Sr. Director - Global Diagnostics Environment

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.

Organization 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

Role Overview: The Sr. Director - Global Diagnostics Environment will leverage their deep diagnostic industry understanding to create clear strategic plans for working effectively with pathology and laboratory medicine groups (e.g., societies, consortia, coalitions, etc.) across the globe. In addition, this leader will maintain up-to-date knowledge of the rapidly evolving global diagnostic ecosystem to support key markets in initiative creation and prioritization.

Responsibilities:

• Function as the global expert leader on diagnostic consortia, coalitions, and industry groups across the company

• Create and own the strategic approach for working with consortia, coalitions, and industry groups to advance Lilly’s patient identification goals.  

• Lead the engagement of key global diagnostic groups and their leadership to solicit input into and collaboration for Lilly’s diagnostic priorities. 

• Deliver strategic plan for prioritized collaboration across groups, geographies, and BUs to advance Lilly’s goals.

• Own cross business unit needs assessment and strategy for global pathology and lab conferences to maximize Lilly enterprise investments in presence and education at key meetings.

• Engage internal colleagues to ensure clarity, awareness, and coordination with important external diagnostic groups.

• Survey and monitor diagnostic-related industry activity across priority markets to inform Lilly’s external engagements. 

• Present and/or organize Lilly presenters for key global conferences to drive Lilly’s leadership among stakeholders in lab medicine.

• Consolidate important insights from global diagnostic environment for benefit of internal partners and to inform innovation and launch readiness tactical planning.

• Collaborate with Scientific Affairs teams for global diagnostic (e.g., Pathology) global thought leader planning and engagement, synchronized cross-functionally and geographically.

• Actively collaborate with Corporate and Government Affairs teams across Lilly to refine and support Lilly’s external messaging and interactions.

• Responsible for ensuring Dx Environment solutions are integrated into Innovation and Launch Readiness planning across company.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• Minimum of 4 years relevant experience working with external partners in Corporate Affairs, External Affairs, and/or Society leadership role or equivalent experience.

• Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization and/or visas for this role.

Preferred:

• 6+ years relevant diagnostic environment experience

• Advanced degree (e.g. Ph.D. or MS/MBA)

• Deep understanding of, and strong network within, diagnostic ecosystem

Additional Skills and Preferences:

• Outcomes Focus: Demonstrated both a bias for action and focus on results. 

• Problem Solving: Demonstrated ability to appropriately diagnose business problems and create and implement appropriate solutions. 

• Measurement Orientation: Demonstrated ability and propensity to use data, measurement and analytics to diagnose problems and to evaluate the actual effect of changes implemented. 

• Deep curiosity and drive to solve complex problems and create impactful solutions.

• Teamwork orientation, interpersonal astuteness, and able to work within a matrix.

• Ability to collaborate and influence across teams and to operate within a global environment.

Additional Information: Travel 25%

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