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Design Director roles qualify for H-1B1 Singapore visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree or higher in design, architecture, or a related field. Singapore nationals bypass the H-1B lottery entirely, with the 5,400-visa annual cap historically undersubscribed and consulate processing typically faster than USCIS adjudication.
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At Lilly, 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.
Position Summary
This M3 leader directs the technology strategy and delivery for Clinical Design and Operations, leading through subordinate managers and holding leadership responsibility for a portfolio of clinical technology capabilities. The role requires technical knowledge and cross-functional leadership, an understanding of how clinical design and operations interacts with other business areas to achieve functional objectives, and the judgment to make decisions with significant impact on the function. Consistent with Lilly's technology direction, this leader is technically fluent and deeply AI-aware—championing AI and agentic adoption, resolving complex technical challenges, and ensuring teams build modern, compliant, high-value solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the Clinical Design and Operations technology portfolio through subordinate managers, developing business-area plans and managing resources to meet financial and operational objectives.
- Set and drive the technical and AI strategy, championing AI, agentic workflows, and intelligent automation to raise capability and value.
- Evaluate and resolve complex business, operational, and technical challenges spanning multiple clinical capabilities.
- Make decisions, guided by functional strategy, that significantly impact the clinical design and operations function.
- Build collaborative relationships and influence internal and external partners across multiple business areas to align on technology direction.
- Ensure portfolio solutions meet GxP, security, and quality requirements from design through delivery.
- Maintain technical depth sufficient to guide architecture, engineering, and AI-adoption decisions and to challenge solution trade-offs.
- Build technical and AI capability across managers and engineers through knowledge-sharing and upskilling.
- Forecast and manage resources to meet operational and financial objectives across the portfolio.
- Represent clinical design and operations technology in governance forums, contributing to standards and investment decisions.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related field.
- Minimum 8+ years' experience in technology delivery or engineering leadership, including leadership through subordinate managers.
- Experience delivering within Agile/SAFe environments and product-led operating models.
- Strong stakeholder management, able to influence across multiple business areas and with external partners.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Technical knowledge and cross-functional leadership, with understanding of how clinical design and operations interacts with other business areas.
- Hands-on experience leveraging AI in day-to-day delivery and championing its adoption across teams.
- Proven ability to evaluate and resolve complex business, operational, and technical problems.
- Experience managing budgets and resources to meet financial and operational objectives.
- Experience in clinical development, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), or a regulated (GxP) environment within pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare.
- Advanced degree in a technical, scientific, or business discipline.
- Working knowledge of AI/ML and agentic capabilities and their applicability to clinical operations.
- Familiarity with enterprise/clinical architecture and platform strategy.
- Experience operating within a formal IT governance or product operating model.
- Relevant leadership, Agile/SAFe, cloud, or AI certifications.
Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.
Lilly 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 Lilly (BE@Lilly), Chinese Culture Network (CCN), EnAble, Evolve, Lilly Indian Network (LIN), Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), Pride (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN) and Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL).
Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $157,500 - $231,000.
Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities). Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.
INTRODUCTION
At Lilly, 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.
Position Summary
This M3 leader directs the technology strategy and delivery for Clinical Design and Operations, leading through subordinate managers and holding leadership responsibility for a portfolio of clinical technology capabilities. The role requires technical knowledge and cross-functional leadership, an understanding of how clinical design and operations interacts with other business areas to achieve functional objectives, and the judgment to make decisions with significant impact on the function. Consistent with Lilly's technology direction, this leader is technically fluent and deeply AI-aware—championing AI and agentic adoption, resolving complex technical challenges, and ensuring teams build modern, compliant, high-value solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the Clinical Design and Operations technology portfolio through subordinate managers, developing business-area plans and managing resources to meet financial and operational objectives.
- Set and drive the technical and AI strategy, championing AI, agentic workflows, and intelligent automation to raise capability and value.
- Evaluate and resolve complex business, operational, and technical challenges spanning multiple clinical capabilities.
- Make decisions, guided by functional strategy, that significantly impact the clinical design and operations function.
- Build collaborative relationships and influence internal and external partners across multiple business areas to align on technology direction.
- Ensure portfolio solutions meet GxP, security, and quality requirements from design through delivery.
- Maintain technical depth sufficient to guide architecture, engineering, and AI-adoption decisions and to challenge solution trade-offs.
- Build technical and AI capability across managers and engineers through knowledge-sharing and upskilling.
- Forecast and manage resources to meet operational and financial objectives across the portfolio.
- Represent clinical design and operations technology in governance forums, contributing to standards and investment decisions.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related field.
