Sr. Advisor Drug Delivery & Injection Physiology

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.

For more than 130 years, Lilly has been dedicated to meeting the health care needs of people in the United States and around the world. We address these needs primarily by developing innovative medicines—investing a higher percentage of our sales in research and development than any other major pharmaceutical company.

The Drug Delivery and New Product Innovation Group within Lilly’s DDCS (Delivery and Device Connected Solutions) function studies physiological barriers across various routes of administration to apply and create novel patient centric drug delivery solutions. With a broad focus to develop injection device platforms and novel delivery devices to improve patient care, the group focuses in serving as a Center of Excellence in the following areas:

• Injection physiology (across various injection barriers) and new device ideation including modeling and simulation
• Develop novel drug delivery technologies (for all modalities across various routes of administration) to create next‑gen patient centric medicines
• Nanomedicine and targeted delivery
• Connected devices and digital biomarkers

We are seeking a highly collaborative and self‑motivated professional with experience in developing and characterizing drug delivery systems to:

• Ownership in advancing multiple research projects to advance our injection physiology understanding while collaborating with diverse teams and engaging with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop and champion scientific or technical breakthrough approaches to address complex problems.
• Planning and implementing experiments to support product development across novel drug delivery platforms and technologies.
• Understands delivery and device strategy; identifies opportunities and obtains support for organizational strategy or scientific direction linked to the business strategy.
• Identify scientific challenges, drive assessment of options, and proactively implement value‑added solutions.
• Identify and evaluate potential areas for improvement of patient experience within our therapeutic areas.
• Maintain a deep understanding of injection physiology, device‑enabled delivery and theoretical knowledge of drug delivery.
• Engage with the external scientific community to enhance internal research efforts and identify collaboration opportunities.
• Effectively represent area of expertise on multi‑disciplinary teams in both internal and external venues.
• Demonstrate technical depth in primary area of expertise, as recognized across function or component. Sought after for coaching and consultation.
• Develop, mentor, and lead junior team members to foster growth and development.

• PhD in Pharmaceutical sciences, Chemistry/Chemistry/Materials Science/Chemical Engineering or related field with a minimum of 5 years of relevant industrial or post‑doctoral experience; or MS with 10 years of relevant experience; or BS with 15 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to run in vivo studies and measure various physiology parameters such as back pressure, sub cut plume geometry, and biodistributions.
• Demonstrated technical mastery and scientific leadership in advanced drug delivery and drug transport through publications.
• Knowledge of drug delivery devices and combination products is preferred.
• In Vivo animal research experience is preferred.
• Self‑motivated, dedicated and adaptable to evolving priorities.
• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a dynamic and multidisciplinary matrixed team environment.
• Ability to travel about 10% of the time.
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