Sr. Manager - Central Clinical Services & Innovation (12 Month - Fixed Duration Contract)

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.

Eli Lilly Cork is made up of a talented diverse team of over 2000 employees across 60 nationalities who deliver innovative solutions that add value across a variety of Business Service functions including Finance, Information Technology, Medical, Clinical Trials and more. Eli Lilly Cork offers a premium workspace across our campus in Little Island, complete with flexible hybrid working options, healthcare, pension and life assurance benefits, subsidised canteen, onsite gym, travel subsidies and on-site parking. Inhouse People Development services, Educational Assistance, and our ‘Live Your BEST Life’

wellbeing initiatives are just some of the holistic benefits that enhance the career experience for our colleagues.

Eli Lilly Cork is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). We cater for all dimensions ensuring inclusion of all ethnicities, nationalities, cultural backgrounds, generations, sexuality, visible and invisible disabilities and gender, with four pillars: EnAble, embRACE, LGBTQ+ & Ally and GIN-Gender Inclusion Network. EnAble, our pillar for people with disabilities and those that care for them, partners with the Access Lilly initiative to make our physical and digital environment accessible and inclusive for all. Together they are committed to promoting awareness to create a disability confident culture both at Eli Lilly Cork and beyond.

Come join our team - Be Creative, Be an Innovator, and most of all, Be Yourself!

The Clinical Central Services and Innovation (CCSI) organization orchestrates solutions that strategically enhance clinical research awareness and accessibility while increasing diversity, reducing burden, and speeding trial execution. This group partners across functions within Clinical Design, Delivery and Analytics (CDDA) to influence trial design and deliver innovation solutions to support the execution of clinical trials globally for all business units across all phases of development.

The Senior Manager, Clinical Central Services and Innovation (CCSI) will collaborate and oversee the team focused on the design and delivery of clinical capabilities including but not limited to clinical trial resourcing solutions, community screening and mobile research event services, clinical emerging technology, digital solution enablement and logistics, alternate locations supporting clinical trial activities, ancillaries, kitting and vendor management. The Senior Manager provides supervision and leadership and is accountable for the prioritization, planning, and implementation of deliverables across the team.

Primary Responsibilities

***This is a 12 month Fixed Duration Contract***

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.

Primary responsibilities as follows:

Lead group of direct reports (8 -12) including but not limited to:

• Contribute to strategy and associated yearly goals and objectives leading staff in achieving strategy and goals.
• Recruit, develop and retain appropriately qualified staff, recommending, and implementing staffing decisions. Management and supervision of team including performance management, coaching, mentoring, reward, and recognition.
• Foster an environment of diversity and inclusion where staff feel comfortable speaking up and ideas are shared and openly.
• Oversee capability implementation, adherence to timelines, budget, performance metrics and management of resources to meet changes in the portfolio.
• Accountable for continuous improvement and proactive resolution of issues and/or challenges that arise within capability delivery.
• Ensure effective shared learning across the function and with other functional areas, as well as application of shared learning and best practices.
• Develop strong coll