Clinical Domain Leader - Digital Innovation

Overview

Lilly Catalyze
360 is Lilly's comprehensive approach to enabling the early-stage biotech ecosystem by democratizing access to infrastructure, expertise, and resources. Through its interconnected pillars—Lilly Ventures, Lilly Gateway Labs, Lilly Explo

R&D, and Lilly Tune Lab—Catalyze
360 strategically removes barriers that traditionally block bold science from becoming life-changing medicines, providing biotechs with flexible combinations of capital, physical lab space, R&D capabilities, AI/ML tools, and decades of enterprise learning.

Lilly Explo

R&D is a team of drug discovery and development experts who partner with biotechs from discovery through clinical proof-of-concept, putting Lilly's industry-leading capabilities behind their missions. We provide flexible support, from strategic consulting to full program execution, making it faster, easier, and more capital-efficient for innovators to transform bold science into life-changing medicines.

This role combines clinical development domain expertise with strategic technology innovation leadership to advance biotechnological initiatives. The Senior Director serves as both an operational leader and clinical operations subject matter expert, with primary focus on championing and implementing digital solutions and tools that transform clinical operations. The position partners with cross‑functional teams to translate clinical operations challenges into technology opportunities, shape clinical strategies, assess plan feasibility, lead country allocation planning, and maintain competitive intelligence.

A key responsibility is bridging deep clinical development knowledge with emerging technologies to drive adoption of next‑generation methodologies and advanced tools that enhance efficiency, data quality, decision‑making, and expedited study delivery across the Explo

R&D portfolio. The ideal candidate brings deep clinical development domain knowledge, proven curiosity and passion for emerging technologies, and a track record of guiding teams through digital transformation and organizational change. Success in this role requires collaborative leadership, strategic vision for how technology can solve operational challenges, and a strategic execution mindset focused on innovation and operational excellence.

Digital Solution Development (Primary Focus):

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of digital solutions and tools, specifically tailored for clinical operations challenges from business strategy perspective
• Partner with data science, IT, and engineering teams to translate clinical operations requirements into scalable technology solutions that enhance trial efficiency and decision‑making quality

Technology Innovation & Digital Transformation:

• Champion enterprise‑wide adoption of data‑driven solutions and tools across the Explo
  
  R&D clinical portfolio, serving as the primary technology evangelist and change agent
• Develop training programs and onboarding roadmaps to accelerate organizational adoption of digital tools and digital workflows, establishing metrics to measure technology adoption and efficiency gains

Strategic Clinical Planning & Technology Integration:

• Partner with cross‑functional teams to develop technology‑enabled clinical strategies, leveraging digital tools for feasibility assessments, country allocation planning, timeline optimization, and budget modeling
• Lead integration of IT innovations into operational workflows and ensure digital solutions align with data governance standards and regulatory compliance requirements
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to test and validate tool strategy, value, and usability through early adopter initiatives and advisory councils

Leadership Influence & Innovation Landscape:

• Influence Explo
  
  R&D and external leadership on technology strategy and key clinical operations decisions, presenting technology roadmaps and business cases for scaling innovations
• Monitor competitive landscape for clinical operations technology and lead evaluation of external AI platforms and digital health solutions for potential implementation

Talent Development & Mentorship:

• Actively…