Sr. Director - CTF Community Based Research - Eli Lilly and Company

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.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

Overview:

At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. We make a difference for people around the globe by discovering, developing and delivering medicines that help them live longer, healthier, more active lives. Not only do we deliver breakthrough medications, but you also can count on us to develop creative solutions to support communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

Purpose:

The Senior Director, Clinical Trial Foundations Community Based Research Integration, has an influential leadership role in ensuring the success of community-based research implementation through leadership with regulatory/policy, external engagement, metrics coordination, etc. This role will partner with capability leads, regulatory policy to ensure a strong understanding of the external environment across the globe, including identifying where barriers may exist and developing strategies to influence change. This role will play a key role in measuring success, participating in benchmarking activities and developing internal and external communications strategies related to overall progress. Additionally, this role will partner where necessary to help drive the continued uptake of capabilities into the design and execution of our studies.

Primary Responsibilities: This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the job requirements at the time it was prepared. The job requirements of any position may change over time and may include additional responsibilities not specifically described in the job description. Consult with your supervision regarding your actual job responsibilities and any related duties that may be required for the position.

• Strategically partner across the CDDA to lead shared learning in this space, based on both internal data and external landscape
  • Play a strategic role in coordinating a regulatory strategy for implementation of community-based capabilities in the US and for the expansion to OUS.
  • Lead the effort to measure applications of novel capabilities across the portfolio and development/enhancement of the current and new capabilities by developing and tracking appropriate metrics and dashboards.
  • Monitor and influence external environment landscape, through TransCelerate, CTTI etc.
  • This role may have also have some process ownership and or system ownership as appropriate.
  • This role will partner where necessary to help drive the continued uptake of capabilities into the design and execution of our studies.

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of experience in clinical drug development with experience in 3+ of the following areas:  Clinical Design, Clinical Capabilities, Clinical Development, Quality, Project Management.

Other Information/Additional Preferences:

• Demonstrated people development and leadership.
• Experience in, and/or leading diverse groups across the drug development value chain.
• Broad understanding of pharmaceutical drug development process, including deep knowledge of GxP regulations.
• Demonstrated ability to set and implement strategies and plans to improve complex drug development processes through process and technology optimization.
• Advanced degree (e.g., MSc, PhD, PharmD) in a scientific or health care field.
• Proven ability to develop and deliver both strategic and tactical plans.
• Knowledge of emerging decentralized capabilities for medical research.
• A deep understanding of quality systems and process management.
• Proven ability to influence cross functionally without direct authority.
• Ability to take and defend positions on difficult business issues.
• Proven ability to adjust quickly and effectively to changing business priorities and needs.

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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).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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