At our company, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work but it s work worth doing. If you re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.
Our company is currently constructing an advanced manufacturing facility for production of API molecules located in Houston, TX and Huntsville, AL. These facilities are one of the company's largest investments in manufacturing capacity and is intended to provide APIs for current and future products. This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the Houston or Alabama Plant team for the startup of a greenfield manufacturing site, and the successful candidate will help to build the organization, the facility and the culture to enable a successful startup into GMP manufacturing operations.
Job Position Overview:
The Global Manufacturing and Quality Learning & Development (GMQLD) team is dedicated to delivering learning solutions that empower the company's Manufacturing and Quality organizations to achieve our mission: making medicine with safety first and quality always. The Learning Architect (LA) is a platform-specific learning professional responsible for designing and maintaining training that serve an entire manufacturing platform. Located at platform sites or Indianapolis, the LA addresses 90% platform-level and 10% site-level content needs, designing within COE standards and governance frameworks.
Responsibilities:
The LA is accountable for platform-specific curriculum design, development, and maintenance within the GMQLD operating model. The LA partners with site SMEs, Platform Leads, and the COE to ensure training content is current, compliant, and aligned to manufacturing process needs.
Platform Curriculum Design & Development:
Design and develop platform-specific training content within COE governance frameworks and global standards.
Address 90% platform-level content and 10% site-specific needs, as assigned by the Platform Lead.
Partner with site Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) on curriculum development, ensuring content reflects current manufacturing processes.
Apply process-based curricula principles organize content by manufacturing process with task-level qualification.
Ensure curriculum aligns to the three-layer content model (Global / Platform / Site).
Content Governance & Quality:
Design content within COE standards, governance frameworks, and compliance requirements.
Feed content gaps and site needs up to Platform Lead and COE for resolution.
Pull global content from COE as foundation for platform-specific curriculum.
Support learning equivalency, exception and substitution decisions in alignment with the Quality system.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Partnership:
Partner with Platform Lead (M2/P4) on L&D strategy and business priorities across platform site
Interface with COE for standards, governance, and cross-platform alignment.
Collaborate with LEPs to understand site-specific execution needs and inform curriculum updates.
Represent the platform in cross-functional forums, audits, and governance reviews.
Continuous Improvement:
Support Time to Qualification optimization initiatives by identifying training burden, content redundancy, and qualification bottlenecks.
Contribute to OJT standardization across platform sites.
Use data to identify improvement opportunities in curriculum effectiveness and qualification outcomes.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree
5+ years' experience in a regulated environment.
Area or functional specific expertise in Learning & Development, instructional design, and Manufacturing/Quality operations.
Experience with curriculum design, learning management systems, and GMP training requirements.
Strong understanding of GxP and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), regulatory requirements, and compliance training.
Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Our company will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role, including but not limited to F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, J-1, H-1B, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, or L-1.
Additional Skills/ Preferences:
Deep knowledge of platform-specific manufacturing processes (e.g., PFS, Cartridge, DAP/EM, Chemical, Biologics).
Experience with process-based or competency-based curriculum architecture.
Ability to work across multiple sites and time zones.
Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams (Quality, Operations, Engineering).
Experience with digital learning tools, DOJT, or OJT standardization.
Familiarity with Workday, SuccessFactors, or equivalent HR/learning systems.
Additional Information:
Position: Houston or Alabama site based.
Travel Percentage (%): 10%
Language Requirements: English proficiency (written & verbal)
Our company 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 (AMECA), Black Employees at our company, Chinese Culture Network (CCN), EnAble, Evolve, the company's Indian Network (LIN), Organization of Latinx at our company (OLA), Pride (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN) and Women s Initiative for Leading at our company (WILL).