Sr. Director, Transactions and M&A

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.

Eli Lilly and Company seeks a Sr. Director, Transactions and M&A, to lead and support business development transactions across the enterprise. Lead transactions that will include acquisitions, licenses, and equity investments for new technologies, products/molecules, or services. Manage projects with significant risk, financial requirements, and complexity to achieve our external innovation objectives. Identify short-term and long-term partner, competitive, and environmental trends and to solve unique and complex problems with broad strategic and financial impact on the business. #LI-DNI

Position requires a Master’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, or a related field and 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or life sciences industry. Experience must include a minimum of: 2 years of experience with business development, and research and development; 2 years of experience leading business transformation and strategy projects; 2 years of experience managing cross functional teams and projects with significant risk, financial requirements, and complexity to achieve external innovation objectives; and 2 years of experience influencing and communicating both internally within a company and externally with partners. Telecommuting benefit available. Up to 25% domestic and international travel required. #LI-DNI

Job location: Indianapolis, IN. Telecommuting benefit available. To apply, please visit https://jobsearch.lilly.com/ and enter job requisition number R-69660 when prompted. Alternatively, please send your resume, cover letter, and a copy of the ad to: Beth L. Berry, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN 46285.

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