Associate Director - CFIB Deal Enablement & Operations

Eli Lilly and Company • Us, IN

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About The Position

The Associate Director – Deal Enablement & AI Transformation accelerates and drives transformation across Lilly’s Corporate Finance & Investment Banking (CFIB) team, which partners with business development on the financial evaluation and execution of transactions. The role builds and scales the deal-agnostic processes, standards, tools, and ways of working that support end-to-end dealmaking as Lilly expands its business development capacity. It leads strategy, innovation, and transformation projects; drives continuous improvement; and provides cross-cutting analyses for senior leadership.

This is an Indianapolis-based, high-performing individual-contributor role with significant independence and an owner mindset. The position stays close to live transactions and provides hands-on execution support as needed. It calls for project management discipline, financial valuation acumen, hands-on AI and data fluency, and strong business partnering skills to influence stakeholders across CFIB, finance functions, and the broader business development ecosystem.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and at least 6 years of experience in investment banking, corporate or business development, private equity or venture capital, transaction advisory, or a comparable deal-execution role; alternatively, an advanced degree such as an MBA, JD, or master's in finance and at least 4 years of relevant experience.
• Strong financial modeling and valuation skills, such as DCF and risk-adjusted NPV, and working knowledge of deal structures such as upfront payments, milestones, royalties, and equity.
• Ability to work independently in a new or ambiguous environment.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing and presenting materials for senior leadership, Board, and executive committee audiences.
• Cross-functional project leadership experience, including transformation and change management.
• Strong learning agility and commitment to continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.

Nice To Haves

• Investment banking experience, ideally in healthcare or life sciences coverage or M&A.
• Demonstrated track record of building and deploying AI or automation tools that are in active use, such as LLM-based workflows, agentic tools, prompt engineering, Python, or Power Platform, with good judgment about where AI does and does not belong in a deal process.
• Advanced degree, such as an MBA.
• Experience in life sciences or biopharma business development or corporate development.
• Familiarity with enterprise financial data and systems and with deal or pipeline management tools, such as CRM and deal-tracking platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define, implement, and continuously refine CFIB processes, standards, templates, playbooks, and ways of working, taking ownership of workstreams end to end.
• Build relationships across CFIB, finance functions, Corporate Business Development, the broader business development ecosystem, and external advisors to surface opportunities, align priorities, and provide ad hoc deal execution support.
• Lead strategy, innovation, and transformation projects across CFIB from scoping through implementation, including initiatives with executive visibility.
• Track emerging technology trends and best practices and incorporate them into CFIB through automation and AI-enabled deal workflows.
• Design, prototype, and deploy AI and automation solutions to accelerate the deal process, using enterprise tools such as Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Cortex, and Power Platform in partnership with Tech@Lilly.
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled tools across CFIB and track the value delivered.
• Facilitate post-deal learning forums, translate insights into updated playbooks and action, and simplify how CFIB supports deals.
• Produce deal-agnostic analyses for senior leadership, including enterprise strategic planning and Board-level materials.
• Design deal reporting, KPIs, and scorecards that provide leadership with a clear, consistent view of CFIB activity and outcomes.
• Provide hands-on support for live transactions, including valuation, structuring analysis, and materials, as capacity requires.
• Serve as backup for key deal operations, processes, and controls.

Benefits

• Company bonus, depending in part on company and individual performance.
• Eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k).
• Pension.
• Vacation benefits.
• Eligibility for medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefits.
• Flexible benefits, including 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, including an employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities.

What This Job Offers

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