Immunology Design Advisor

Responsibilities
Are you an innovative thinker who can craft strategic solutions to deliver a continuously changing portfolio? Do you seek an opportunity to spearhead cross-functional design efforts in the development of innovative and high-quality trial designs? We are seeking an Immunology Design Advisor to work with highly skilled Clinical Design Consultants, Clinical Advisors, Physicians, Statisticians, and other authorities to integrate clinical design capabilities and the best drug development practices with therapeutic and phase specific focus and expertise. In this role you willClinical Design

• Lead Clinical Development Design Hub team in translating design requirements into refined innovative clinical plan scenarios that include optimized costs, timing, risks and program features
• Ensure consistent development and finalization of complete trial packages (e.g. protocol, IB, ICD, functional documents/plans) to enable smooth transition into Execution
• Leads the real-time application of operational governance
• Ensure feasibility via robust CDO communications throughout the design and entry into the execution phase
• Partners with Design Capabilities teams and Site Engagement on country, site, and patient allocation needs

Organizational Leadership

• Support flexibility of resources across therapeutic areas while aligning to deliver on portfolio prioritization
• Assesses core competencies that are required as business models evolve and address implications to overall resource management and strategies
• Build an organizational culture that focuses inclusion and innovation, continual improvement, and with an external understanding and awareness
• Applies project management skills and/or tools to ensure successful development of robust scenarios and options, and delivery of the complete trial package

Shared Learning and Continuous Improvement

• Focus on organizational learning to identify standard methodologies, delivering these as systematized standard approach with ultimate goal to make program and protocol design faster and less resource intensive
• Ensure drug development shared learning amongst colleagues within and outside of the Design Hub Work closely with counterparts in other TAs to continue to evolve Lilly standards, tools, and standard methodologies across development
• Identify areas of key needs across clinical development and propose meaningful and innovative solutions to address those needs
• Apply innovation and lessons learned in real time
• Actively engage in and influence the external environment within the therapeutic area of focus
• Work closely with the Design Capabilities teams and other applicable organizations to identify technologies and capabilities to support modeling needs

Company Overview
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 39,000 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.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor degree, preferably in a scientific or health-related field
• Minimum 5 years of experience in area of clinical strategy, clinical planning and/or protocol development
• 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

• Prior experience in managing complex/cross-functional projects strong communication skills
• Post-graduate degree, e.g., Pharm D, M.S., or Ph.D.
• Previous experience in the management of global trials
• A strong knowledge of regulations and guidelines that apply to the conduct of clinical trials.
• Proven ability to influence team members and extended team members
• Prior project management experience and/or experience leading multi- disciplinary teams
• Demonstrated ability to take strategic knowledge and effectively influence the direction of daily operations

Additional Information
​Lilly credits its exceptional employees for its successes, and knows the key to ongoing achievement lies in attracting and retaining the best people. Here are a few of the recognitions Lilly has earned for creating an outstanding work environment:

Business Week magazine 50 Best Places to Launch a Career

Black Enterprise 2018 list of 50 Best Companies for Diversity

FORTUNE 50 Best Companies for Minorities

Human Right Campaign Corporate Equality Index - 100% scor

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.