Sr. Director - Lilly Ventures Tech

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.

Lilly Catalyze
360 is a 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 ExploR&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 Ventures (LV) is a pan-therapeutic, global innovation organization embedded within Eli Lilly & Company. Our mission is to identify and integrate breakthrough science and technology - including the rapidly maturing spaces of AI/ML, computational biology, and platform technologies that drive medicine advancement, functional performance, and commercial innovation - into Lilly Research Labs (LRL) to accelerate drug discovery and development and Lilly more broadly.

We operate at the intersection of venture capital, biotech and health tech innovation, and R&D transformation.

The LV Tech group seeks a Senior Director to execute the group’s strategy – direct equity investments, fund-of-funds investments, and value pull-through – by sourcing novel software and services businesses for investment, running due diligence, and executing transactions. The Senior Director is expected to be a creative problem solver with strong business acumen and exceptional organizational skills who supports achievement of the group’s goals while seeking ways to optimize the process.

Contribute to a strong team culture:
Work within small team dynamics as part of an organization that emphasizes collaboration and direct communication to achieve big goals. Coach and mentor team member(s) while reinforcing a strong team culture of Diversity & Inclusion. Investing in novel innovation:
Identify, propose, and execute direct equity investments in early-stage (Pre-Seed to Series B) life sciences and health tech software and services companies, with pull-through of strategic insights from portfolio companies. Strengthening Lilly’s external network:
Foster external strategic relationships (e.g., start-ups, venture capital funds, corporate venture capital funds, incubators, health systems, and others) to identify and anticipate opportunities. Be an agent for change:
Drive innovative thinking across business units, functions, and therapeutic areas on investment decisions that have a critical impact on external innovation. Anticipate the evolution of the market and competition, especially regarding its impact on innovation, acquisitions, and collaborations, to gain competitive advantage.

Bachelor’s degree. 4+ years of venture capital experience in healthcare or life sciences. Additional Skills/Preferences Graduate degree (JD, MBA, PhD) preferred. 7+ years of venture capital experience in healthcare or life sciences preferred. Recognized as an expert for area of expertise. Pre-Seed to Series B…