Sr. Director - Medical Development - T2D

Eli Lilly and Company•Us, IN

About The Position

At Lilly, the Sr. Director-Medical Development role involves providing leadership, supervision, coordination, coaching, career development, and performance management for staff within a specified therapeutic or product subgroup of Development in the Business Unit. This position is a developmental role for future administrative leaders, balancing administrative and technical responsibilities, and requires a transition to managerial/supervisory duties, achieving results through others, and supporting the management team in corporate goals. The Sr. Director-Medical provides strong leadership and influence, supporting clinical staff to ensure high-quality, timely submissions and successful commercialization. Responsibilities may include approval authority for grants, contracts, protocols, label changes, and other related documents. The role involves strategic planning and oversight of clinical research and medical support, interaction with external consultants, opinion leaders, and regulatory agencies, and ensuring alignment with Global Patient Safety, Program Phase Medical, and Clinical Pharmacology. This position is significant in submission, registration, and product launch, maintaining close contact with clinical research management, marketing, and corporate teams. The Sr. Director-Medical also retains ongoing responsibilities of a Clinical Research Physician for product support and clinical research, ensuring all medical team activities comply with local and international regulations, laws, guidance (e.g., FDA, ICH, CPMP), Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), company standards, policies, and the Principles of Medical Research.

Requirements

Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathy.
Must be board eligible or certified in appropriate specialty/subspecialty or have completed the comparable level of post-medical school clinical training relevant to the country of hiring.
US trained physicians must have achieved board eligibility or certification.
Non-US trained physicians must have completed education and training at a medical school that meets the requirements of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME).
Experiences in regulatory interactions or large phase 3 pivotal studies execution.
Experience in clinical research/drug development including the design and implementation of large global clinical trials.
Demonstrated evidence for the capacity to lead and manage groups of professionals.
Demonstrated administrative skills, including strong team work skills.
Demonstrated evidence of the ability to work within Lilly's governance structure.
Demonstrated experience with strong communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills.
Ability to travel away from office, both domestic and international to the degree appropriate to support the business of the team.
Fluent in English, verbal and written communication.

Nice To Haves

Specialty in endocrinology

Responsibilities

Develop and manage performance plans, provide coaching and mentorship, evaluate progress, maximize career potential, retain talent, present achievements for assessment and promotion, manage capacity and work allocation, reward performance, delegate clinical development plans, and ensure direct reports are qualified and trained.
Partner with cross-functional teams for clinical strategy and budget planning, ensure patient welfare, meet clinical research commitments, monitor progress of clinical research and other deliverables, and monitor operational expenses.
Maintain deep scientific and technical expertise in clinical research, submission, and commercialization support, provide technical expertise and protocol development oversight, stay updated on relevant data and literature, and actively participate in research, submission, registration, and commercialization support teams.
Ensure timely dissemination and critical analysis of clinical trial data through manuscripts, abstracts, posters, and slide sets, work with statistical and global scientific communications, support planning of symposia and advisory board meetings, and oversee team's attendance and support at scientific congresses.
Ensure clinical data meets regulatory standards, provide support for global registrations, labeling, label modifications, and regulatory issue resolution, and participate in advisory committees as assigned.
Serve as a member of the business unit development management team, participate in projects, committees, and task forces, contribute to area management process and policy development, ensure implementation of process improvement initiatives, uphold medical ethical standards, potentially participate in succession and business planning, and serve as backup for the Associate Vice President for document review and approval.
Act as an active and visible representative of the corporate function, partner effectively with other functions, serve as a role model for physicians, and represent the global brand team to external groups, committees, or agencies.
Participate with the Associate Vice President in determining human resource needs for the development area and overseeing the implementation of the staff recruiting plan, including successful recruiting of clinical research physicians or scientists.

Benefits

company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance)
company-sponsored 401(k)
pension
vacation benefits
medical benefits
dental benefits
vision benefits
prescription drug benefits
flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts)
life insurance
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)