Rheumatology Lead, Global and US Immunology Medical Affairs

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The Medical function throughout the Lilly enterprise brings scientific objectivity, clinical expertise and experience in patient care that enhance Lilly’s R&D, but Medical Affairs extends those benefits in its interactions with the customer and uses those customer experiences to inform ongoing development and use of Lilly’s medications.

Medical Affairs (MA) plays a critical role in anticipating and interpreting the constant and rapid changes happening in the complex world of healthcare. Medical Affairs leads efforts to identify and address Clinical Care Gaps, generate evidence, and share science across communication channels. The application of scientific and medical training, clinical expertise, and relevant clinical experience, positions the Medical Affairs Clinical Research Physician (CRP) as an integral member of the medical affairs team.

The Rheumatology Lead CRP, with their team, will develop an overarching strategy to guide Lilly’s rheumatology portfolio over the next 10 years, including Early involvement in cross‑functional teams to bring best‑in‑class, first‑in‑class, and meaningfully differentiated medicines to market, launch strategy and execution of new assets and indications and life‑cycle management of launched medicines. This role will lead the rheumatology medical affairs team and will report to the Head of Rheumatology, Respiratory and Pipeline Global and US Medical Affairs.

The Medical Affairs CRP leads the medical strategic planning supporting launch and commercialization of our treatments. Additionally, the MA CRP leads the medical strategy addressing patients' needs and ultimately enhancing the customers' experience in interacting with the company. The definition of "customer" here includes patients, providers (HCPs), and payers. The CRP also works closely with the global Development teams, Therapeutic Area Program Phase, Early Phase/Clinical Pharmacology, and Translational Medicine teams in new product development activities over the entire spectrum of drug development and clinical trial phases.

Specific activities include developing or contributing to the global and/or regional clinical/medical plan in the therapeutic area of responsibility, the development, conduct and reporting of local clinical trials; the implementation of global clinical trials conducted in local affiliates/countries; the reporting of adverse events as mandated by corporate patient safety; review process for protocols, study reports, publications and data dissemination for products;

new and updated labels, documents and tools supporting product pricing, reimbursement, and access (PRA), grant submissions and contracts; contacts with regulatory and other governmental agencies; the outreach medical activities aimed at the external clinical customer community, including thought leaders; and various medical activities in support of demand realization. In leading the Medical Affairs medical strategy, the CRP is responsible for appropriately informing the strategic priorities of the respective business unit global Medical Affairs team, brand team(s), global…