Associate Vice President-Marketing-Masterbrand

Eli Lilly and Company • Indianapolis, IN

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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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 15+ years of dynamic marketing leadership experience, including global brand strategy and integrated campaign management.
• 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 and/or visas for this role.

Nice To Haves

• Consistent record of influencing executive leadership and driving enterprise-level initiatives.
• Experience leading large budgets and sophisticated collaborator environments.
• Expertise in mass marketing, multi-channel media, and consumer engagement strategies.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical skills, and ability to lead through ambiguity.
• Demonstrated success in building and leading diverse, high-performing teams.
• Pharma experience is a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Brand Leadership: Lead central marketing teams to deliver on Lilly’s Masterbrand strategy, ensuring consistency and impact across all markets and channels.
• Strategic Vision & Governance: lead marketing teams to deliver long-term brand architecture and governance frameworks to guide the executions of multiple Lilly Masterbrand campaign efforts.
• Innovation & Transformation: lead marketing efforts that are rooted in consumer human truths and creative excellence.
• Campaign Oversight: Lead development and execution of multi-channel, multi-concepts campaign at the Masterbrand level, ensuring cultural relevance and compliance.
• Agency & Partnership Management: Build strategic relationships with global agencies, media partners, and partnership teams to amplify Lilly’s brand presence.
• Data & Analytics Leadership: lead collaboration with advanced analytics teams and champion measurement frameworks to optimize performance and inform strategic decisions. Responsible for integrations across agencies and executive overview of campaigns results.
• Creative development: work across Lilly Teams and agency teams to develop multiple creative campaigns, from ideation to production, launch, measurement and in-market optimization.
• Risk & Compliance: Ensure all marketing activities adhere to regulatory, privacy, and corporate standards globally.
• Financial Stewardship: Oversee multi-million-dollar budgets, ensuring fiscal discipline and compliance
• Talent Development: Inspire and develop an elite marketing team, fostering creative excellence and love for the marketing craft.

Benefits

• 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).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees