Campus - PhD Statistician Intern

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life‑changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve.

This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life‑changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve.

This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

Our Global Statistical Sciences department includes over 200 people with advanced degrees in Statistics/Biostatistics. Our diverse population of global talent brings innovation to every aspect of our business - from Discovery Research to Clinical Development to Manufacturing and Real-world Evidence. We are playing a leading role in transforming the way the company develops medicines using state‑of‑the‑art methods in adaptive designs, Bayesian statistics, causal inference, genetic/biomarker analysis, machine learning and more!

As an intern in our Global Statistical Sciences department, you will have an opportunity to gain technical expertise and contribute to cutting edge research. You will understand the patient and business needs and then design, execute, and analyze clinical and other studies. Your creativity and leadership are essential elements of bringing better solutions in our drug discovery and development. Within Lilly’s culture that values analytics and data-driven decisions, you will be part of the team that makes important contributions to our patients’ lives.

• Partner with experts in statistics, basic science and medical to optimize drug discovery and development processes
• Introduce and apply innovative methodology and tools to solve critical problems
• Be accurate and creative in communicating results
• Be up to date on novel and state‑of‑the‑art data and analytics technologies and approaches
• Challenge yourself and others to be a life‑long learner and always look for better ways to deliver

As part of Lilly's commitment to innovation, interns will have the opportunity to build fluency with AI tools used across the business. We expect interns to approach these tools with curiosity, apply critical thinking to AI-assisted work, and always prioritize accuracy, confidentiality, and ethical standards in how they use them.

• Currently enrolled in a PhD Program in Statistics or Biostatistics and will complete the third year by May 2027

• Proficient in statistical programming languages/software such as SAS, R, Python, etc
• Interpersonal communication skills for effective customer consultation
• Technical expertise and application with working knowledge of experimental design and statistical analysis
• Creativity and innovation
• Demonstrated problem solving ability and strategic thinking
• Prior experience using AI tools…