Job Description

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 35,000 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.

Eli Lilly and Company seeks a Senior Director – Clinical Development, Oncology to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of asset clinical development programs that meet the goals and objectives of the asset strategy and profiles. Act as a single point of accountability for cross-functional clinical development of assets and/or programs. Deliver high quality clinical plans that enable efficient execution, manage risk, and identify opportunities to accelerate clinical development. Ensure support of key clinical deliverables in support of submission, inspections, and publication. Mentor and develop, individuals within the Clinical Development organization and more broadly. Collaborate with asset teams to build bold asset profiles and partner across functions to craft viable clinical scenarios. Deliver complete clinical trial packages that enable. rapid transition into trial execution. Identify and support novel development approaches to accelerate asset development. Champion development of the asset strategy and translate to the clinical plan across Clinical Trial Management staff. Responsible for issue solution to help the team adjust to changes. Understand the competitive landscape for a target and/or asset to ensure external learnings are being considered in the design and external data is considered in the execution, if needed. Maintain risk plans during trial implementation in response to new data. Promote broad collaborations. Perform budget planning, monitoring, and control of the clinical plan/budget. Represent clinical execution/delivery function at core team meeting ensuring efficient and streamlined processes. Document and communicate effectively appropriate information as needed. Engage in continuous improvement across areas such as clinical development, complete trial packages, and process improvement. Engage in project prioritization and state of inspection readiness. May supervise up to ten clinical development team members. Telecommuting permitted; must reside within Indianapolis area to be able to go into the office as needed by the business. 10-20% travel required.

Position requires a Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or health-related field, and 8 years of work experience in the pharmaceutical industry or clinical research or related. Also must have work experience in: regulations and guidelines for the conduct of clinical trials in the US and globally; leading complex, cross-functional projects and/or clinical trials; oncology clinical research; engaging sites; development of strategy and executing it; and managing timelines and the risks of clinical trials.

Job location: Indianapolis, IN. To apply, please visit https://jobsearch.lilly.com/ and enter job requisition number R-50954 when prompted. Alternatively, please send your resume, cover letter, and a copy of the ad to: Beth L. Berry, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis IN 46285.

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