Associate Director

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.

Asset Evaluation and Strategy Design

• Support the NPP leader collaborating closely with the Innovation Readiness team for the responsible TA at early stage, focusing on the responsible TA to integrate IR into dive and CD review.
• Conduct assessments of global portfolio assets and evaluate incoming business development deals, including providing input to early-stage opportunity assessments and long-range forecasts.
• Use insights from syndicated reports and desktop research to provide strategic input to the decision-making, ensuring strong assumptions are made regarding market needs, competition, and potential product success.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to create business cases for new products.

Launch Preparation & Execution

• Contribute to the preparation of pre-launch plans, ensuring a smooth transition from development to commercialization.
• Collaborate with internal teams, including Market Research, to design and implement primary market research studies that provide insights into disease areas, competitive markets, and the needs of physicians and patients.
• Support the NPP leader to lead the launch readiness activities from commercial perspective, ensuring that all functional areas are aligned and prepared for a successful product launch.

Strategic Project Leadership

• Take ownership of the strategic planning process for the BU or TA, ensuring alignment with broader company goals.
• Play a key role in the brand development for critical launch brands for the responsible BU.

Stakeholder Relationship and Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with global and local stakeholders, including the clinical project management team, BU marketing directors, and senior leadership.
• Work closely with global stakeholders to ensure the strategic direction for the BU or TA is aligned and integrated across different regions and departments, with a strong focus on anticipating and meeting key stakeholder needs.

Basic Qualifications And Required Experience

• Bachelor's degree; Post-graduate degree or MBA preferred. Business, Finance or Medical background preferred.
• 7+ years of work experience in Brand Marketing, NPP, Medical, PRA or Finance in pharmaceutical industry
• Analytics and/or forecasting experience
• Deep understanding of science, coupled with a strong business acumen and analytical skills
• Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels. Consistent demonstration of the leadership behaviors and ability to develop credibility in a network that spans a wide variety of functions and geographies
• Strong communication skills and ability to establish effective working relationships across cultures, geographies and functions
• Strong problem-solving skills; able to anticipate and recognize systemic problems, diagnose root causes and identify corrective actions that will prevent recurrence;
• Excellent self-management skills; able to independently manage workload, set personal priorities and adjust as needed.

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