and the ability to provide expert technical oversight for day-to-day operations.
Your Responsibilities:
- Team Leadership & Management: Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of infrastructure engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative culture.
- Operational Excellence: Oversee the day-to-day operations of our global hybrid infrastructure, ensuring the reliability, availability, and performance of our systems.
- Technical Oversight: Provide hands-on technical guidance, acting as a senior escalation point for complex issues and architectural decisions across VMware, Azure, and GCP environments.
- Automation & Efficiency: Drive the strategy and execution of automation initiatives to streamline processes, reduce manual intervention, and improve operational efficiency.
- DevOps Collaboration: Work with team on Sprint planning and execution
- Strategic Planning: Contribute to the infrastructure roadmap, influencing technology selection and modernization efforts to meet future business needs.
- Vendor & Stakeholder Management: Manage relationships with key technology vendors and communicate effectively with business stakeholders on performance, projects, and incidents.
What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):
- 10+ years of experience in Infrastructure operations.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Good to have Professional certifications in cloud platforms (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud Architect).
- Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with IT Service Management (ITSM) frameworks like ITIL.
- Experience with facilitation and co-ordination of projects
What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):
- Proven experience in a technical leadership role managing infrastructure operations teams.
- Extensive, hands-on experience with hybrid cloud technologies, including deep technical knowledge of one of these technologies Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or VMware.
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience with automation tools and scripting languages (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, Python).
- A solid understanding of DevOps principles and how to apply them in an enterprise infrastructure context.
- Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to lead technical troubleshooting efforts.
- A self-driven and proactive approach, with a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Additional Information:
Travel: 0%
Location: India, Bangalore
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrecognized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!
Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status
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Skills Required
- Proven experience in a technical leadership role managing infrastructure operations teams
- Extensive hands-on experience with hybrid cloud technologies, including deep technical knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or VMware
- Knowledge and experience with automation tools and scripting languages such as Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, or Python
- Solid understanding of DevOps principles in an enterprise infrastructure context
- Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills, including leadership of technical troubleshooting efforts
- Self-driven and proactive approach with commitment to continuous learning and improvement
- Excellent communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences
- 10+ years of experience in infrastructure operations
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field
- Professional cloud platform certifications, such as Azure Solutions Architect or Google Professional Cloud Architect
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Familiarity with ITIL or other IT service management frameworks
- Experience facilitating and coordinating projects
Elanco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Elanco and has not been reviewed or approved by Elanco.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off options are broad, including PTO, flexible leave, and the ability to purchase additional vacation. These provisions are highlighted as supportive of work-life balance.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, and vision alongside company-paid life, disability, and wellness support. Pet insurance and assistance programs reinforce a comprehensive wellbeing offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a U.S. 401(k) and, for some employees, access to a defined benefit pension. These programs add meaningful long-term value to total rewards.
Elanco Insights
What We Do
At Elanco, we work to improve the health of animals through innovative products and services for pets and farm animals around the world. As a global animal health company, we provide solutions that empower our customers to advance a vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life. Since 1954, Elanco has committed to empowering veterinarians, farmers, and all those who care for animals with the tools they need to help animals live healthy lives. Healthier animals are the key to making our lives better - This is the fundamental belief uniting all global Elanco employees. That’s why we are committed to the idea that our business can be a unique force for good for all in society. Through our Elanco Healthy Purpose™ framework of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments, we focus on delivering sustainable solutions to advance the well-being of animals, people and the planet. This program also enables our employees around the world to take paid time off to make an impact as a volunteer, offering their time or talent to give back to our customers, causes and communities. #ElancoHealthyPurpose #WeAreElanco
