Sr. Director – Strategy and Growth

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.

Lilly has launched more than 20 new molecular entities around the world since 2014. We continue to set our sights higher. External innovation will continue to be a key component of our strategy, allowing us to access breaking science that could drive growth in our existing disease areas – as well as create new areas of focus. In support of this, we are investing heavily in our capabilities to identify and assess future opportunities.

The Senior Director – Strategy and Growth will report to the VP of Strategy and Growth with accountability for 1) articulating our overarching external innovation strategy, 2) identifying and evaluating potentially transformative BD opportunities, 3) examining the external environment and industry dealmaking activity, and defining potential implications for Lilly.

Responsibilities

Articulating our overarching external innovation strategy

• Work across executive, commercial, scientific, finance, and BD leadership to define our overarching external innovation strategy and goals (including investing activity, shared innovation capabilities and facilities, transactions, and alliance management)
• Create materials that succinctly articulate this strategy, in concert with branding and engagement team
• Prepare updates on external innovation strategy and highlights for Lilly’s executive leadership and board of directors
• Identifying and evaluating potentially transformative business development opportunities
• Identify potentially transformational opportunities – including those than span multiple therapeutic areas or would create new areas of focus for Lilly
• Evaluate potential BD opportunities, leveraging scientific, commercial, and finance experts across Lilly and build thoughtful narratives for the most promising opportunities
• Partner closely with transactions and finance teams for opportunities with organizational interest in pursuing
• Examining the external environment and industry dealmaking activity, and defining potential implications for Lilly
• Conduct external landscaping (e.g., data on fundraising, deal-making, trial activity, patents, data disclosures)
• Synthesize key trends across external innovation
• Identify implications to Lilly’s BD strategy and approach
  
  
  

Skills / Preferences

Leadership

• Consistent demonstration of the Lilly leadership behaviors related to the Director level.
• Able to establish credibility and trust across Lilly scientific functions, commercial teams, finance leadership, and executive management
• Strong passion for pharmaceutical innovation
• Self-starter with bias to action
• Excellent self-management and organizational skills
• Strong collaboration skills with colleagues at all levels
  
  
  

Communication

• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to make the complex simple, and maturity to interact with all levels of broader organization
• A strong sense of pride in work and attention to detail
  
  
  

Business Acumen and Expertise

• Strong learning agility
• Deep knowledge of industry pipelines, commercial portfolios, trends, and transactions
• Multidisciplinary leadership (scientific, medical, commercial, and financial expertise)
  
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Graduate degree (MBA, PhD, MD) or equivalent on-the-job experience
• Minimum 4 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry including significant experience in drug discovery and development
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status).
  
  
  

Additional Skills And Preferences

• Previous business development experience
  
  
  

Additional Information

• Domestic travel is required (~15%)
  
  
  

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