Senior Director - Global Labor Management

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: 

Lilly is a medicine company turning science into healing to make life better for people around the world. We've pioneered life-changing discoveries for nearly 150 years, and today our medicines help tens of millions of people across the globe.  With each step toward a healthier world, we're motivated by one thing: making life better for millions more people.

Lilly has committed >$50 billion since 2020 in domestic capital. We believe that our investments in the US and upskilling our nation's workforce will spark a significant ripple effect. For every job we create, many more will be generated, positively impacting the communities that host our innovative new sites.

With our consumer-obsessed mindset, the importance of engaging with trade unions that represent >16M workers in the US is paramount.

Responsibilities:

The primary responsibility of this role is to establish, integrate, and implement a comprehensive Construction Trade Labor Engagement Strategy across Lilly.  Central to the role is the development of meaningful, mutually beneficial relationships with Unions and other employers, relevant community organizations, in line with business objectives to address the needs of patients.

Additionally, this role will serve as the lead for policy and programmatic priorities, ensuring that external stakeholder strategies (union engagement, third-party advocacy, federal/state access efforts, and support for manufacturing) are fully aligned to Lilly’s priorities.

The Senior Director will ensure alignment and collaboration with Lilly cross-functional colleagues in Government Affairs, Corporate Affairs, Manufacturing, Value & Access (Employer), Innovation Readiness, and Consumer areas.

• Prioritize, build, and maintain trust-based relationships with Construction Trade Labor and related stakeholders.

• Develop and expand the bridge between Lilly and external stakeholders.  

• Maintain understanding of federal, manufacturing, employer, and CMH objectives, as well as the external environment.

• Lead stakeholder mapping and insights generation of the Union environment to identify key relationship and project opportunities.  Develop specific strategies and engagement plans.

• Be a Lilly ambassador with Union/external stakeholders.

Basic Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree

• 15 years of experience in construction project management or procurement, labor relations, advocacy, or related fields.

• 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 or visas for this role, including but not limited to F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, J-1, H-1B, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, or L-1.

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Ability to make complex business decisions and manage issues/crises with ease

• Proven ability to influence senior management and guide key business decisions

• Anticipates and identifies business problems, trends, and opportunities across functions and environments

• Demonstrated success leading large-scale programs with significant risk and complexity to achieve business objectives

• Innovative thinker with strong business acumen

• Proven ability to understand and anticipate business needs and use communication to drive the business forward

• Demonstrated ability to handle high-pressure situations with senior-most leadership, including CEO/Executive Committee level.

• A strong track record of integrating Union/stakeholder voices into strategic planning

• Proven ability to understand and anticipate business need and use communication to drive the business forward

• Proven ability to manage issues/crises

• High emotional intelligence (EQ)