Clinical Research Physician- Global Medical Affairs- Oncology

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.

Clinical Research Physician – Medical Affairs - Oncology

Purpose:

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 we also develop creative solutions to support communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

For more than 50 years, Lilly Oncology has been delivering life-changing medicines and support to people living with cancer and those who care for them. Our oncology global medical affairs team seeks to understand, generate, and share key data, science, and insights in order to deliver improved outcomes for cancer patients. The clinical research physician (CRP) in Lilly Oncology’s Global Medical Affairs organization will help accelerate the impact we can have on patient lives across the globe.

Through the application of scientific and medical training, clinical expertise, and relevant experience, the Global Medical Affairs CRP is an integral member our medical team supporting strategic planning, drug development, and commercialization activities with the goal of improving outcomes for those with cancer. This CRP role focuses on thoracic and other solid tumors.

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.

The primary responsibility of the Global Medical Affairs CRP is to provide expert medical and scientific support to all aspects of the business, to ultimately improve outcomes for those with cancer. This includes support for drugs in development, marketed products, and the disease state.

The CRP plays a leadership role in understanding the therapeutic environment and HCP needs, generating critical scientific evidence, and disseminating scientific data. The core job responsibilities may include those listed below as well as other duties as assigned.

Environmental Insights and Customer Engagement

• Understand and anticipate the scientific information needs of customers (oncologists, payers, patients, health care providers)
• Engage external customers through 1:1s, advisory boards, and congress-related activities
• Build and cultivate key oncology thought leader relationships
• Contribute to the development of medical strategies to support pre- and post-commercialization activities by working closely with the Global Medical Affairs, clinical development and brand teams
• Identify and deliver solutions to close oncology clinical care gaps
• Support internal field training of medical and commercial personnel
• Develop and maintain appropriate collaborations and relationships with relevant professional societies

• Stay on the cutting edge of emerging data/science sharing key trends and data that could inform strategy

Evidence Generation

• Identify evidence gaps and develop evidence generation proposals to address such
• Drive scientific disclosure strategy and plans
• Actively address customer questions in a timely fashion by leading data analyses and new clinical or health outcomes research efforts
• Collaborate with clinical development to inform drug development plans and clinical trials
• Participate in investigator identification and selection, in conjunction with clinical development teams
• Inform collaborative and investigator-initiated research (IIR) plan and publications, as requested

Scientific Data Dissemination/Exchange

• Understand and actively address the scientific information needs of external customers in accordance with global procedures
• Analyze, interpret, and translate scientific data in order to generate scientific disclosures
• Support medical education initiatives including