Discovery Lead - Women's Health & Musculoskeletal Biology

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.

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people worldwide. As a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, we are committed to advancing innovation in areas of high unmet medical need. With a proven track record in obesity research and a growing focus on women's health, we seek an experienced discovery leader to help build a portfolio of transformative therapies to improve outcomes for women everywhere and arrest age-related functional decline across genders.

This role offers the opportunity to shape strategy, drive impactful drug discovery and development programs, and contribute to Lilly's mission of scientific excellence and patient-centered care.

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* Position Summary:

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* The Discovery Lead, Women's Health & Musculoskeletal Biology, serves as a pivotal leader responsible for establishing and advancing Lilly's portfolio in Women's Health and Age-related Functional Decline. Indications of interest include PCOS, endometriosis, preeclampsia, menopause-related disorders, osteoporosis and age-related decline in muscle function. We are looking for a dynamic and strategic leader with deep understanding of drug discovery, a passion for developing innovative medicines for areas of high unmet medical need, and a background in metabolic diseases, women's health and/or musculoskeletal biology.  

This leader will have a track record of identifying novel therapeutic approaches, progressing molecules to the clinic, and leading projects in drug discovery and development. Leading a team of 5-15 preclinical biologists, this role will direct research from target identification through preclinical development and collaborate across disciplines to progress projects through the preclinical and clinical portfolio. An important part of this role is the evaluation and progression of external opportunities: the Discovery Leader will work closely with Lilly's Catalyze 360 and business development organizations to enable the early-stage biotech ecosystem and bring external opportunities into Lilly.

_Portfolio Strategy and Discovery Leadership_

+ Shape Lilly's strategy in Women's Health and Age-related Functional Decline by combining a deep understanding of biology, current therapeutic landscape and competitive environment with evaluation of internal and external opportunities to build an industry-leading portfolio.

+ Collaborate with clinical colleagues, new product planning and senior leadership to set overall program strategy and develop and maintain draft launch labels and value propositions that address key customer needs

+ Lead evaluation of external partnership opportunities, make strategic recommendations to leadership, and ensure scientific leadership through execution and management

_Scientific and Portfolio Leadership_

+ Build, maintain and advance a portfolio of projects that have the potential to transform Women's Health and address key unmet needs in age-related functional decline.

+ Partner closely with bioinformatics to bring computational approaches to bear on target selection and drug discovery

+ Ensure state-of-the art biology capabilities in prioritized areas of Women's Health and Musculoskeletal Biology using internal and external resources.

+ Ensure delivery of quality lead and candidate molecules.

+ Establish and lead partnerships with academic institutions and biotechs to complement internal research efforts.

+ Effectively represent Lilly in interactions with outside partners, key opinion leaders and collaborators. Engage in and lead advisory boards, target and portfolio reviews.

+ Maintain a high scientific profile through publications and presentations

_Team Leadership & Management_

+ Supervise and mentor PhD and non-PhD scientists engaged in target identification, validation and preclinical drug discovery

+ Supervise laboratories. Ensure adherence to all safety, quality and documentation requirements

+ Lead cross-functional teams responsible for novel small and large molecule target discovery and validation

+ Coach team members to think deeply and work creatively while delivering excellent scientific results

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* Basic Qualifications:

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* + PhD or MD/PhD with a minimum of 10 years of experience in drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry.

+ Thorough understanding of drug discovery and development, including regulatory and IP considerations.  Proven track record in moving projects forward with contributions to INDs and/or NDAs

+ Significant…