Sr. Director - Catalyze 360 Business Development

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.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

Organization Overview

Eli Lilly has achieved unprecedented R&D productivity with the possibility of launching 20 new medicines in a 10-year period. To sustain the advancing pipeline, Lilly is expanding efforts to access a constant stream of external innovation, which will fuel its premier discovery and development engines. The Lilly New Ventures group is a pan-therapeutic, global organization.  As a leader on this team, you will identify breakthrough innovation in collaboration with your teammates and deliver groundbreaking technologies, platforms, and assets through your leadership of business development transactions. As an integral group within Corporate Business Development, Lilly New Ventures sits at the intersection of Lilly’s industry leading venture capital strategy and the highly innovative global healthcare and life science ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement business development strategies that allow Lilly to build and advance a portfolio of preclinical and clinical opportunities using Lilly’s discovery, development, and clinical capabilities;
• Lead Innovation Solutions transaction teams in executing corporate business development transactions, including but not limited to in-licensing, out-licensing, collaborations, direct equity, and venture capital agreements; 
• Influence management, stakeholders and external partners on key decisions, including identifying opportunities for accessing new technologies, processes, products/molecules geographies, or businesses;
•  Identify long and short-term strategic partner, competitive, and environmental trends;
• Create and foster strategic relationships with key external innovators to identify and anticipate opportunities for growth globally;
• Provide expertise to identify, prevent, and solve complex problems with significant impact on Lilly’s business and the business of our external business partners

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience in biotech or pharmaceutical business development, including licensing, collaboration, equity transactions, and M&A on a global scale
•  Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States.  Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position

Additional Skills/Preferences

•  Exceptional collaboration with colleagues at all levels
•  Exceptional business acumen
•  Demonstrated ability to turn complex data into actionable intelligence
•  Demonstrated strategic thinking and execution skills
•  Broad learning agility
•  Effective problem solving, analytical, and project management skills to evaluate and resolve highly complex or unusual business and organizational challenges
•  Excellent written and verbal communication skills
•  Ability to simplify complex issues
•  Ability to work across a diverse team and ensure teams are grounded on inclusive principles
•  Strong interpersonal skills, teamwork, and the desire to work in a Team Lilly environment
•  Perseverance and grit

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Lilly is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and help our company develop talented individuals for future leadership roles. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, African American Network, Chinese Culture Network, Early Career Professionals, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinos at Lilly, PRIDE (LGBTQ + Allies), Veterans Leadership Network, Women’s Network, Working and Living with Disabilities. Learn more about all of our groups.

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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