Associate Director- External Innovation S&E Cardiovascular & Women’s Health

Eli Lilly and Company • Indianapolis, IN

64d • $132,000 - $193,600

About The Position

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world. Organization Overview At Lilly, we have a history of addressing the needs of individuals living with As Associate Director, External Innovation Cardiovascular & Women’s Health, this role will help develop and implement Eli Lilly’s External Innovation (EI) and Search & Evaluation strategy and priorities to secure pipeline impact across Cardiovascular and Women’s Health. The Search and Evaluation scope will include Cardiovascular and Women’s Health Disease. Working closely with partners in the Cardiometabolic Health TA (DOCTA), this role will support all relevant processes related to the identification and evaluation of new opportunities, preparation of in-depth documents clearly delineating the opportunity from a scientific and business perspective and partner interactions as projects progress from initial sanctioning through deal closure.

Requirements

• PhD in Life Sciences related field, with track record in pre-clinical research, deep understanding of R&D processes and new modalities in the cardiometabolic and/or women’s health area.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry
• Strong scientific pedigree as evidenced by publications and presentations.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in external research collaborations and S&E

Nice To Haves

• Proven ability to work independently as well as in highly integrated cross functional teams.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to represent Lilly in a highly professional manner.
• Track record of attending scientific conferences in the cardiometabolic /WHS area and attending partnering conferences
• Demonstrated track record in managing complex collaborations

Responsibilities

• Identify and map new innovative opportunities with bold understanding of disease biology.
• Rigorously assess programs from biotech, small and large pharma companies for potential in-licensing/partnering opportunities that have been assigned for review by leadership or identified proactively.
• Manage all stages of partner interactions and evaluations, including initial contact, securing internal interest, meeting execution, coordinating internal debriefs, support DOCTA Search & Evaluation leadership as needed.
• Ensure prompt evaluation by functional experts (Biology, Chemistry, CMC, ADME, TOX, PK, legal etc.) for opportunity evaluation and pre-diligence and provide partners with essential feedback/guidance.
• Identify gaps and key issues and appropriate expertise to enable solutions
• Collaborate with internal scientific teams to identify, design, and implement the scientific experiments necessary to validate external opportunities.
• Support consolidation of scientific feedback leading to internal recommendations and provision of partner responses.
• Maintain awareness of external competitive landscapes for key target areas and assets by actively monitoring all relevant external preclinical- and clinical-stage assets within therapeutic areas
• Engage in partnering and scientific conferences as directed by DOCTA Search & Evaluation leadership to scout for new assets and technologies in line with R&D priorities.
• Provide regular updates at the EI deals review sessions.

Benefits

• Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance).
• 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).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees