Associate Director- External Innovation S&E Cardiovascular & Women’s Health

Associate Director – External Innovation, S&E – Cardiovascular & Women’s Health

We invite applications for the Associate Director – External Innovation, S&E – Cardiovascular & Women’s Health role  this position, you will develop and implement Lilly’s External Innovation and Search & Evaluation strategy and priorities to secure pipeline impact across Cardiovascular and Women’s Health.

• Identify and map new innovative opportunities with bold understanding of disease biology.
• Rigorously assess programs from biotech, small and large pharma companies for potential in‑licensing/partnering opportunities that have been assigned for review by leadership or identified proactively.
• Manage all stages of partner interactions and evaluations, including initial contact, securing internal interest, meeting execution, coordinating internal debriefs, support DOCTA Search & Evaluation leadership as needed.
• Ensure prompt evaluation by functional experts (Biology, Chemistry, CMC, ADME, TOX, PK, legal etc.) for opportunity evaluation and pre‑diligence and provide partners with essential feedback/guidance.
• Identify gaps and key issues and appropriate expertise to enable solutions.
• Collaborate with internal scientific teams to identify, design, and implement the scientific experiments necessary to validate external opportunities.
• Support consolidation of scientific feedback leading to internal recommendations and provision of partner responses.
• Maintain awareness of external competitive landscapes for key target areas and assets by actively monitoring all relevant external preclinical‑ and clinical‑stage assets within therapeutic areas.
• Engage in partnering and scientific conferences as directed by DOCTA Search & Evaluation leadership to scout for new assets and technologies in line with R&D priorities.
• Provide regular updates at the EI deals review sessions.

• PhD in Life Sciences related field, with track record in pre‑clinical research, deep understanding of R&D processes and new modalities in the cardiometabolic and/or women’s health area.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Strong scientific pedigree as evidenced by publications and presentations.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in external research collaborations and S&E.

• Proven ability to work independently as well as in highly integrated cross‑functional teams.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to represent Lilly in a highly professional manner.
• Track record of attending scientific conferences in the cardiometabolic /WHS area and attending partnering conferences.
• Demonstrated track record in managing complex collaborations.

• 10-20% travel anticipated.

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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $132,000 - $193,600. Full‑time employees may also be eligible for a company bonus and a comprehensive benefit program, including 401(k), pension, vacation, medical, dental, vision, prescription drug benefits, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, and well‑being benefits.