- Minimum 8+ years' experience in technology delivery or engineering leadership, including leadership through subordinate managers.
- Experience delivering within Agile/SAFe environments and product-led operating models.
- Strong stakeholder management, able to influence across multiple business areas and with external partners.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Technical knowledge and cross-functional leadership, with understanding of how clinical design and operations interacts with other business areas.
- Hands-on experience leveraging AI in day-to-day delivery and championing its adoption across teams.
- Proven ability to evaluate and resolve complex business, operational, and technical problems.
- Experience managing budgets and resources to meet financial and operational objectives.
- Experience in clinical development, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), or a regulated (GxP) environment within pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare.
- Advanced degree in a technical, scientific, or business discipline.
- Working knowledge of AI/ML and agentic capabilities and their applicability to clinical operations.
- Familiarity with enterprise/clinical architecture and platform strategy.
- Experience operating within a formal IT governance or product operating model.
- Relevant leadership, Agile/SAFe, cloud, or AI certifications.
Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.
Lilly 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 Lilly (BE@Lilly), Chinese Culture Network (CCN), EnAble, Evolve, Lilly Indian Network (LIN), Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), Pride (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN) and Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL).
Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $157,500 - $231,000.
Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities). Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Design Director Jobs
Translate your portfolio into U.S. specialty occupation language
USCIS requires evidence that Design Director roles demand a specific bachelor's degree, not just creative experience. Frame your portfolio around projects where your degree field directly drove strategic and technical decisions, not just aesthetic outcomes.
Verify your degree equivalency before applications go out
Singapore's three-year design degrees are sometimes questioned during H-1B1 visa adjudication. Get a credential evaluation from a NACES-member organization early so employers aren't surprised mid-process and you can address gaps in advance.
Target employers with existing LCA filing history for design roles
Use Migrate Mate to filter companies that have filed Labor Condition Applications for creative or design leadership positions, so you're pursuing employers who already understand H-1B1 Singapore visa sponsorship rather than educating them from scratch.
Distinguish H-1B1 requirements when briefing hiring managers
Many U.S. hiring teams assume all work visa sponsorship means H-1B lottery risk. Clarify upfront that H-1B1 Singapore has a dedicated cap, no lottery, and processes at the consulate, which removes the biggest barrier most employers fear.
Confirm your offer letter includes LCA prevailing wage compliance
Before signing, check that your offered compensation meets or exceeds the DOL prevailing wage for your specific SOC code and work location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to verify the Level II or III wage for design director roles in that city.
Align your O*NET occupation code with your actual responsibilities
Employers file LCAs using specific SOC codes, and a mismatch between your day-to-day duties and the O*NET profile for the listed code can trigger USCIS questions. Review the O*NET definition for your role before your employer submits.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Design Director role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B1 Singapore?
Yes, provided the position requires at minimum a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as graphic design, industrial design, architecture, or visual communications. Generalist roles where any degree suffices typically don't qualify. Your employer documents the degree requirement in the Labor Condition Application, so the job description must reflect that specificity, not just list design experience as preferred.
How does the H-1B1 Singapore visa differ from H-1B for Design Director candidates?
H-1B1 Singapore bypasses the H-1B lottery entirely and has a separate annual cap of 5,400 visas that has never been exhausted. Applications are filed at the U.S. consulate in Singapore rather than through USCIS, and the process generally moves faster. The trade-off is that H-1B1 doesn't carry dual intent, so maintaining clear nonimmigrant intent throughout your application matters.
How do I find U.S. employers willing to sponsor an H-1B1 Singapore visa for a creative leadership role?
Migrate Mate filters employers by verified DOL Labor Condition Application filing history, so you can identify companies that have already sponsored design or creative director roles rather than cold-approaching teams unfamiliar with the H-1B1 Singapore pathway. Focusing on employers with this history significantly reduces the time spent explaining the visa process to recruiters and hiring managers.
Can my Singapore design degree support an H-1B1 application if it's a three-year program?
A three-year Singapore design degree can qualify, but you should obtain a credential evaluation from a NACES-member organization confirming U.S. bachelor's degree equivalency before your employer files the LCA. Some USCIS officers scrutinize three-year degrees without this documentation. If there's still a gap, combining your degree with relevant work experience under the three-for-one equivalency rule can strengthen the case.
What happens to my H-1B1 status if my Design Director role changes significantly after I arrive?
Material changes to your job duties, work location, or employer require your company to file an amended LCA with DOL before the change takes effect. If you move to a substantially different role, your employer may need to start the H-1B1 visa process again for the new position. Document your original job description carefully so both you and your employer can assess whether a change is material.