Associate Director - External Collaborations

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.

Job title: Associate Director – External Collaborations

Location: Bracknell, UK - hybrid

Reports to: Senior Director – External Collaborations

ABOUT LILLY:

Lilly is a global healthcare leader that unites caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We were founded more than a century ago by a man committed to creating high-quality medicines that meet real needs, and today we remain true to that mission in all our work. Across the globe, Lilly employees work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

ROLE OVERVIEW:

As an Associate Director of External Collaborations, you will lead alliance partner relationships for Global Patient Safety (GPS) and Global Regulatory Affairs (GRA) operations and take on the responsibility of vendor management for GPS function.

You will support the management of safety information and regulatory strategy for Lilly marketed products and compounds in development.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

Drive Pharmacovigilance/Regulatory partnership strategy

• Define strategy for business partnerships as it relates to pharmacovigilance and regulatory affairs.

• Perform Due Diligence assessment for operational aspects for pharmacovigilance and regulatory affairs.

• Lead negotiations in alignment with strategies for acquisition, divestures, co-development/promotion, clinical collaboration, and distribution and promotion, and other agreement types.

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of regulations and processes within GPS and GRA.

Lead Implementation of Pharmacovigilance/Regulatory partnership strategy

• Lead implementation of partnership strategy with accountability for alliance performance measures.

• Develop and lead areas for integration and transition through influence and effective project management.

• Define and complete data migration in collaboration with cross-functional teams and IDS.

Vendor Management across GPS

• Establish framework for effective vendor management in defining good oversight and measures for supervising to ensure compliance.

Collaborate effectively externally and internally

• Review and advise on term sheet/contract development for business partnerships, in-licenses and divestitures.

• Develop and influence relationships with external parties, Lilly cross-functional teams, and EC team consistent with Team Lilly behaviours.

• Serve as point of escalation and effectively communicate with business partners, key collaborators, and Lilly cross-functional teams.

• Train GPS and GRA representatives on due diligence themes

• Participate and support audits and inspections.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, healthcare, life sciences, and/or legal fields or demonstrated equivalent experience.

• Several years of experience in Pharmacovigilance and/or Regulatory, Business Development or Clinical Development.

• Ability to negotiate and influence without direct authority over others.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Experience with contracts/agreements and negotiation with external parties.

• Running external relationships through effective alliance and vendor management and understand rules for maintaining confidentiality and materiality.

• Proven success in team-based, cross-functional project management (scope, timeline delivery, risk management, prioritization, communication planning)

• High degree of learning agility and flexibility in a dynamic environment

• UK remote applications might also be considered.

EMBRACING DIVERSITY:

Embracing diversity is at the core of our long-held value of respect for people. It is the lens through which we understand and respond to the unique needs of the millions of individuals who depend on our medicines. For us, embracing diversity means understanding, respecting, and valuing differences, including but not limited to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. The greatest measure of our diversity efforts is our ability to attract and retain exceptional employees who feel comfortable in a culture that supports them being themselves.

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