Associate/Sr. Associate/Manager - Lilly Ventures Tech Investing

Lilly • Indianapolis, IN

1d • $63,000 - $149,600

About The Position

Lilly Catalyze360 is a comprehensive approach to enabling the early-stage biotech ecosystem by democratizing access to infrastructure, expertise, and resources. Through its interconnected pillars—Lilly Ventures, Lilly Gateway Labs, Lilly ExploR&D, and Lilly TuneLab—Catalyze360 strategically removes barriers that traditionally block bold science from becoming life-changing medicines, providing biotechs with flexible combinations of capital, physical lab space, R&D capabilities, AI/ML tools, and decades of enterprise learning.
Lilly Ventures (LV) is a pan-therapeutic, global innovation organization embedded within Eli Lilly & Company. Our mission is to identify and integrate breakthrough science and technology - including the rapidly maturing spaces of AI/ML, computational biology, and platform technologies that drive medicine advancement, functional performance, and commercial innovation - into Lilly Research Labs (LRL) to accelerate drug discovery and development and Lilly more broadly. We operate at the intersection of venture capital, biotech and health tech innovation, and R&D transformation.
The LV Tech group seeks an Associate to support and execute the group’s strategy – direct equity investments, fund-of-funds investments, and value pull-through – by assisting in data analytics, opportunity triage and analysis, reporting requirements, and process optimization. The Associate is expected to be a creative problem solver with exceptional organizational skills who supports achievement of the group’s goals while seeking ways to optimize the process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 3+ years of relevant industry experience, which include experience in data analytics, project management, operations, consulting or investing in life sciences or life sciences tools and software.
• Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly 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.

Nice To Haves

• Analytical thinking skills
• Broad learning agility
• Knowledge of drug development (direct, consulting, investing)
• Excellent communication skills to senior leadership
• Experience working on projects involving data management & analysis, project management, process improvement
• Collaborative mindset
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Proven planning and organizational skills
• Need to be comfortable being available outside normal working hours to respond to urgent questions

Responsibilities

• Executes scheduled and ad-hoc data analysis related to LV Tech’s portfolio and areas of interest; uses internal and external databases to produce executive-ready reports; quickly collects relevant data to answer executive or external questions in a timely manner; assists in analysis of potential investments, including P&L modeling and cap table construction.
• Conducts research and analysis on areas of potential interest; analyzes industry trends and competitor activities; works across the team to gather quantitative and qualitative inputs.
• Leads quarterly reporting efforts for the Tech portfolio; manages fund financial performance, as well as portfolio company financial performance.
• Owns internal record keeping; ensures appropriate documentation storage; supports business operations for deal discussions; manages conference preparation and coordination.

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: Mid Level