Associate Director/Director, External Collaborations-1

Eli Lilly and Company • Indianapolis, IN

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of the Associate Director/Director, External Collaborations is to lead pharmacovigilance (PV) strategy with alliance partnerships for Global Patient Safety (GPS). As a member of corporate due diligence or integration teams, this role evaluates business deals for safety operational risks and planning for PV system integration of acquisitions/divestitures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, healthcare, life sciences, and/or legal fields or equivalent experience is required.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in areas of Pharmacovigilance, Regulatory, Business Development and/or Clinical Development.
• Experience with contracts/agreements and negotiation with external parties
• Managing external relationships through effective alliance and vendor management and understand rules for maintaining confidentiality and materiality.
• Experience with cross-functional project management (scope, timeline delivery, risk management, prioritization, communication planning)

Nice To Haves

• Highly effective communication, inclusive of active listening both written and verbal.
• Ability to influence without direct authority over others
• High degree of learning agility and flexibility in a dynamic environment
• Ability to make risk-based decisions in timely manner
• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive Pharmacovigilance partnership strategy
• Define strategy for alliance partnerships as it relates to pharmacovigilance
• Perform Due Diligence assessment for operational aspects for pharmacovigilance
• Lead negotiations in alignment with strategies for acquisition, divestures, co-development/promotion, clinical collaboration, distribution and promotion, and other agreement types
• Transfer the agreed upon elements to operations team for inclusion in PVA
• Author and review PVA and associated documents, as required
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of GVP regulations and guidances, globally and processes within GPS
• Lead Implementation of Pharmacovigilance partnership strategy
• Lead implementation of partnership strategy with accountability for alliance performance measures
• Develop and lead areas for integration and transition through influence and effective project management
• Collaborate effectively externally and internally
• Review and advise on term sheet/contract development for business partnerships, in-licenses and divestitures.
• Develop and influence relationships with external parties, Lilly cross-functional teams, and EC team consistent with Team Lilly behaviors
• Serve as point of escalation and effectively communicate with alliance partners, key stakeholders, and Lilly cross-functional teams
• Train GPS representatives on due diligence themes
• Participate and support audits and inspections (internal, external party, or regulator audits and inspections)

Benefits

• company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance)
• company-sponsored 401(k)
• pension
• vacation benefits
• 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
• well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior