Senior Medical Director Immunology

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

$214,500 - $314,600

Organization Overview: 

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.

Responsibilities:

The Senior Medical Director is delegated various responsibilities by the Medical Development AVP or equivalent role to provide leadership, supervision, coordination, coaching, career development, and performance management for the staff within a specified therapeutic or product subgroup of Development in the Business Unit. The position is a developmental role for future administrative leaders and is intended to provide a balance of administrative and technical responsibilities. The position requires a partial transition from direct CRP contributor to managerial/supervisory responsibilities and activities of achieving results through others, and supporting the management team in fulfilling corporate goals and initiatives. The Senior Medical Director will provide strong leadership, ability to influence, both within and outside the team. The Senior Medical Director supports the clinical staff within his/her product or therapeutic group to ensure high quality, timely submissions, and successful commercialization. The Senior Medical Director may be delegated such responsibilities as approval authority for grants and contracts, protocols and protocol amendments, label changes, scientific e-disclosure, informed consent documents, travel authorizations, expense reports, and other documents related to the work of the group.

In addition to his/her focused administrative responsibilities, the Senior Medical Director participates in strategic

planning for and oversight of the clinical research and medical support activities of the Director's area of

responsibility. The Senior Medical Director will also interact with external consultants, opinion leaders, and worldwide regulatory agencies, and will provide oversight for responding to medical and regulatory questions and requests related to products. The Senior Medical Director helps to ensure that the team's activities are clearly

aligned with Global Patient Safety (GPS), and as appropriate, with Program Phase Medical and Clinical Pharmacology. The Senior Medical Director plays a significant role in submission, registration, and product launch. In this role, the Senior Medical Director maintains close contact with relevant local and global clinical research management, marketing management, and corporate teams. In the absence of the Medical Development AVP, the Senior Medical Director may carry out certain responsibilities of the Director. The Senior Medical Director maintains the ongoing responsibilities of a Clinical Research Physician for product support and clinical research in his/her area (see area job description for CRP for review of core job responsibilities), adjusted and balanced to the level and extent as appropriate to correspond to the needs of the area and role. The Senior Medical Director is aware of and ensures that all activities of the medical team are in compliance with current local and international regulations, laws, guidance (e.g. FDA, ICH, CPMP etc.), Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), company standards, Lilly policies and procedures, company integrity agreements as applicable, and the Principles of Medical Research and are aligned with the medical vision.

Specific responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

Scientific and Technical Expertise:

• Maintains his/her deep scientific, technical expertise and support, conducting activities in clinical research, submission, and commercialization support balanced with administrative activities as agreed upon by Medical Development AVP.